Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

The greatest ST adventure on film!
Admirel James Kirk (William Shatner) has just recently had a birthday party but he feels like he's growing old, he and his usual crew like Dr. Bones McCoy(DeForrest Kelly), Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Scotty (James Doohan), Sulu (George Takai), Chekov (Walter Koenig), and Commander Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) with a new crew member who happens to be a female vulcan named Saavik (Kirsty Ally) go on a mssion on the Starship U.S.S. Enterprise. On the USS Reliant, Captain Terrell (Paul Windfield) and First Officer Pavel Chevok investigate an unknown and desolate planet which happens to be home of the evil genetically enchanted bad guy known as Khan (Ricardo Montalban) as they find themselves into trouble. Meanwhile on Space Station Regula 1, Kirk's former lover Dr. Carol Marcus (Babi Besche) and her son Dr. David Marcus (Merritt Butrick) are trying to do a special experiment called "The Genesis Device" which involves trying to make desolate lifeless planets to give them new life, Khan is desperately eagar wants The Genesis Device for himself as he raids the spaceship, can the Enterprise crew stop this madman from creating a universal apocalypse.

Brilliant and wickedly awesome sequel that has been considered by fans and critics as the best movie of the franchise and i can see why. Featuring spectacular special effects, action, emotion, excellent score by James Horner and great performances by the cast especially Kirsty Ally in her cinematic debut. Khan himself became one of the most menacing villains in science fiction history since his debut in the Star Trek episode "Space Seed" and the story itself is quite unique. See go out and seek this movie out on why it's the most beloved movie of the franchise! you won't be disappointed.

This 2-Disc DVD set contains the new director's cut with remastered sound and picture with never before seen footage, Audio commentary by Director Nicholas Meyer and Tex Commentary by Michael Okuda who is the co-author of the Star Trek Encyclopedia. Intrviews with the cast and crew, two featurettes, original interviews with Deforest Kelley, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and Richard Montalban, The Star Trek Universe; A Nove approach featurette on the ST novels and Storyboard Archeives.

Fun with New Scenes
ST:II is my favorite Trek movie. The director's cut added two new scenes I've never scene before, and it was wonderful not to watch the movie and be able to quote all the lines as they are said.

The extended scenes include

-- More dialog between Kirk and McCoy at Kirk's home.
-- Kirk's bantering with Peter Preston in the engineering room.
-- McCoy's dialog with Kirk after Preston dies.
-- The human ego comment by Spock.

I'm sure there was some more, but these are what stand out. The first and the third items were great, and I can't figure out why they were cut out. I had seen the 2nd and 4th items before when the show aired on TV. However, I think the timing was different with the human ego line on the TV version. Here it happens before Kirk calls Khan out for a rematch.

At any rate, this is a nice DVD collection. Unlike some reviewers, I found the color and presentation to be excellent. Not as amazing as the first movies director's cut, but then again...this one wasn't in such need to fixing to begin with.

Fun with New Scenes
ST:II is my favorite Trek movie. The director's cut added two new scenes I've never scene before, and it was wonderful not to watch the movie and be able to quote all the lines as they are said.

The extended scenes include

-- More dialog between Kirk and McCoy at Kirk's home.
-- Kirk's bantering with Peter Preston in the engineering room.
-- McCoy's dialog with Kirk after Preston dies.
-- The human ego comment by Spock.

I'm sure there was some more, but these are what stand out. The first and the third items were great, and I can't figure out why they were cut out. I had seen the 2nd and 4th items before when the show aired on TV. However, I think the timing was different with the human ego line on the TV version. Here it happens before Kirk calls Khan out for a rematch.

At any rate, this is a nice DVD collection. Unlike some reviewers, I found the color and presentation to be excellent. Not as amazing as the first movies director's cut, but then again...this one wasn't in such need to fixing to begin with.