Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek Into Darkness is an American science fiction film directed by JJ Abrams from 2013. It is the twelfth feature film based on the science fiction series Spaceship Enterprise by Gene Roddenberry and is the second part of the new Kelvin -Timeline . The film is set within an alternate timeline of the Star Trek universe and premiered on April 23, 2013. It started in German-speaking cinemas on May 9, 2013. It is the last film with Leonard Nimoy and at the same time the last time that he embodied the character of Mr. Spock .
action
On the planet Nibiru, a volcanic eruption threatens to wipe out the as yet undeveloped civilization. The crew of the Enterprise tries to prevent this, with Spock's life in danger in the crater of the volcano. Captain Kirk saves him, although the natives see the Enterprise and he violates the Federation's highest directive, which does not allow any influence on the development of foreign cultures. When the incident later comes to light despite Kirk's embellished report by Spock, Kirk loses command of the Enterprise . He is to be transferred back to the Academy and Spock to the USS Bradbury . Kirk's mentor, Admiral Christopher Pike , was given back command of the Enterprise , but took Kirk on board as his first officer.
A short time later, a Starfleet officer carried out an explosives attack on a Starfleet weapons laboratory in London disguised as an archive. In return, the client heals his terminally ill daughter with a blood transfusion . Starfleet calls a meeting at headquarters in San Francisco with Kirk and Spock attending as adjutants. Admiral Marcus, Starfleet Commander in Chief, identified John Harrison, a former Starfleet agent, as the mastermind behind the attack, and ordered the hunt for him. Just as Kirk realizes that Harrison must have foreseen the convening of this meeting, he fires a shuttle at the conference room. He kills most of the high-ranking participants, including Admiral Pike. Kirk crashes the shuttle, but Harrison escapes in a mobile transporter . Scott discovers that Harrison fled to the Klingon home planet Kronos. Admiral Marcus then returns command of the Enterprise to Kirk , who immediately reinstates Spock as first officer. Since Starfleet does not want to risk a war with the Klingons, Kirk should only advance to the edge of the neutral zone and from there bombard Harrison's position, an uninhabited area on Kronos, with novel long-range photon torpedoes. This is to avoid an open conflict with the Klingons.
After boarding the 72 new torpedoes, Chief Engineer Scott wants to check them, but is denied him. He warns of their use and quits his duty, which is why Kirk appoints Chekov as chief engineer. On the flight to Kronos, Spock confronts weapons expert Carol Wallace, who faked her transfer to the Enterprise, to check the new torpedoes herself. It turns out that she was actually Dr. Carol Marcus is the daughter of Admiral Marcus, who suspects her father's dishonest machinations. Suddenly overheating of the warp core paralyzes the propulsion system, making the ship incapable of maneuvering in Klingon territory. Contrary to mission orders, Kirk plans to land on the planet to arrest Harrison and bring him to justice. Together with Spock, Uhura and two other men, he sets off in a shuttle and lets Sulu inform Harrison about the torpedoes that are ready to fire so that he surrenders. However, a squad of Klingons intercepts the shuttle and forces it to land. Uhura then tries to negotiate in Klingon , but Harrison appears, switches off the Klingons almost effortlessly and then surrenders to Kirk without resistance when he learns the number of torpedoes.
Kirk brings Harrison on board and interrogates him. However, Harrison initially only gives vague clues through which Carol Marcus and McCoy find out that there are people in cryogenic deep sleep pods in the 72 torpedoes . Harrison says his real name is Khan and that he is a genetically engineered soldier who was frozen with his crew 300 years ago. Admiral Marcus let him wake up to use him for his own purposes, since he wants to solve the political conflict with the Klingons militarily. The highly intelligent Khan had to develop the torpedoes and other war material. Marcus tried to keep him under control by threatening Khan to kill his crew. Khan hid his people in the torpedoes and planned to flee, but had to leave them behind when Marcus discovered his plan.
Khan gives Kirk coordinates , which he forwards to Scott, who has remained on Earth, so that he can look around. Just as Kirk discovers that Admiral Marcus had orchestrated the failure of the warp drive to provoke a war with the Klingons, he shows up with a new and larger Starfleet warship next to the Enterprise and demands the surrender of Khan. Kirk outwits him by letting Chekov use the poorly repaired core for a warp plow back to Earth. During the warp plow, however, she catches up with Marcus' clearly superior spaceship. With the justification that Kirk is now seen as an assistant to the criminal Khan, Marcus fires at the Enterprise. His daughter Carol, whose presence on the Enterprise Marcus didn't know, contacts him, whereupon he lets the fire cease. He has Carol beamed aboard his ship to get her out of the line of fire and wants to continue the attack. Scott, who had found Marcus' new spaceship at the transmitted coordinates and was able to infiltrate it unnoticed, manages, however, to sabotage the weapon systems in time. Kirk and Khan cross over to Marcus' ship in spacesuits, where Scott opens a cargo hold hatch for them. They advance to the bridge and overwhelm the small crew. On Kirk's orders , Scott also drugged Khan.
