Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Wiz RECOMMENDS Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home The plot to Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is patently absurd: Kirk, Spock, Bones and the crew have to time travel to 1986 to take two humpback whales, bring it back to their 23rd century time to...talk to an alien ship that is taking all the water away from Earth and sucking up it's power. Just absolutely ridiculous on the face of it. Should be a laughably bad time. And yet...Voyage is a fun time. This is mainly for two reasons: The cast is having a good time in the film, especially Shatner, Nimoy and Kelley. The film doesn't even attempt to take itself seriously at all. And with that, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is just a cute, fun, if not very deliberate message movie. That being said, I would have much rather had a movie that was more like the last two films, filled with excitement, action and a thoughtful plot. And since you can't take any of it seriously at all, it's hard to take any of the new characters or drama that seriously either. But in this case, it doesn't matter: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is just a good, cheesy, cute time with the crew.