Leonard Nimoy directs William Shatner, himself and DeForest Kelley in this sci-fi sequel where the crew of the Enterprise must travel back in time to Eighties’ San Francisco to save the whales.

Often held up as the crowd pleasing pinnacle of the franchise, this is actually a little weak. Proficient but no great shakes. The fish out of water comedy is thin and uninspired. The space battle stuff… a mere bookend. I’ll always want to hang out with the crew but this entry is the epitome of overrated. Bizarrely it started out at Paramount Pictures as a mooted crossover between the Trek universe and their then big star Eddie Murphy. That is the version of this movie that I crave.

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Perfect Double Bill: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)