Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner

The sacrifice of a beloved character is just one of many highlights in Nemesis, the 10th feature in the lucrative Star Trek franchise. Enigmatically billed as the beginning of "A Generation's Final Jo...( read more  read more... )urney," this richly plotted Next Generation adventure maintains the "even number rule" regarding Trek's feature quality, and it's one of the best in the series. It hits its brisk stride when Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his Enterprise-E crew encounter Shinzon (Tom Hardy), a younger clone of Picard, rejected by the Romulans as the human weapon of an abandoned conspiracy. Raised on the nocturnal Romulan sister planet Remus, Shinzon now plots revenge against Romulus and Earth but needs Picard's blood to carry out his scheme. A wedding, a childlike "duplicate" Data named B-4 (Brent Spiner), spectacular space battles, and uncommon acts of valor make this a tautly-paced action thriller, poised to pass the franchise (but not quite yet) to a new generation of Starfleet personnel. Die-hard Trekkers will not be disappointed.

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PG-13, 1 hr. 56 min.

Directed by: Stuart Baird

Release Date: December 13, 2002

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  • September 21, 2009
    The next generation?s version of Wrath of Khan went horribly wrong. What was the idea going to be for the next film, Star Trek 11 - The Search for Data? Alas we get lumbered with a shit ?Prequel? instead. Arse.
  • April 5, 2009
    Hey I didn't really wanted to see this, but it turned out to be pretty good. Never really was much of a fan of the "new" star trek, I'm more of the old school Trekkie...but this was ok. The storyline was actually somewhat interesting and the cast surprised me. Special Effects wer...( read more)e good and I was very entertained.
  • October 29, 2008
    If the rumors are to be believed, then approximately fifty minutes of footage for Star Trek: Nemesis are lying somewhere in Paramount's vault. While the movie itself is technically well-edited with a slick Hollywood gloss, this might explain why everyone but Picard and Data are l...( read more)eft short-handed with minimal screen time and dialogue. Hopefully, the missing footage will find its way to the DVD release, where we can get the final tribute the crew of The Next Generation deserves.

    As a story for a final adventure, Nemesis isn't quite the epic one may hope for. The plot mostly focuses on the parallels between Picard and the new Romulan leader, a human named Shinzon (Tom Hardy), who claims to desire peace between the Romulans and the Federation. He also has a special bond to Picard, which I won't give away, suffice to say Data also gets to experience something similar throughout the film. Essentially, the plot isn't particularly interesting and it works primarily as a set-up for the climactic space battle, definitely the movie's highlight.

    Before then, the only setpieces worthy of interest are a gratuitous but enjoyable car chase (!) on a desert planet that resolves in a grin-inducing fashion, and a fast-paced shootout on board Shinzon's warship, the Scimitar, which also resolves in a pretty cool manner. That's all the action we get in the first 80 or so minutes, meaning there's a lot of talky scenes that go nowhere and clumsily insert the good ol' "Nature vs. Nurture" debate to no avail. Outside of the action, what makes the first 3/4's of the movie watchable are the excellent special effects and the crew's camaraderie. Acting wise, we get excellent performances from Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner (by the way, is it just me or does Stewart look even more physically fit than ever? Old age is doing little to bring him down)

    Clearly, the final space battle is what we've been waiting for, and after 10 movies and 23 years, we get what is easily the most elaborate action sequence of the entire Trek franchise. The segment runs just short of a half-hour and features the Enterprise going toe-to-toe with the Scimitar, and to keep the concept of one starship battling another from getting boring (because let's face it, that gets old in a matter of minutes), director Stuart Baird throws in a few more ships, some more phaser fights from boarding enemy parties (which prove to be the most exciting parts of the movie), fisticuffs, and even a self-destruct sequence that could prove fatal for everyone. It's a doozy of an action scene, even if it is slightly marred by Troi's psychic link and tiresome reports of collapsing shields. This is the sequence that makes the movie worth watching to sci-fi action fans.

    Personally, I would have preferred had Baird just spaced the action out more evenly (a la First Contact), rather than stuffing it all in the conclusion, since the plot itself is hard to hold interest on its own. Still, from the space battle alone, this is more action-packed than any of the original crew's films and comes out just ahead of First Contact in terms of quantity, if not in quality. The finale also features the death of a beloved character, which isn't executed quite as properly as it should have, but is touching on its own. Once again, I'm hoping the director's cut will fix that up. Until then, this is just satisfying enough to those who thirst for outerspace action.
  • March 26, 2008
    2 and a 1/2 stars based on nostalgia.
  • October 28, 2007
    After discovering a protocol droid similar to Data on the way to Riker and Counselor Troy’s honeymoon, the Federation sends the crew of the Enterprise to Romulus. On Romulus, the Enterprise crew encounters Shinzon, a clone of Captain Jean-Luc Picard who lived on the slave plane...( read more)t of Remus. Shinzon appears to want peace with the Federation but a break-in of the Enterprise’s computer leads to the capture of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Shinzon needs Captain Picard to ensure his own survival and destruction of Earth.
    Nemesis is the most criticized of all the Star Trek films because of its fortune of being the last journey of the Next Generation crew and many to believe it should have been some epic journey. Nemesis is a good entry in the Star Trek filmography, not the best nor the worst. This film makes up three folds for Insurrection which was incredibly weak and overall implausible story. Nemesis is a well placed thriller more than a Science Fiction Epic. Many core Star Trek fans will be upset and resent the movie because of its few inconsistencies it has to the Star Trek Universe, but the story is strong and the acting is top of the tier. Overall Nemesis receives three transporter beams out of five.
  • November 18, 2009
    It is OK ... but a little bit stale.
  • November 17, 2009
    I'd rate this number 2 of all the Star Trek movies so far. It's a must see for all Star Trek fans young and old alike.
  • October 20, 2009
    Considered a weak entry into the movie franchise, imho mostly b/c it is in fact the last of the films (until the recent Star Trek reboot). In actuality, it stands as tall as any other TNG film. Generations will always be my personal fave, however...
  • October 18, 2009
    The final installment with the Next Generation crew may just be the best of the four. I feel that some audiences were unnecessarily harsh with this extremely thoughtful and dark entry. John Logan's script is smart and detailed. The visuals are easily the best of the Next Generati...( read more)on films - finally, it doesn't just look like one big TV show. The effects are remarkable and best of all, the action quota is through the roof. This is where some Trekkie fans may object the most. It's easily the most action-packed Trek film since '79 and perhaps this is not what Star Trek is supposed to be about (the entire final 30 minutes is one giant action set piece). Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed the progressive complications. Plus, it's not as if the story is shallow. The characterizations are quite complex. Lastly, it's also wonderful to have Goldsmith back doing some stellar work.
  • September 11, 2009
    i think i own this one too

Critic Reviews


December 23, 2002
David Edelstein, Slate

This tenth feature is a big deal, indeed -- at least the third-best, and maybe even a notch above the previous runner-up, Nicholas Meyer's Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. full review

December 13, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Stewart instead lends integrity and wry stoicism to Nemesis, but the movie is unworthy of him. full review

December 13, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Star Trek was kind of terrific once, but now it is a copy of a copy of a copy. full review

December 13, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Familiarity breeds content with Star Trek fans, and the 10th movie in the series does nothing to mess with the series' comfortably monotonous fantasy formula. full review

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  • MRFI
    September 25, 2007
    I'm a fan so i have to rate it high. One of the best in the whole series though. Its darker and more plotted than the other Next Generation movies.

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