For everything that was bad/wrong with Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Wrath of Khan was oh so right.
The costuming was a bit more real, the effects, while still heavy in number, were much more seamless and believable, and the plot was a winner.
As the title of the second installment of the Star Trek film series indicates, the film centres around a bad guy named Khan (played by Ricardo Montalban) and his wrath - his revenge. But Khan is no ordinary bad guy. No no no no. Don't be fooled by his normal human appearance, his outrageous "Bon Jovi"-inspired hairdo or his abnormally large (and scarred) pectorals, Khan is a genetically engineered bloke/specimen who was exiled 15 years ago by none other than William Shatner's James T. Kirk (what a twist!).
The film follows our friend Khan and his attempts at exacting revenge upon Kirk, the USS Enterprise crew, then I'm sure Earth and the rest of the United Federation of Planets.
This is a genuinely good film, in the spirit of Star Wars: The Empire Strike Back, which is arguably one of the best of that series' films.
It revolves around the bad guys who seem to have the upper hand for most of the film, and even at the end when the bad guy loses (or does he?), he still wins (or does he?). It will make sense when you see it.
There really isn't much else I can say about The Wrath of Khan.
It really is a great film, and is probably made a million times better after watching Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Also, fans of Star Trek: Into Darkness will recognise several elements from this film that appear in the latest effort from J.J. Abrams.
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan: 108 minutes (1982).
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