Review of Star Trek Beyond

The USS Enterprise arrives at the Starbase Yorktown for a leave of the crew and Kirk (Chris Pine) intends to be promoted to Vice Admiral to stay at Yorktown and has recommended Spock (Zachary Quinto) for his present position of Enterprise's Captain. However, the survivor from a spaceship called Kalara (Lydia Wilson) is rescued in a lifesaving pod and the Enterprise is assigned to bring the other survives from the distant uncharted planet Altamid. But they are attacked by a swarm of spacecrafts and the Enterprise is destroyed. The crew escapes in pods while the alien leader Krall (Idris Elba) seeks a relic called Abronath that Kirk has kept on board after an unsuccessful diplomatic mission. Krall captures the crew while Spock and Dr. McCoy (Karl Urban) team up with the native Jaylah (Sofia Boutella), who is a skilled engineer that lives in an ancient spaceship from the Starfleet that is stranded in the planet. Meanwhile Kirk, Chekov (Anton Yelchin) and Kalara look for the Abronath in the partially destroyed saucer section. They discover that Kalara is part of Krall's army but they succeed to escape from Krall's warriors and stumble upon Jaylah and their friends. Now the group intends to save the Enterprise's crew and return to Yorktown.

"Star Trek Beyond" is an entertaining adventure totally different from the original series with the excessive use of CGI and explosions. The exaggeration is part of the recent blockbusters and there is no exception in "Star Trek Beyond" with the excessive number of spaceships in Krall's swarm. The Enterprise being destroyed is something unthinkable years ago. Further, to turn Sulu into a gay member of the crew is awful. At least, the characters are charismatics and Jaylah is an interesting new member of the crew. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Star Trek: Sem Fronteiras" ("Star Trek: Without Boundaries")