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Star Trek: Insurrection

Actor(s): Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Director(s): Jonathan Frakes
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Details

MPAA Rating: PG
Content Advisory: Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Movie Release: 1998
DVD Release: 05/11/1999
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Edition: Special Collection
Audio Tracks: English, French
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 43 mins
Studio: Paramount
Members Wishing: 7
Genres: Science Fiction, Sci-Fi Action, Space Adventure
See Also: Star Trek: Insurrection [Special Collector's Ediiton]

Synopsis

Star Trek: Insurrection manages to recall the original 1960s series' spirit of liberalism, while transcending it for sheer boldness, embracing issues that are on the political cutting edge in the 1990s and beyond. The fact that the first 30 minutes are presented as a mystery only makes the material more engrossing. While assisting a survey team of Federation allies observing the populace of a distant planet, Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner) seemingly goes berserk and attacks the survey team, exposing their existence to the populace and jeopardizing the mission. Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) brings the Enterprise into orbit to try and apprehend Data and find out what happened . He discovers that the mission isn't one of observation, but the involuntary relocation of a small, peaceful population, undertaken by the Federation and its rogue planet allies the Son'a, supposedly to secure the planet's youth-restoring qualities. As it turns out, there's a much darker side to the plans of the Son'a, and a personal side to the carnage planned by the Son'a leader Ru'afo (F. Murray Abraham). Picard and his officers, suitably outraged by this violation of the Prime Directive -- that no Federation mission may interfere with the natural evolution of an alien culture -- take matters into their own hands in an attempt to expose the plot to public scrutiny, risking their lives in the process. ~ Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide

Cast

Patrick Stewart - Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes - Cmdr. William Riker
Brent Spiner - Lieutenant Commander Data
LeVar Burton - Lt. Cmdr. Geordi LaForge
Michael Dorn - Lt. Cmdr. Worf

Editorial Review

The most complex and, in many ways, daring story ever used for a Star Trek movie, Star Trek: Insurrection is given a beautiful transfer to DVD -- indeed, this would be a demonstration-type disc except that there's also a fair amount of character development here, involving almost as much dialogue as action in certain stretches. The 24 chapters are more than adequate to delineate the fairly complex story line, and the film is augmented by a pair of trailers and a short production featurette, all accessible on a simple menu. ~ Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide