"Star Trek: Into Darkness" Is Pretty And Well Acted.

Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)

J.J. Abrams finally releases the long awaited sequel to his reboot of back in 2009. There's rather more reason to be concerned about this movie's success though because it feels tied to two franchises now. Abrams is now not only tied to Star Trek, but also to Star Wars and it seems inevitable that his approach to Star Trek will leave some clues at to what his upcoming Star Wars sequel will have in store for us.

Of course, we all remember what the best part of the first Star Trek reboot movie was right? Why, Chris Hemsworth of course! He had an opening emotional scene where he sacrifices his life for the people he loves.



Now in this new sequel "Into Darkness" we have another opening where a throwaway character sacrifices his life for those he loves (with a darker twist). This time the actor is Noel Clarke. I LOVE Noel Clarke. Not quite enough to have checked out "Kidulthood" or "Adulthood" which are the two movies he's seemingly known best for as a serious actor. Obviously most people will know him as Mickey from Doctor Who, but he was also in Neil Marshall's "Centurion", he has a small role in "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" with Andy Serkis, he was the ONLY good thing in "Heartless" and brought that same charm along for his much larger role in the fun little movie "Fast Girls" with Lenora Critchlow.



Noel Clarke is absolutely brilliant in his opening in "Into Darkness", but unfortunately he is given practically no lines. There's also an annoying series of dutch angles and the camera twisting around that really don't work as well as they were meant to. Still surely after this, just like Chris Hemsworth (who is now Thor), he should be moving into his own big Marvel Studios project right? He's brilliant at acting and yet with his current level of fame Marvel wouldn't have to pay too much to get him to take the lead in one of their franchises. Perfect! I've had few ideas on this...


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