Star Trek 10: Nemesis (3½ Stars)

This was the least successful of the Star Trek films, but even if it had made more money it would have been the last film starring Patrick Stewart as captain of the Enterprise.  There are different factors that make it a final film. William Riker and Deanna Troi get married, rounding off the romance that's been simmering ever since the first episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation". There's also the death of Data, and it's difficult to imagine a new film in the series without him.

The enemy in this film is a man called Shinzon, who was cloned by the Romulans from Jean-Luc Picard's DNA. It gives a new meaning to the words "We're the same, you and I", which have been spoken by screen villains in varying forms for the last 50 years. It would have been too corny for Shinzon to say this, but I was still disappointed that he didn't.

Shinzon has advanced to become the leader of the Romulans, and he has a plan of how to destroy the Earth, but it's more important to him that he can defeat Captain Picard. He's obsessed with him. Captain Picard is Shinzon's nemesis, more than the other way round.

I find this film less appealing than any of the Star Trek films that went before. Something about it seems too laid back. Even when facing major crises, Captain Picard and the other members of his crew carry on talking calmly. It's as if they're burnt out after so many television episodes and so many films.

But don't they make a beautiful couple? I wish Will and Deanna all the best for a long, happy life together.

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