Star Trek: Beyond (2016)

The thirteenth full-length film, Star Trek: Beyond follows the Enterprise after it is all but destroyed by a swarm-like alien fleet. The scattered crew crash-land on a nearby planet and must find each other and escape in order to warn the Federation about an alien plan to attack the Yorktown space station with an ancient bioweapon. While a respectable addition to the series, Beyond fails to set itself apart; there are a couple of funny in-jokes and the banter is sharp but nothing really advances in the scheme of things. The soundtrack is mostly orchestral, and quite inspired, but also has a few hip hop tracks from The Beastie Boys which is unexpected and welcome. However, the film never comes close to the gravitas that the closing credits have: "In loving memory of Leonard Nemoy. For Anton [Yelchin]." Worth seeing again, even if just to say goodbye to the late actors.

7/10