Is it really worth of your money?

Lone survivor (2013): One more jump....

2014-02-23T13:27:00.001+02:00

Critic 1

I felt bad. I felt really bad when the guys jumped the cliff... Again. On the other hand I had to think that they get what they ordered. Moving in on enemy territory without working comms and not thinking ahead what to do with local civs if encountered... Aaaarhg... A very no-nonsense movie with dramatic and intensive scenes regarding action and visuality. However as in Battleship with same director (Peter Berg) the plot was kind of shallow. If your date likes Mark Wahlberg or has hots for SEALs go for it...

Critic 2

Movie tells about a group of soldiers surviving of a failed mission on Afghanistan. Well, the name of movie already revels how many actually survived... The plot is quite straightforward, but on the other hand I think this movie was planned to be action centered movie. There are a lot of action scenes and these action scenes are working well, but overall story is only average and sometimes you are thinking that no wonder their mission failed and did this really happen, since the movie says it is based on a true story. I think this movie is directed mostly to an American audience.

Judgement star: Some mixed feelings here...

Pacific Rim (2013): Big, nasty and beautiful.

2013-08-09T21:47:00.001+03:00

Critic 1

Guillermo del Toro has a reputation to produce very bizarre and disturbingly graphic movies. Pacific Rim is not an exception. The Kaijus and Jaegers are exceptionally well animated and for once the 3D is more of an improvement than a handicap. Unfortunately the plot has all the Hollywood must-be's. Some hidden agendas, love story and crazy scientist... And some kamikaze bravery to indulge Japanese viewers. If your date is not into Japanese stuff do not bother. A very nice movie anyhow.

Critic 2

This is a movie about a distant future, where aliens came. In the beginning of the movie many things were already explained, so I was wondering will it going be a boring movie. It wasn't. Guillermo del Toro didn't let an audience down this time either. I think this was a good movie. I could have never imagined that big robots and monsters who fight each others would make an interesting movie. I'm happy I was wrong. The movie had exceptionally well made 3D effects and I'm glad to see a 3D movie that doesn't have constant blurring of the fast movements. Big robots and monsters looked good in 3D, so they actually used 3D for make a better visual movie, not just movie in 3D. Actrors were ok also.

Judgement Star: A really nice movie.

The Wolverine (2013): Like teflon.... Nothing gets stuck.....

2013-07-28T23:47:00.000+03:00

Critic 1

It seems that Japan is the new black in the Hollywood. The Hunger Games rips off Battle Royale, Skyfall rips off the Japanese ghost towns, Pasific Rim is a copy of mecha anime and The Wolverine just steals the look and feel of Japan. I have never seen anything so mediocre than this movie. Movie was nice but a day later I can not tell any highlights. I just have this "Did I actually see a movie ?" feeling. A totally flavorless movie. Go and see it if you must.

Critic 2

This movie is a sequel for the X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I'm glad that there weren't much references for the Origins movie, since I didn't remember much what happened there. In this movie Wolverine goes to Japan. In my opinion the movie was quite good interpretation of comics where Wolverine went to Japan, but the story was altered for the movie and maybe it affected for my judgement. Somehow I was expecting more from director James Mangold, since he has directed some very good movies before. But I still think that this movie was better than X-Men Origins: Wolverine. 3D could have been better (I was hoping less blurring movements), otherwise special effects were ok. Hugh Jackman was excellent Wolverine again, Tao Okamoto as Mariko and other leading female actresses were great also. It was really nice to see that they were good actresses also, not just pretty faces.

Judgement Star: A very mediocre movie

The Lone Ranger (2013) : Jumpig around in a Disney style.

2013-07-05T12:44:00.001+03:00

Critic 1

And a once more Johnny Depp (as Tonto) gets his kicks with a messy head robe. I was mildly positively surprised about this movie. I feared that it would be like in certain pirate movies where in some point it feels that the dangling in the ropes is the main thing or in adventures of certain archeology teacher where jumping in between moving cars rises to spotlight in certain sections. But there was something similar though... A very entertaining movie never the less. Armie Hammer is an excellent choice for the Lone Ranger role. Just as much an American Golden Boy than one can possibly be. The visual effects were nice in general but some corners were cut.... The humor in the movie did not sink into me as well as in general audience. Many of the jokes were kind of obvious or just plainly lame. A good date movie. Will not rise any strong feelings moral vise.

