Star Trek IX: Insurrection (1998)
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56% of critics liked it
(66 reviews) -
51% of users liked it
(61,181 ratings)
Star Trek: Insurrection manages to recall the original 1960s series' spirit of liberalism, while transcending it for sheer boldness, embracing issues that are on the political cutting edge in the 1990s and beyond. The fact that the first 30 minutes are presented as a mystery only makes the… More Star Trek: Insurrection manages to recall the original 1960s series' spirit of liberalism, while transcending it for sheer boldness, embracing issues that are on the political cutting edge in the 1990s and beyond. The fact that the first 30 minutes are presented as a mystery only makes the material more engrossing. While assisting a survey team of Federation allies observing the populace of a distant planet, Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner) seemingly goes berserk and attacks the survey team, exposing their existence to the populace and jeopardizing the mission. Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) brings the Enterprise into orbit to try and apprehend Data and find out what happened . He discovers that the mission isn't one of observation, but the involuntary relocation of a small, peaceful population, undertaken by the Federation and its rogue planet allies the Son'a, supposedly to secure the planet's youth-restoring qualities. As it turns out, there's a much darker side to the plans of the Son'a, and a personal side to the carnage planned by the Son'a leader Ru'afo (F. Murray Abraham). Picard and his officers, suitably outraged by this violation of the Prime Directive -- that no Federation mission may interfere with the natural evolution of an alien culture -- take matters into their own hands in an attempt to expose the plot to public scrutiny, risking their lives in the process. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jonathan Frakes
- Written By
- Michael Piller, Rick Berman
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- In Theaters
- Dec 11, 1998 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
The extravagant makeup and special effects are actually unobtrusive because they're demanded by the pleasantly formulaic story, whose conflicts--and broad, innocuous political allegory -- justify the heartwarming resolution.
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Joe Leydon, Variety
Strikes a deft balance of predictable heroics and quirky humor.
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, Time Out
Despite the usual strained stabs at topical social significance, Frakes maintains a brisk pace, staging the battle scenes with panache and undercutting the absurd techno gibberish with crass but leavening humour.
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Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
Fun for most folks, heaven for Trekkers.
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Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
More of the the same-old -same-old.
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Cast
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Patrick Stewart
as Captain Jean-Luc Picard
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Jonathan Frakes
as Cmdr. William Riker
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Brent Spiner
as Lieutenant Commander Data
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LeVar Burton
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi LaForge
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Michael Dorn
as Lt. Cmdr. Worf
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Gates McFadden
as Dr. Beverly C. Crusher
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Marina Sirtis
as Lt. Cmdr. Deanna Troi
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F Murray Abraham
as Ru'afro
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Donna Murphy
as Anji
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Anthony Zerbe
as Admiral Dougherty
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Gregg Henry
as Gallatin
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Daniel Hugh Kelly
as Sojef
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Michael Welch
as Artim
- Abraham Murphy



