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Star Trek Insurrection
Or Star Trek: Insurrection. Or anyway the ninth installment in the Star Trek series. It sets up a clear-cut battle of beautiful Good against ugly Evil (Daniel Hugh Kelly, the leader of the good guys, bears a striking resemblance in looks and in manner to a younger William Shatner), and then it mucks up the conflict with fast-talk gobbledegook, technological hocus-pocus, indifferent action scenes, Trekkie in-jokes, and a self-destructive penchant for tomfoolery: the captain of the starship gets through to his running-amok android by engaging him in a Gilbert-and-Sullivan singalong. For those who still can't get enough of the series, this could be the cure. With Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Donna Murphy, F. Murray Abraham, and Jonathan Frakes; directed by Frakes. 1998.
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MPAA Rating: PG