Critic 2

This was a funny western movie. Somehow I remember that I have heard from Lone Ranger and Tonto when I was a child, but I can't recall was it a comic, a book or tv series. There was quite much action in the movie. Jokes were quite funny and I was happy that they had updated them for modern times. A masked gunfighter was probably really cool about eighty years ago, but today you will need also something more and I was glad that the writers of the film had realized that. The movie was better than I expected and I have to say that I was positively surprised. The leading actors were great and visual effects were good. It was also great to see a 2D movie for a change, because I hate a blurring of fast movements in 3D movies.

Judgement Star: A good but tasteless movie.

Star Trek - Into Darkness (2013): Like a Bond movie in space....

2013-07-02T16:31:00.001+03:00

Critic 1

When I go to see a Star Trek movie I would like to see epic space fights, exotic new races (Klingon's at least) and hear some double minded comments from captain Kirk. What I do not want to see is a copy of the Moonraker. I wasn't overly surprised though. The plot was what I feared based on the trailers I saw. Apart of the evident lack of proper space fights the movie was really nice. Especially the visual effects were extremely good. Plot was ok but as I said I expected something else. An acceptable date movie. Even a total Star Trek n00b can appreciate the visual effects of this movie.

Critic 2

This is a next Star Trek movie in a new timeline. The movie begins about from the situation were the previous one was left. The beginning of the movie was very good and hooked the watcher. In my opinion the setting for the plot the were very interesting and movie dealt with the issues quite satisfyingly. Well, there were some holes in the plot if you think too carefully, but during the movie I didn't pay much attention to these. I think three main actors were exceptionally good. Visual effect were pretentious and nice to watch. If you liked the the previous Star Trek movie you will probably like this one too.

Judgement Star: Into Darkness (2013).

Oblivion (2013): Ripping off from the Independance Day...

2013-04-22T00:11:00.002+03:00

Critic 1

A very clean movie compared to our resent reviews. Tom Cruise does what he is used to do. Acts clinically, professionally and slips off without leaving big emotions behind. However - SPOILER ALERT !!! - The way the word ends this time is truly awful. Millions and millions of T.C.'s embarking from alien ships... Horror indeed. And Nikolaj Coster-Waldau would kill first as usual. The end game was a rip-off from the Independence Day. You'll see. Nevertheless a good, entertaining movie. Safe option for a date movie.

Critic 2

The future, aliens have attacked and there is no more people living in the earth, only a couple who is maintaining water collectors. Somehow it's again very clean and dustless inside the future home. At some point story starts to drag a bit and looses it's focus. I was hoping that this science fiction movie would have presented more original ideas. Even if it lacks originality, the movie has very nice cgi graphics. Actors were ok, especially I liked Andrea Riseborough as an ambitious woman.

Judgement Star: A fairly good movie.

Warm Bodies (2013): Promises, promises.....

2013-04-21T23:16:00.003+03:00

Critic 1

Zombies are really the hottest of hot currently. And it was only a matter of time when someone makes some fun out of it. Warm Bodies is a nice effort but not a masterpiece. The trailers gave a very promising picture of the movie but the reality was much lamer. There were some nice comics embedded in the movie but not enough. Now the movie was not a comedy, horror movie or a love story either. But it is a good date movie. Happy ending leaves a nice after movie feeling.

Critic 2

A story of a forbidden love. Zombies have populated most parts of the Earth and humans are living in small fortresses. But then with a whim of a destiny a girl and a boy meet. It doesn't matter if their kin hate each other. The movie wraps a love story and zombies in a very refreshing package. It never forgets it's roots in zombie movies, but it's still and all a funny love story with style. The length of the movie was just right. Also, Nicholas Hoult did very nice work in a leading role.

Judgement Star: Conflicting stars for once.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) : Total waste of time.

2013-04-13T19:51:00.002+03:00

Critic 1

The first G.I. Joe was a passable movie with some eye candy and weaknesses related to... Well... Everything. Sequel on the other hand has dropped all the good parts (most notably the Scarlett) and left only the crap left. The plot is weak and senseless, acting is mostly second class and so on... Stay away.

Critic 2

This movie is a sequel to first G.I.Joe movie. I have to admit, that I didn't remember what happened in the first movie, so first minutes I was wondering who are this guys and what is happening. But soon it was told who are the bad guys and good guys. Maybe I needed to have some information about the characters in advance from old comics or from somewhere, since some twists in the plot seemed highly illogical. Well, graphics were nice sometimes.