While Spock makes contact with his older self (see Star Trek XI ) and learns that Khan is a very dangerous enemy, Khan wakes up again, overpowers Kirk, Scott and Carol and kills Admiral Marcus with his bare hands. He asks Spock to provide the 72 torpedoes with his crew to beam them to himself on board. After that, he beams Carol, Kirk and Scott back onto the Enterprise and opens fire again. However, Spock has outwitted Khan and freed the inmates from the torpedoes before beaming. Spock detonates them by remote detonator, which also severely damages Khan's ship. Both spaceships fall without propulsion from orbit towards Earth. Kirk manages to repair the ship's warp core in time so that the Enterprise can intercept the crash. However, he has to expose himself to deadly radiation without protection and threatens to die. In the decontamination lock to the engine room there is an emotional moment between Kirk and Spock, and when Kirk loses consciousness, the quick-tempered Spock yells out his anger at Khan.
Khan, who has meanwhile crashed with his ship on San Francisco and caused considerable damage there, survived the crash almost unscathed. Chased by Spock, he escapes from the wreck through the city. Meanwhile, McCoy discovers that Khan's blood has a regenerative effect and could save Kirk. Uhura therefore follows Spock to prevent him from killing Khan. Spock has meanwhile placed Khan on an air freighter and can overpower him with the help of Uhura.
Two weeks later, Kirk wakes up, still weak, but cured by a serum made from Khan's blood by McCoy . A war with the Klingons could be avoided. At the end of the film, the Enterprise sets off on its first five-year reconnaissance mission under Kirk's command, while Khan is again in a deep sleep capsule and is kept in a warehouse with his crew.
production
As early as June 2008 it was reported that Paramount Pictures was interested in producing another film with the producers of the eleventh Star Trek film .
technology
The film was partly filmed with IMAX cameras and subsequently converted from 2D to 3D .
The film is set to music in Dolby Atmos .
marketing
An announcement trailer (December 2012), three teasers , an international trailer (March 2013) and another trailer (April 2013) were put online. Only the announcement trailer, a teaser for the Super Bowl and the international teaser appeared in German. The soundtrack of the first teaser is The Awakening by Brian Tyler , in the Big Game Spot , the teaser for the Super Bowl, Siege Towers was used by Audiomachine . In the international trailer, Requiem of the Gods by Critical Mass was used as the soundtrack, then Knightfall by Immediate Music and Icarus by Superhuman. To this end, posters and animated Flash GIFs were published via various channels.
The advertising campaign to mount 30 quadrocopters during the Earth Hour in London in March 2013 and to form the Star Trek logo from lights while flying in formation attracted a great deal of media attention.
Soundtrack
Michael Giacchino composed the film music under the editor Colosseum Music Entertainment (Alive). The album was released on May 17, 2013 under the name Star Trek Into Darkness - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack .
