I wanted to but couldn't!

Good concept, poorly executed.

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

I actually think this is the best of the Star Trek movies. Why? At first I couldn't pinpoint it myself, but I found myself re-watching it the most of all the Treks. I may be of a strange type, as I also like TMP a lot, but I finally found out what I like so much about it, and this is nothing new for all the fans of the film: It's a simple whodunnit you can enjoy also if you're not a Trekkie. Even if you don't know the backstories of Kirk & co., you can savour the thriller aspect of it. And on top of that the screenplay is simply a good one. The story moves along and events unfold at the right pace and there is no cringe-worthy dialogue as far as the eye can see. Actually, the opposite is true: I think Spock's line "What we require now is a feat of linguistic legerdemain and a degree of intrepidity before the Captain and Dr. McCoy freeze to death" is SO GREAT that I memorized it and use it on my job in variations when someone is slow. With this movie, Nicholas Meyer has proven (again) that he really knows what he's doing as a writer/director. And on a Star Trek film, this is not - nor has it ever been - a simple feat.

This is better then the first 5 movies of Star Trek. This movie has great acting. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. It also has a great story line. This is a great movie. See it. Star Trek generations is better. But still this is a great movie.

Up to this point in the Star Trek movie series, each film harkened back to a specific aspect of the Star Trek: Original Series television show. "Wrath of Khan" was an action/adventure story, "Search For Spock" pulled at the heartstrings, "Voyage Home" was a comedic romp, and "Final Frontier" was a philosophical endeavor (albeit a failure). In "The Undiscovered Country", however, the Star Trek writers/producers focused on an area that had also been a solid part of the original TV series: politics.Without delving too deeply into plot details, this film uses the Federation/Klingon relationship to almost exactly parallel the U.S/U.S.S.R relationship. This symbiosis is successful in two ways: First, the similarities are not cheesy (like in Rocky IV, which went way over the top in depicting the U.S./Russia relationship). Second, the reason that the similarities do not stray into silliness is the acting of William Shatner as Captain Kirk. Throughout the earlier movies, Kirk's relationship with the Klingons went from mistrust to out and out hatred, as they were involved in the death of his son. Thus, in this film Kirk must also comes to terms with his prejudice, or risk being labelled a "dinosaur" and considered past his prime.If you were disenfranchised by the sub-par Star Trek V, this movie represents a step forward again. It dwells too much on already-covered themes to truly be great but it is watchable and enjoyable.

The Final Frontier is meant to be The Age of Peace.This one is a fitting send-off to the original crew, some of who have aged badly. Even newcomer Kim Cattrall looks chunky. Christopher Plummer is totally annoying as the Shakespeare-quoting Klingon. His "brilliant" prosecution of Kirk and Dr. McCoy is both spellbinding and sleep inducing. Random comments by "Bones" include: "He (Chang) never shuts up" and "What is it with you" (and alien women)? The bloody assassination on The Klington Bird of Prey in zero gravity. Well done! Alien blood is usually red. Right? It's a funny color and their anatomy is different,so the good doctor can't save the Klingon Chancellor. It's all a huge conspiracy plot against peace with The Federation of Planets and the Klingons. (War is highly profitable and pleasurable?) After a long trial and prosecution by Chang, our "boys" end up on a frozen, poisonous penal-colony planet with life at hard labor. The exteriors shot in Alaska "white out" on the small screen and can't be fully appreciated. Kirk meets up with a shapeshifting "sexy beast" alien (Inman), who smokes cigars and then morphs into a big "Wookiee-like" thing. (Kirk shudders!) Enough plot holes to sink a spaceship. The missing anti-grav suits and boots are found way too easily. The future's security is so inept they can't detect a primitive rifle-in-a suitcase? Nice stunt doubles, as the real actors can hardly waddle. Still, a great ending to the first part of the Star-Trek legacy. Star Trek v was unbelievably bad.