Judgement Star: Close to B class movie...

Cloud Atlas (2012): Some fancy acting here...

2013-04-01T23:21:00.001+03:00

Critic 1

I think that I have to find the Cloud Atlas novel from somewhere and read it. That was the first feeling after the movie. The beginning of the movie was slightly confusing and the knowledge based on the novel would have helped to get more out from the movie. The casting of the movie was excellent and after a while I understood that the movie had actually been made maybe like with ten different actors. The movie looked really nice and needless to say that the plot was interesting but maybe slightly complicated to persons who have not read the novel. More original view of the human future would have been in order. Without going into details the bad capitalists are ruining the earth... Again. A very nice date movie. Just sharpen your mind for the inevitable philosophic discussion afterwards.

Critic 2

Cloud Atlas told stories from different times. These stories were connected with little details or perhaps there was more, but I'm not sure if I got all the clues. At first some stories were more interesting than others, but in time all of them grew to be interesting. Sometimes it was fun to try to guess which actor played the role, since main actors had several roles in different times. The movie was quite long, but stories weren't dull. Some of the stories included a bit of philosophical pondering, but nothing too heavy or shocking. In the end some of the stories seemed a little bit rushed. A very well made movie and good actors. Visions from future looked great.

The Judgement Star: Coud Atlas is a very good movie.

A Good Day to Die Hard (2013): Let the John McClane finally die....

2013-02-16T23:31:00.001+02:00

Critic 1

As a die hard fan of Die Hard movies I'm appalled. This piece of art is totally unaligned compared with the true John McClane films. All the humour is gone and the once so fluent storytelling and greater than life goons are missing.... Now I just felt that " This is what really cheap movie looks..." And John McLane was lamer than ever... There was a Mi-24 flying around and John is known to have taken flying lessons. Conclusion based on the old films is obvious and highly anticipated but no.... Keep clear. Do not bother your date.

Critic 2

Die Hard saga continues. The idea of the movie sounded very good, John Mclane meets his son after long time. From the previous Die Hard movies I understood that the idea of movie saga was that John McClane just happens to be there in the middle of action accidentally. This time he went straight to car chase and things started to crash. Also a character development scenes could have been less obvious. In the previous Die Hard movies there were more (funny and stupid) jokes included or maybe I remember wrong. The storyline and movie felt rushed, a cheap copy of some unknown (super)agent film. I also wondered why the aspect ratio of film screen wasn't that wide as usually in movies today. I think Die Hard saga deserves far better movies than this kind.

The Judgement Star: Very close to be a B-movie.

Zero Dark Thirty (2012): Nothing surprising here.

2013-02-03T17:26:00.000+02:00

Critic 1

I was wondering when somebody starts with the "USA rules" movies about the war on terror. This was in a such a fairly good movie. The story was more about individual stubbornness than superiority of a nation. But to be honest I have the feeling that the main character is not a real one and she is written in only to twist the knife in the wound. The ending was naturally spoiled long ago but the happenings after 9/11 and their links to the hunt of O.B.L were very interesting. Not really a date movie I'd say. The interrogation scenes may ruin the mood...

Critic 2

This was a movie about a hunt for a terrorist. Everyone know how the movie will end so there is nothing new in there. But the movie was well made and you still wanted to know what happened next. The style of the movie reminded a documentary and somewhat cold leading role fitted this style. Movie also represented refreshingly different female role what I have seen in long time. For me it was hard to figure out what a director really wanted to say with this movie and I'm not sure did I get it. The movie was pretty long, but it didn't feel that long. The plot development was well done.

Judgement Star: A fair movie.

Django Unchained (2012): Beat those white sorry asses!

2013-01-26T22:35:00.000+02:00

Critic 1

Tarantino's newest does not leave anybody cold. You either love it or you hate it. Christoph Waltz makes excellent work as a German born dentists who's noted that killing people makes more money than healing them. Jamie Foxx plays a part of an shining black knight rescuing a damsel in distress. When the plot is laid down the movie rolls on nicely and the body count rises steadily. There is a kind of lapse during the end game but who cares. This is exactly what you would expect out of western made by Quentin Tarantino. Maybe not for the first dates though.

Critic 2

A new movie by Quentin Tarantino. A western about a topic rarely discussed in western movies, namely, slavery. Basic themes are familiar from previous movies by Tarantino, a lot of lively discussions and violence. But again marvellously talking is not boring and almost three hours went quickly. If you liked Tarantino's previous movies you will probably like this one too, although in my opinion this is not one of the best movies from him. The leading actors were really great again, but storyline starts to fall apart towards to the end and this is the biggest minus of the movie.