| No. | title | length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Logos / Pranking the Natives | 03:01 |
| 2. | Spock Drops, Kirk Jumps | 01:44 |
| 3. | Sub Prime Directive | 02:24 |
| 4th | London Calling | 02:10 |
| 5. | Meld-merized | 02:40 |
| 6th | The Kronos is waiting | 05:26 |
| 7th | Brigadoom | 03:41 |
| 8th. | Ship to Ship | 02:51 |
| 9. | Earthbound and Down | 02:38 |
| 10. | Warp core values | 02:56 |
| 11. | Buying the Space Farm | 03:17 |
| 12. | The San Fran Hustle | 05:00 |
| 13. | Kirk Enterprises | 03:00 |
| 14th | Star Trek Main Theme | 03:26 |
| 15th | The Growl (bonus track) | 02:54 |
synchronization
The synchronization took over the Berliner Synchron GmbH for a dialogue book of Änne Troester and the dialogue director of Björn Schalla .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Capt. James Tiberius "Jim" Kirk | Chris Pine | Nico Sablik |
| Mr. Spock | Zachary Quinto | Timmo Niesner |
| Mr. Spock (from the original timeline) | Leonard Nimoy | Fred Maire |
| Khan Noonien Singh / "John Harrison" | Benedict Cumberbatch | Sascha Rotermund |
| Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery "Scotty" Scott | Simon Pegg | Simon hunter |
| Lt. Nyota Uhura | Zoë Saldaña | Tanja Geke |
| Dr. Leonard "pill" McCoy | Karl Urban | Tobias Kluckert |
| Dr. Carol Marcus | Alice Eve | Annina Braunmiller |
| Admiral Alexander Marcus | Peter Weller | Frank Glaubrecht |
| Lt. Hikaru Sulu | John Cho | Julien Haggége |
| Ensign Pavel Chekov | Anton Yelchin | Constantin von Jascheroff |
| Admiral Christopher Pike | Bruce Greenwood | Oliver Stritzel |
| Thomas Harewood | Noel Clarke | Norman Matt |
| Andy | Christopher Doohan | Dirk Bublies |
| Thomas Harewood | Noel Clarke | Norman Matt |
| Captain Abbott | Beau Billingslea | Tobias Master |
| Cupcake | Jason Matthew Smith | Jan-David Rönfeldt |
| Darwin | Aisha Hinds | Peggy Sander |
| Derius | Ser'Darius Blain | Benjamin Stöwe |
reception
sales
On the opening of the film in the playing USA with 13.5 million US dollars , less than half of Star Trek (US $ 30.9 million) a.
In the first quarter of its release, box office sales worldwide totaled $ 451 million on a budget of $ 190 million.
In the first four days, the film was the most successful in Germany with 446,000 visitors at the time.
In 2013, 1,514,029 visitors were counted at the German box offices nationwide, making the film the 16th place of the most visited films of the year.
Reviews
The reviews of Star Trek Into Darkness were mostly positive. The film was particularly well received in the US media and welcomed as an entertaining action adventure. The Rotten Tomatoes website had a total of 242 reviews by the end of May 2013, 87% of which were positive, even if it was often noted that the film was less original than its predecessor.
The German film criticism, however, is often negative. Andreas Borcholte from Spiegel Online contrasts the “philosophical emptiness” of the film with the philosophical teaching from the classic Star Trek films, although Abrams had previously created many content-related possibilities with the new start. Borcholte describes the film as a "buddy movie in space". He also writes: “Abrams' Star Trek is a massive, cleverly composed conglomerate of the most successful cinema franchises of recent times. And so that this is not so noticeable, one action sequence chases the next, an effective 3-D effect replaces the next, including throwing lances into the wincing audience. "
Sebastian Milpetz from Critic.de sees the lack of depth as critical. Abrams doesn't dare to lead the crew so deeply into their own political abysses as, for example, in the Dark Knight series or in Skyfall . He describes the development story as simple, it is limited to well-known squabbles between Kirk and Spock. However, he praises the overall visual impression.
Harald Peters from Die Welt complains that J. J. Abrams did not use the freedoms he created in the previous film and that the film lacks plausibility. However, he praises the acting achievements: "How nice that at least the actors try to get everything out of their thin characters."
"Star Trek" belongs in space, preferably in a distant quadrant, "says Philippe Zweifel from the Tages-Anzeiger . In return, he praises the action scenes in the film: “But we don't want to complain. "Into Darkness" offers many successful "one liner" and even more action, for example a kind of meteorite surfing and the obligatory warp core, which crumbles with a great roar. "
Jens Balzer from the Berliner Zeitung also finds little good . He draws a comparison with the “intelligent SF literature”, in which one can also discover the other in oneself in confrontation with the other. The Star Trek television films and their successors Next Generation and Deep Space Nine would have implemented this, but the current film Star Trek Into Darkness lacks this. “Apart from the decorations and the occasional movement with the aid of a spaceship, it is not a science fiction film, but a male relationship and self-discovery film. […] It's about friendship, loyalty and betrayal among military trained types. Otherwise it's about nothing. […] No “Star Trek” film has been boiling like this one in a long time in the juice of the all too earthly […] ”.
Zeit Online , on the other hand, praises "the entertaining interplay between relationship work and the fray of battle", which director Abrams has mastered completely by reinforcing the contrasts between the two narrative levels with ironic sensitivity. The author only criticizes a few “maudlin soap opera scenes” and the 3D effects: “The 3D effects alone are a little too vain for him and make the Enterprise's mission a real test for the audience in the front rows”.
