Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
88%RT Audience Score: 89%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 1 Oscar
7 wins & 59 nominations total
Visually spectacular and suitably action packed, Star Trek Into Darkness is a rock-solid installment in the venerable sci-fi franchise, even if it’s not as fresh as its predecess
Star Trek Into Darkness is the perfect movie for those who love action-packed sci-fi films. With massive action set pieces and impressive CGI effects, it’s a visual feast for the eyes. The banter and bickering between the Enterprise crew are also a highlight, making it feel like a space soap opera. While some critics may argue that the socio-political commentary is lacking, who cares when you have spaceships crashing into each other at warp speed? Plus, who doesn’t love a good villain like Khan? Overall, Star Trek Into Darkness is a fun and fantastic mega-budget entertainment that’s worth watching.
Production Company(ies)
Icon Entertainment International, The Ladd Company, B. H. Finance C.V.
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
The Getty Center – 1200 Getty Center Drive, Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence
Year of Release
2013
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS Dolby Atmos Auro 11.1 IMAX 6-Track Sonics-DDP Dolby Surround 7.1
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:2h 12m
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Language(s):English, Klingon
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): May 16, 2013 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 10, 2013
Genre(s)
Adventure/Action
Keyword(s)
starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoë Saldana, Anton Yelchin, Simon Pegg, Benedict Cumberbatch, directed by J.J Abrams, written by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Damon Lindelof, Adventure, Action, Fantasy, PG-13, reviewed by Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, produced by J.J Abrams, Bryan Burk, Damon Lindelof, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, $228.8M box office, Dolby Atmos, Datasat, Star Trek, Capt James T Kirk, Spock, Dr Leonard McCoy, Nyota Uhura, Pavel Chekov, Montgomery “Scotty” Scott, Starship Enterprise, terrorism, weapon of mass destruction, sci-fi, action-packed, visually spectacular, epic game of life and death
Worldwide gross: $467,365,246
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $593,716,521
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 227
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 64,745,531
US/Canada gross: $228,778,661
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $290,628,522
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 202
US/Canada opening weekend: $70,165,559
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $89,134,680
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 92
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $190,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $241,366,126
Production budget ranking: 44
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $129,975,659
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $222,374,736
ROI to date (est.): 60%
ROI ranking: 1,101
Zachary Quinto – Spock
Karl Urban – Dr. Leonard McCoy
Zoe Saldana – Nyota Uhura
Anton Yelchin – Pavel Chekov
Simon Pegg – Montgomery “Scotty” Scott
Benedict Cumberbatch – Khan
Director – J.J. Abrams
Producers – J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Damon Lindelof, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
Writers – Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Damon Lindelof
Director(s)
J.J. Abrams
Writer(s)
Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Damon Lindelof
Producer(s)
J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Damon Lindelof, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 Oscar
7 wins & 59 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (294) | Top Critics (71) | Fresh (247) | Rotten (47)
Pulling off the trick of being both irreverent and Trekkie-pleasing, JJ Abrams effortlessly orchestrates massive action set pieces, a galaxy of ‘cor look at that’ CGI effects and well-modulated character scenes.
September 5, 2017 | Rating: 4/5
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
metro.co.uk
TOP CRITIC
The socio-political commentary of ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ is about as sophisticated as you’d expect from scribes Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtman, who also wrote the first two ‘Transformers’ movies.
June 21, 2016
Jason Bailey
Flavorwire
TOP CRITIC
J.J. Abrams once again successfully creates a fast-paced summer adventure that audiences should love.
April 23, 2015 | Rating: A
Chris Stuckmann
ChrisStuckmann.com
TOP CRITIC
Most of the logic has leached away from this movie, and with it half of the fun.
May 20, 2013
Anthony Lane
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
Happily, there’s a good deal of fun if you like things crashing violently into each other and out of warp-drive at regular intervals.
May 18, 2013
Bob Mondello
NPR
TOP CRITIC
For all its chasing and falling and fighting-and the movie supplies a great deal of each-Star Trek Into Darkness is at its best when the Enterprise crew are merely bickering and bantering among themselves: less space opera than soap opera.
May 17, 2013
Christopher Orr
The Atlantic
TOP CRITIC
Star Trek Into Darkness contains as much action-packed fun as its predecessor but the problem lies in using Khan as a villain again.
April 10, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Danielle Solzman
Solzy at the Movies
Faces the same predicament almost every movie sequel encounters: how to top the first one.
December 4, 2020 | Rating: 5/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
This is mega-budget entertainment at its most fun and fantastic.
September 24, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4.0
Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
Star Trek Into Darkness is a hopeless, vindictive, immoral blight on the name Star Trek. If that doesn’t make it the worst Star Trek movie, I don’t know what does.
July 19, 2020
Drew Dietsch
Giant Freakin Robot
The resulting movie is quite a bit darker than its predecessor. This dark edge tempers things, making the movie less fun all around than its predecessor, but it is still an exciting and tension-filled sci-fi action film
July 14, 2020
Damond Fudge
KCCI (Des Moines, IA)
An explosive science-fiction film with enough guts to open your eyes at Warp speed for two hours of pure entertainment. [Full review in Spanish]
June 25, 2020 | Rating: 7/10
Yasser Medina
Cinemaficionados…
Plot
When the USS Enterprise crew is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction. As our space heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Benedict Cumberbatch’s performance as the ruthless villain Khan is a standout in the film.
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