Star Trek Into Darkness

Star Trek Into Darkness is a 2013 American science fiction action film directed by J.J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof. It is the 12th installment in the Star Trek film franchise and sequel to the 2009 film Star Trek. The film features Chris Pine reprising his role as Captain James T. Kirk, with Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Bruce Greenwood and Leonard Nimoy reprising their roles from the previous film. Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Weller and Alice Eve are also credited in the films principal cast. The film was the last time Nimoy would portray the character of Spock, and his final film appearance before his death in 2015.

One year after Kirks promotion in 2259, the starship USS Enterprise studies a primitive culture on the planet Nibiru. Captain James T. Kirk and his First Officer, Commander Spock, save the planets inhabitants from an extinctionthreatening volcanic eruption, but Kirk violates the Prime Directive, exposing the Enterprise to the native inhabitants to save Spocks life. Returning to Earth, Kirk loses command of the Enterprise and Admiral Christopher Pike is reinstated as its commanding officer with Kirk demoted to first officer and the rank of Commander. For his part in the incident, Spock is reassigned to another ship. An officers meeting is called to discuss the bombing of a Sectioninstallation in London perpetrated by the renegade Starfleet operative John Harrison Cumberbatch. Harrison attacks the meeting in a jumpship, killing Pike. Kirk disables the jumpship, but Harrison uses a portable transporter to escape to Kronos, the homeworld of hostile aliens known as Klingons.Admiral Alexander Marcus Weller returns the command of the ship to Kirk, promoting him again to the rank of Captain, and orders the Enterprise to kill Harrison, arming it with 72 prototype photon torpedoes, shielded and untraceable to Klingon sensors. Angry at the untested and experimental weapons being placed on board the ship, Montgomery Scott resigns his commission during an argument with Kirk and returns to Earth. Chekov is assigned to take his place. En route to Kronos, the Enterprise suffers an unexpected coolant leak, disabling the ships warp capabilities. Kirk leads a team with Spock and Uhura onto the planet, where they are ambushed by Klingon patrols. Harrison dispatches the Klingons, then surrenders after learning of the number of torpedoes locked on his location. ........

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