Star Trek-Nemesis (Widescreen) (2002)

"...the best movie featuring the Next Generation cast...  David Cornelius, Amazing Colossal Website
"...for casual Trek viewers, this is a pretty good ride.  Ethan Alter, Film Journal International

Editor's Note In STAR TREK: NEMESIS, based on the STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION television series, the USS Enterprise is gearing up for a challenging mission. While responding to a call from the Romulan neutral zone, the crew comes across a signal on the nearby planet Remus. It turns out to be Data's (Brent Spiner) less advanced brother, B-4 (also played by Spiner). Soon thereafter, Picard is confronted by Shinzon (Tom Hardy), who makes an offer of peace on behalf of the Romulans. As Starfleet enters into negotiations, they realize this treaty may have a twist. Shinzon presents himself as a clone of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), and as a simultaneous friend and foe. Though the baby faced Shinzon wears an intimidating shiny black metallic suit of armor, and spits his words through a nasty sneer, he is clearly no match for Picard. Meanwhile Data has a nifty side project debugging his clone, whose intentions are not as innocent as they may seem. As tension mounts between the crew of the Starship Enterprise and Shinzon's Reman minions, resulting in riveting high-tech deep-space battle, a vital sacrifice must be made to save the day. STAR TREK: NEMESIS's shocking ending will leave viewers hanging, anxiously awaiting the next installment in the series.

	Dina Meyer
	Gates McFadden
	Brent Spiner
	Jonathan Frakes
	LeVar Burton
	Marina Sirtis
	Michael Dorn
	Patrick Stewart
	Ron Perlman
	Tom Hardy
	Wil Wheaton
	Gene Roddenberry - Based on TV Series Created By
	Jeffrey L. Kimball - Cinematographer
	Stuart Baird - Director
	Dallas Puett - Editor
	Marty Hornstein - Executive Producer
	Jerry Goldsmith - Musical Score
	Rick Berman - Producer
	Herman F. Zimmerman - Production Designer
	John Logan - Screenplay

Los Angeles Times
"Ever resilient and reliable, the Starship Enterprise team has never hesitated to move forward no matter what the obstacles, and the latest feature, STAR TREK NEMESIS, has once again ventured into unexplored territory..." 12/13/2002 p.C12

Entertainment Weekly
"...The folks who cobbled NEMESIS together indulge the force of humanity over hardware in a way that George Lucas has long forgotten..." 01/03/2003 p.47

Variety
"...NEMESIS is a respectable venture on its own terms..." 12/02/2002 p.39

Sight and Sound
"...Shinzon and Picard have an interesting relationship, and Logan shows savvy..." 02/01/2003 p.61-2

L.A. Times 7 of 10
It's true that the Star Trek movies, and Nemesis is only partially an exception, have an air of pokey earnestness about them. No one is going to say they have the narrative propulsion of a runaway train, no matter who writes and directs them. And, with Stewart and in this case Hardy very much the exceptions, no one is going to say they are memorably acted. Familiarity and continuity are what the success of this series has always been about. We've been here before, and we like the neighborhood. - Kenneth Turan

San Francisco Examiner 7 of 10
Watching 1998's Insurrection made one long for the quality of the 1987-94 TV series, while Nemesis simply reminds one of some of the series' lesser entries. It's an improvement, but not an overwhelming one. Neither film stands up to the warmth and energy of Star Trek: First Contact (1996), which boasted heavyweights like James Cromwell and Alfre Woodard to help loosen things up.

But the lack of vigor is most clearly felt when Nemesis tries to crib a trick or two from some of the earlier films with the intention of wrenching a few hearts. Even this device (which I won't reveal) comes across as strangely cold and rushed.

What hurts most of all is that the last four years comprise the longest period ever between Star Trek sequels, and the momentum feels all but squelched. Nemesis doesn't leave us with enough confidence that an 11th movie will be worth anyone's time. - Jeffrey Anderson