A cerebral, 2001: A Space Odyssey-inspired story that sends our heroes into the heart of a dangerous alien megaship. Yet what they discover... is the essence of human scientific inquiry and the existential despair at reaching the end of all knowing.

It’s a bit overextended but very watchable with flourishes of exotic invention...

No mistake about it, Star Trek is a big movie - big in scope, big in spectacle and, most important, big in entertainment values.

Shatner’s performance is always one of the weakest of the original crew and there’s not much here that disproves that notion. While he’s adequate, those around him help prop up his liabilities.