After reading a glowing review from The Daily Mail's new Event magazine awarding the film a nearly unheard of five stars, I knew Star Trek Into Darkness could be something special.
It seems to be the case with most films I've watched at the cinema recently, that I go into them blind having watched barely a single trailer or preview (while we're on the subject here nearly the whole cinema groaned when we realised we had to sit through another 6 minute preview screening of the pointless action sequel Fast and Furious 6) but this actually made the film even more enjoyable. Not knowing that much about the original Star Trek actually made the unveiling of Khan, the film's super-villain that much more suspenseful.
In terms of acting the cast all give excellent performances, the actor playing Spock, Zachary Quinto gives a believable performance of a man conflicted by the rules of duty and the loyalty to his superior Captain Kirk, (Chris Pine). Khan (Bennedict Cumberbatch) is an excellent villain, trustful one minute, ruthless and cunning the next.
I was also pleasantly surprised to find that you didn't need to be a Star Trek geek to follow the plot, ignore the title and you're left with a tense thriller, not un-similar to the smoky confined atmosphere of the Alien franchise.
Hopefully I haven't given given too much away, all you really need to know is that Star Trek is a tense, exciting rollercoaster of a movie that is one of the best films of the year.
So on this rare occasion The Daily Mail was right.
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