Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is a 1982 American science fiction film directed by Nicholas Meyer. It is the second film in the Star Trek film series, and is a sequel to Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The plot features Admiral James T. Kirk and the crew of the starship USS Enterprise facing off against the genetically engineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh. The movie is considered by many to be the best film of the series and is often credited with renewing substantial interest in the franchise.
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is a 1982 American science fiction film directed by Nicholas Meyer and based on the television series Star Trek. It is the second film in the Star Trek film series, and is a sequel to Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The plot features Admiral James T. Kirk and the crew of the starship USS Enterprise facing off against the genetically engineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh. It was a box office success, earning US$97 million worldwide and setting a world record for its first-day box office gross. The film is the beginning of a three-film story arc that continues with the film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and concludes with the movie Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Critics have praised the film’s pacing, pacing, and the character interactions as strong elements. The movie is considered by many to be the best film of the series and is often credited with renewing substantial interest in the franchise. The sequel was released in North America on June 4, 1982, by Paramount Pictures. It has been hailed as one of the best science fiction films of all time, along with The Lord of the Rings and Star Trek I: The Return of the Spock. It also holds the record for being the first feature film to contain a sequence created entirely with computer graphics, as well as the first film to use miniature models and effects footage from past projects. The final script was written in twelve days, without accepting a writing credit. Leonard Nimoy had not intended to have a role in the sequel, but was enticed back on the promise that his character would be given a dramatic death scene.
Negative test audience reaction to Spock’s death led to significant revisions of the ending over Meyer’s objections. The production team used various cost-cutting techniques to keep within budget, including utilizing miniature models from past project and reusing sets, effects footage, and costumes from first film. The ending of the film has been described as “the most memorable in the history of Star Trek” and is considered to be a cult classic by many fans of the franchise, including Gene Roddenberry and Tom Hiddleston, who have written numerous books about the film and the TV series. In the film, Khan escapes from a 15-year exile to exact revenge on Kirk, the captain of the Enterprise. The crew must stop him from acquiring a powerful terraforming device named Genesis. Khan offers to spare the Enterprise’s crew if they relinquish all material related to Genesis, enabling a counter-attack. The Enterprise is ambushed by Khan and the Reliant’s shields, enabling the counter attack to work. Khan is forced to retreat and repairs, while Enterprise, Kirk, McCoy, and Saavik beam to Regula I. They find Carol Marcus and David Marcus hiding inside the planetoid. They soon find the members of Marcus’s team slaughtered, with Terrell, Chekov and Terrell alive, and find them hiding deep inside the nearby planetoid, Ceti Alpha VI.
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