Felicitas Kleiner from the film service praises the balance between "great spectacle and character-centered drama". Heroism is balanced with humor, thereby maintaining the optimistic tone of the television series.
Awards and nominations
The film was nominated for an Oscar in 2014 in the category Best Visual Effects . In the same category, the film received a nomination at the British Academy Film Awards 2014 .
Background information
- A small supporting role as transporter chief is played by Christopher Doohan , the son of the original actor of the chief engineer "Scotty", James Doohan , as in the previous part . This goes back to an initiative by Star Trek fans. Christopher Doohan had an uncredited supporting role as an extra in the first Star Trek movie in 1979 .
- In a speech at the end of the film, Kirk speaks the familiar words of the German opening credits of the original series: "The space, infinite expanses ..."
- The character of Khan, played by Ricardo Montalbán , first appeared in the Star Trek episode Space Seed (German: The sleeping tiger ) (1967). The Khan's team also consists of 72 people. In the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), the character was first seen with the same actor in a Star Trek movie.
- Peter Weller (Admiral Alexander Marcus) played in 2005 in the 20th and 21st episodes of the last season of the series Star Trek: Enterprise a character who lived 100 years earlier.
- Leonard Nimoy has his last film role in Star Trek Into Darkness .
continuation
The sequel is titled Star Trek Beyond and is directed by Justin Lin . The film was released in the United States on July 22, 2016. One of the scriptwriters is Simon Pegg, who plays Scotty .
Web links
- Star Trek Into Darkness at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Star Trek Into Darkness atRotten Tomatoes(English)
- Star Trek Into Darkness in the Star Trek Wiki Memory Alpha
- Film review on KinderundJugendmedien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Star Trek Into Darkness . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2013 (PDF; test number: 138 572 K).
- ↑ Age rating for Star Trek Into Darkness . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Anthony Pascale: Paramount Already Thinking About Sequel To Abrams Star Trek . TrekMovie.com. June 4, 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
- ↑ 'Star Trek' Sequel Is Being Shot Partially On IMAX . Slash movie. February 24, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
- ↑ Matt Wright: Star Trek into Darkness will be in Dolby's new Atmos sound format . TrekMovie.com . November 8, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
- ↑ Dolby and Paramount Pictures Embark on New Frontiers for JJ Abrams' Star Trek into Darkness . In: Dolby Laboratories . November 6, 2012. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
- ↑ Spectacular publicity stunt: Drones form the Star Trek logo in the night sky . Retrieved May 13, 2013.
- ↑ Star Trek Into Darkness. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Forecast: 'StarTrek' Sequel Targets $ 100 Million Four-Day Start , boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
- ^ World Audience , The New York Times . Retrieved August 10, 2013.
- ↑ BoxOffice Mojo: StarTrek Into Darkness , boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
- ↑ Balance of the weekend . In: Handelsblatt . No. 91 , May 14, 2013, ISSN 0017-7296 , p. 14 .
- ↑ KINOaktuell: What you wanted: Münster's cinema year 2013, C. Lou Lloyd, Filminfo No. 4, January 23-29, 2014, p. 24f
- ↑ Star Trek Into Darkness review . In: 3 News , April 24, 2013. Archived from the original on July 20, 2013 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved September 18, 2013.
- ↑ Star Trek Into Darkness . In: Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ↑ Star Trek film "Into Darkness": Hey Spock, there will be hot ears soon in: SPIEGEL Online from May 4, 2013
- ↑ Star Trek Into Darkness , in: Critic.de of May 8, 2013, accessed on May 9, 2013
- ↑ "Into Darkness" - old anger and well-trodden paths , in: Die Welt, May 7, 2013
- ↑ Dossier: Film Critics , in: http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/kino/Semper-pugno/story/25279004?dossier_id=758 from May 3, 2013
- ↑ Until someone howls! , in: Berliner Zeitung of May 16, 2013
- ^ Mission in the Contemporary Past , in: Zeit Online, May 7, 2013, accessed on May 8, 2013
- ↑ Felicitas Kleiner: Vulcans don't cry , in: Film-Dienst No. 10/2013, p. 36
- ^ Interview with Chris Doohan , accessed on May 16, 2013
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1067053/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t53
- ↑ http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0000693/filmotype/actor?ref_=m_nmfm_1
- ↑ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/paramount-shuffles-star-trek-beyond-824411
- ↑ http://www.gamona.de/kino-dvd/star-trek-3,simon-pegg-paramount-fand-das-erste-drehbuch-zu-star-trek-3:news.html
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