Judgement Star: A very good movie.

Book: Judas Unchained - Peter F. Hamilton

2013-01-25T20:53:00.000+02:00

May the aliens shiver...

A sequel to the Pandora's Star tells the story of the epic end game of the struggle between humans and the evil aliens the Primes. Not very surprisingly humans prevail after some moral dilemmas which are solved by an unruly hippie... Of course. The story flows nicely without unnecessary stalls. For a fairly long book (~1000 pages) its very fast to read. As a stand-alone book this will not work. It's expected that you know what happened before.

Conspiracy by Apple...?

One odd detail stole my attention. There were several references in Finnish things. Like one minor character and a planet named after a Finnish town. And make no mistake. The low Finnish birth rate will make sure that no planets will be named after our towns. At first they kind of seamed out of place and my crooked mind instantly thought " Could it be that Apple modifies the details of the books based on the purchase location... " Damm... Changing these minor details would bring just enough patriotism in to raise the future sales. But no. Hamilton has made these references before. Shame. No hidden conspiracy there. But I claim the idea of modified details myself (if it's unclaimed.)

A nice book indeed.

Forget it! - Take it as a gift - Buy it from a discount - Buy a hard cover - For the prime spot on the shelf

Frankenweenie (2012): Horror for the kids.

2013-01-12T20:57:00.001+02:00

Critic 1

This movie is mainly for the kids and hard core Tim Burton fanatics... Or so I thought. The idea is a basic Frankenstein plot with obvious character substitutions. Tim Burtons puppet-animation style works extremely well here and the resurrected horror / tension elements really hit it home. This short and captivating movie probably suits well as a kids first "horror" film. And of course this is a good date movie. Should be easy enough to digest.

Critic 2

The movie is a very nice interpretation of the tale of Frankenstein. I thought this would be children's movie with several Disney singing songs. But I'm glad I was wrong. Well, there was one song, but it was creepy enough. Black, white and grey colour scale suited to movie perfectly. This is a horror movie for children, but the movie was good and a heart warming story progressed nicely. You may also spot some references to old horror movies. Now I'm curious to see the original short version of Frankenweenie.

The Judgement Star: A nice movie.

Book: Pandora's Star - Peter F. Hamilton

2013-01-07T20:26:00.003+02:00

Solid but unsurprising universe...

The first part of the commonwealth saga paints a very plausible view of the human society in the not-so-distant future. Humans live practically forever - if the wallet allows - and humans are more or less under one government. Nothing really extraordinary here. Contrary to mainstay stories the space flight does not have so big role in this book. A refreshing exception, although towards the end of the book it started to become more prominent. The bad alien in this book is described chillingly good. The motivations behind the alien actions are told and the pure inhumanity tingles my spine...

Storytelling like in the Game of Thrones

There is no single main character in the book. Much like in the certain very popular fantasy and middle-age related book series. And I like it. It lets the tension build up or lets you breathe when the main flow of the book demands it and splits the book into a manageable chunks.

A very entertaining but not so overly exceptional book.

Forget it! - Take it as a gift - Buy it from a discount - Buy a hard cover - For the prime spot on the shelf

-Critic#1

Juoppohullun päiväkirja (2012): Hasling around without ending...

2012-12-30T22:22:00.000+02:00

Critic 1

Usually Finnish movies are dark whining stories about hardness of life. It was very entertaining to see a movie where the hardships of everyday life were systematically bypassed and life lived with a full throttle.... With help of booze but who cares? Story itself was very mediocre and without proper ending with some very disturbing but plausible details from professional drunks life. Joonas Saartamo plays the main character extremely well, I'd say he will get some Finnish equivalent of Oscar because of the role. Take care that your date can handle bad language, vomiting and gay porn scenes.

Critic 2

Movie is about a Finnish man, who is addicted to alcohol. The king named alcohol is everything to him, but then he meets a girl. An overall plot sounds like ordinary romantic movie. But this is a Finnish movie about a shabby man with an irony and without colors of roses. The movie was better than I expected, I thought it would be all mindless fiddling. There is a lot of that too, but also a plot. But there could have been a little bit more of a real plot, since the movie felt a bit too long, even the length of the movie was only about one and half hours. The ending pointed towards to sequel too clearly. But I have to admit that this movie wasn't so depressing as so many other Finnish movies.

