Beyond is a terrific celebration in the franchise's fiftieth year, proving to be not only to be best of the latest reboot movies but almost up there with First Contact and The Wrath Of Khan. In spite of the unnecessary bile heaped on the second of the new Trek films by disgruntled franchise obsessives, Into Darkness was still a decent blockbuster sci-fi movie, but this third entry ramps up virtually every component to great success. It is a superb sci-fi action romp that still takes time to let the great cast's character moments shine, with scale, thrills and momentum and a couple of truly jaw-dropping moments that make it hugely enjoyable. The story and dialogue are tight, punchy and well-constructed, even if the bad guy's's backstory is not terribly hard to work out. Idris Elba is a decent (if, as ever, a little underused) villain, and Sofia Boutella is excellent as the alien character Jaylah. The effects work is simply stunning - the Yorktown space station is an amazingly-detailed Escher-styled construct that really comes into its own in the fantastic finale - and Michael Giacchino's score works so well yet again. It is also to the film's credit that the passing of Leonard Nimoy is made a very thoughtful part of the current timeline's Spock's story here. There is no doubt that hardcore Trek fans who are still stuck in the 60s will hate this, but if you are looking for a slick, modern sci-fi event movie that delivers on action, character and spectacle, Beyond is going to be hard to beat this year.
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