Star Trek 5: The Final Frontier Movie Review

A renegade Vulcan kidnaps the Enterprise and takes it on a journey to the mythic center of the universe. William Shatner's big-action directorial debut (he also co-wrote the original story) is a poor follow-up to the Nimoy-directed fourth Trek film. The series was getting pretty tired by this time anyway, but this heavy-handed and pretentiously pseudo-theological entry certainly didn't help matters any. Long-time fans, though, will delight in yet another example of Shatner's obsessive bravado. The film is available in widescreen format on laserdisc.

1989 (PG) 107m/C William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Laurence Luckinbill, Walter Koenig, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, David Warner; D: William Shatner; W: David Loughery; C: Andrew Laszlo; M: Jerry Goldsmith. Golden Raspberry Awards ‘89: Worst Picture, Worst Actor (Shatner), Worst Director (Shatner). VHS, Beta, LV, 8mm PAR