The Judgement Star: A movie with some weak points.

Finland - The most dullest place on Earth.

2012-12-26T21:00:00.001+02:00

Why so?

There are few very distinctive indications supporting my claim.

1. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak hints something like that.

“Those who came here in order to set up a national home have to know how to stand firm. For those who want complete quiet, there is Finland and there is Western Europe, and they can go there.” (The original post)

2. The US ambassador to Finland has nothing else to do...

...but to work his biceps.

3. In some other countries men are stockpiling guns....

... in Finland men are stockpiling (in Finnish) clothes and ham.

4. The most outrageous criminal in Finland during the Xmas holidays...

... was a great tit (In Finnish).

I rest my case.

-Critic#1

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) - Feels like a fairytale.

2012-12-21T00:16:00.001+02:00

Critic 1

First of all I have to mention that we saw the HFR version of this movie and oh boy... It was really worth it... Picture was sharp as life it self and the annoying blurring of movement was totally gone. Some corners were cut though but not too badly. Otherwise the movie was as expected. Nothing extraordinary with the plot (if you have read the book), or with the characters. If you can survive the dish washing scene in the beginning (you'll know) this is a really good movie. Just make sure to wear a pointy hat in the theater and make sure that your date is OK with that.

Critic 2

This is a movie about a novel by Tolkien. A hobbit will have a big adventure. I was surprised how well it merged in the similar world with the movies from the Lord's of the rings by the same director. The 3D effects were better than usual, a new technique seem to be promising. I liked the movie although some similar scenes with LOTR movies could have been filmed from different angles. I liked a bit slow phase of the movie and in the end after almost three hours I would have still wanted to stay in the theater and watch more.

Judgement Star: The Hobbit is a very good movie.

Book: The Fractal Prince - Hannu Rajaniemi

2012-12-10T19:04:00.001+02:00

How confused you can get..?

If you have not read the Quantum Thief you can stop here. There is no point to read further.

The Fractal Prince starts where the Quantum Thief ended. The mystical thing made by one of the not-properly-introduced fractions is doing something to mess the bandwidth or something....

A very hard to read book, totally impossible if you have not read the previous book by Hannu Rajaniemi. If you can leave your day work and read this word by word then you may have some chance....

-Critic#1

Despite (or because) of the complicated nature a very unique book.

Leave it in trash - Take it as a gift - Buy it from a discount - Buy a hardcover - For the prime spot on the shelf

Star Trek - Generations (1994): And Captain Kirk saves the day.

2012-12-01T21:52:00.001+02:00

Critic 1

The first Star Trek movie with Captain Picard shows promise in the beginning but turns down to metaphysical mumbojumbo. Again the crew of the Enterprise fights mystical forces and evildoers with grater-than-life plans, a bunch of Klingons are mixed in the soup and dead Captain Kirk shows up. So it is a common day in the Star Trek universe. The visual effects are clearly better than in the previous Star Trek movies and there is even a minor space fight. As a date movie... Are you kidding? You are a Star Trek fan. You don't have a real date...

Critic 2

The Star Trek saga continues with the next generation. The story stars a bit slowly, but improves later. The ideas in the storyline are diverse, but plot doesn't grab a full usage of them. Computer generated graphics are nice although not spectacular. The ending feels a bit prolonged but by thinking of a story it is justified. I got the feeling that this is a transition movie and next movie will fully focus on next generation and I will see a real space adventure.

Judgement Star: Generations is an average movie.

Imaginaerum (2012): Bizarre in a good way.

2012-12-01T19:11:00.004+02:00

Critic 1

Usually when a band has some issues with their old members they trash the issue in the popular media and downplay as much as they can. But the Nightwish made a movie... Movie itself is very unorthodox and surprising in both weird and captive ways and very touchy. There is no telling what comes next.. Unfortunately the acting is not up to standards and being "a musical" there is less music you would expect. Visually the movie was quite nice. Specially the final scenes. If you want to see something different this is for you.

Critic 2

The Nightwish band made a movie. Initially I thought that it would be a musical, but the movie included surprisingly few musical performances. Somehow I was hoping to see more of them. The best in the movie were music and dreamy visions, unfortunately the basic storyline was nothing new. But if the storyline would have been complicated maybe movie would have been difficult to understand. The dreams and "real" story folded together nicely. The computer effects also looked fine. Actors were actually good and I'm glad that they chose real actors in roles instead amateurs.

