DVD Review

Star Trek (2009)

EW's GRADE
A-

Details Release Date: May 08, 2009; Rated: PG-13; DVD Release Date: Nov 17, 2009; Genre: Sci-fi; With: Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto

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Rebooting the mothballed Star Trek franchise was never the no-win scenario (''Kobayashi Maru,'' for the nerd herd) that J.J. Abrams & Co. describe on this two-disc set's back-patting commentary. After all, fans already ate up Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. Still, Abrams' turn at the helm of the Enterprise is a triumph. Star Trek is exciting, the cast is terrific, and the cameo by Leonard Nimoy is done with both love and smarts. If there's a nit to pick, it's Eric Bana's villain, Nero. He's no Khan. A bounty of EXTRAS includes outtakes and cool deleted scenes like Spock's birth. The only thing missing is a drool bib. A-

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Originally posted Nov 11, 2009 Published in issue #1076 Nov 20, 2009 Order article reprints
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