Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - The best of the `odds'

Anyone familiar with the majority of the Star Trek movies will know there's a train of thought where all the odd numbered films are somehow of a lesser quality to the even numbered ones. Therefore. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock, is somehow not as good as the other.

I disagree. Okay, it's not The Wrath of Khan (arguably the most highly-regarded of the original franchise), but then nor are any of the subsequent movies which followed. It is however, the sequel to The Wrath of Khan. With Spock dying at the end of the last film, there had to be some proper conclusions drawn from the sequel. And The Search For Spock does just that.

Taking a more modern example, it's like what Quantum of Solace is to Casio Royale in the James Bond franchise. It's basically the end half of Khan, showing us what happened next and tying up the loose ends that were left off regarding the `Genesis project.'

We have Kirk and crew at their most brazen: forcibly stealing the Enterprise and going where no man has been allowed to go before, i.e. into a restricted area of space to see if they can resurrect their fallen comrade. Not only that, this is the first (true) outing for the Klingons. Many people don't seem to like Christopher Lloyd's performance as the Klingon leader. Again, I have to disagree. Granted he didn't have much dialogue to work with, but he's a pretty nasty baddie, clearly enjoying slaughtering the goodies indiscriminately and most people will be happy to see the back of him.

Star Trek III may not be the greatest of them all, but if you like `Trek' in general and still pine for those golden days before JJ Abrams rebooted the whole lot, give The Search For Spock a go (and try not to dwell on the fact that he's really directing the whole show from behind the camera - boom boom).

8/10 The Force is definitely strong with this one