Judgement Star: A fair movie with some weaknesses.

Looper (2012): A ruined future indeed..

2012-12-01T11:08:00.000+02:00

Critic 1

Our dear western culture teaches us that the life of a child is precious and must be protected at any cost. But is it so? In the wild weak, ill and young are the first to perish. In this movie our basic values around this topic are tested... Along with some physics laws. Besides different than usual motivation the plot of the movie is a standard seek-and-kill, bad versus even worse and so on. In general a good movie without a special edge. A solid option as a date movie.

Critic 2

Looper is a science fiction movie with time traveling. But somehow time traveling theme is more intelligent than usually and also other themes in the movie as well. A cyclic nicely written plot leaves some mysteries to the watcher, but you shouldn't think them too much after the movie. During the movie you can just relax and enjoy the movie or you can start thinking all the thing related to time traveling. Luckily also the movie acknowledges this. Actors are better than usually.

Judgement Star: Looper is a nice movie

Argo (2012): Ben Affleck's best... So far.

2012-11-12T20:49:00.001+02:00

Critic 1

Oh... The old times. It was allowed to smoke in the airplane and champagne was served even in the economy class... And there was a need for proper spies. And you really have to honor the bravery of these men. The story that Argo tells is not possible anymore. It's all too high tech nowadays. The plot of the movie is based on a true story and nice it is. Not too high flying to be unbelievable but tricky enough to be really captivating. Not much of action and the few computer effects were really lame. Setting these minor details aside Ben does a good job with this movie both as a leading actor and as a director. Argo is a good movie. Take your date to see it.

Critic 2

Based on true story, this movie tells about an agent trying to save lives in the 70s. There was a revolution in Iran. Plot develops nicely and there are exciting moments, and you don't know how it will end (or maybe someone has heard the story in advance). The plot is realistic, no booming action scenes, but it doesn't matter. Couple of times I was thinking that did it really happened this way in reality, but in whole this moments didn't matter. Not a brilliant but a good movie with feeling of the 70's.

Judgement Star: Argo is a good movie. Even with Ben Affleck.

Game: Angry Birds Star Wars - Business as usual.

2012-11-12T13:13:00.001+02:00

May the bird be with you....

First of all I'm not a very big Angry Bird fan. It's nice game as it is but just too simple for me. Pointing and shooting just does not take you very far... If you are older than 5 years...

Anyhow I decided to give this a try. I downloaded the game from iTunes store on my iPad 2 with a prize of a coffee cup or two. My budget can just cope with that...

On with the game

I have some earlier versions of AB on my phone and iPad so I was surprised of the fact that this version of the game was somewhat harder to play than the previous ones. The view over the "battleground" was too tight by default and zooming left the slingshot too near to the left edge of the field. This again causes accidental shots when the finger slips over the edge of the screen.

The game experience otherwise is similar with the other AB's. You basically point and shoot. The Star Wars theme brings some nice perks in it but is it enough? Well with this prize yes it is. And some of the levels are pretty tough if you aim for the full stars.

Beware of the mammal side in you...

AB is a very good business to the Rovio I recon. A simple and very addictive game.... With a dark side. To my understanding the Rovio's privacy policy states that they reserve the right to collect "non-personal" data as they wish. They should at least ask weather it's OK during the first use or something...

So if you can cope with the mild breach of privacy this is worth of your money.

-Critic#1

Star Trek - The Undiscovered Country (1991): Orders... Disobey naturally.

2012-11-03T16:17:00.001+02:00

Critic 1

For once the Captain Kirk has to deal with a non-epic enemy. This time he just has to deal with Klingon empire and traitors within Starfleet. And it's a good thing. For once there is a room for proper plot development and character introduction. The epic enemy and the psychedelic images of it are not stealing the show as in some of the earlier Star Trek movies. Nice computer effects in not-so-80's style and suitable amount of action and drama. But the epic space battles were still missing. As always with the classic Star Trek movies to be watched only with a special date.

Critic 2

This movie of Star trek saga kind of reminds me of a detective story. A peace treaty lies on an uncertain ground and the crew of the Enterprise has to save the day. The story starts a bit slowly, but when it gets going it keeps watchers interest in high level all the time. Story proceeds nicely and steadily. Sadly there are not big space fights or epic visions from outer space. But it's not a bad thing that story was not left behind of special effects.

Judgement Star: The undiscovered Country is one of the best classic Star Treks.