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Star Trek: Insurrection

- The battle for paradise has begun.

When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as the very ideals upon which the Federation itself was founded.

Release Date : 1998-12-11

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount PicturesDigital Image Associates

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Star Trek 9: InsurrectionStar Trek - InsurrectionStar Trek IX：InsurrectionStar Trek 9

Cast

Character Name : Captain Jean-Luc Picard

Original Name : Patrick Stewart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Commander Data

Original Name : Brent Spiner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Commander Worf

Original Name : Michael Dorn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Commander William T. Riker

Original Name : Jonathan Frakes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ad'har Ru'afo

Original Name : F. Murray Abraham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vice-Adm. Dougherty

Original Name : Anthony Zerbe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gallatin

Original Name : Gregg Henry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anij

Original Name : Donna Murphy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Counselor Deanna Troi

Original Name : Marina Sirtis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Doctor Beverly Crusher

Original Name : Gates McFadden

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge

Original Name : LeVar Burton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sojef

Original Name : Daniel Hugh Kelly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Perim

Original Name : Stephanie Niznik

Gender : Female

Character Name : Starfleet Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Rico Bueno

Gender : Male

Character Name : Artim

Original Name : Michael Welch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tournel

Original Name : Mark Deakins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Daniels

Original Name : Michael Horton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Son'a Officer #1

Original Name : Bruce French

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Curtis

Original Name : Breon Gorman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bolian Officer

Original Name : John Hostetter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elloran Officer #1

Original Name : Rick Worthy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tarlac Officer

Original Name : Larry Anderson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Starfleet Officer

Original Name : D. Elliot Woods

Gender : Male

Character Name : Female Ensign

Original Name : Jennifer Tung

Gender : Female

Character Name : Son'a Doctor

Original Name : Raye Birk

Gender : Male

Character Name : Regent Cuzar

Original Name : Peggy Miley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Son'a Officer #2

Original Name : Claudette Nevins

Gender : Female

Character Name : Elloran Officer #2

Original Name : Greg Poland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ensign

Original Name : Kenneth Lane Edwards

Gender : Male

Character Name : Son'a Officer #3

Original Name : Joseph Ruskin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ba'ku Child

Original Name : Zachary Isaiah Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ba'ku Woman

Original Name : McKenzie Westmore

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Ru'afo

Original Name : Phillip Glasser

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lieutenant Landis (uncredited)

Original Name : Sam Arnold

Gender : Male

Character Name : Starfleet Lieutenant (uncredited)

Original Name : Wanda Roth

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tarlac Bridge Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Louis Ortiz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Crewman Martinez (uncredited)

Original Name : Michael Braveheart

Gender : Male

Reviews

TheTenth

@TheTenth

2021-06-23

Plot : As Jean Luc Picard attends festivities onboard the Enterprise welcoming a new race to the Federation. He receives an urgent call from Admiral Dougherty about Data, that was sent on an observation mission of the Ba'Ku race. The Federation has installed there a hidden outpost and the So'Na race is there too. Data has gone out of control and reveals the federation outpost to the natives. Picard and his senior officers get on the planet to discuss with them to surrender the Federation personnel. He is welcomed by the (extremely) peaceful Ba'Ku that are represented by Anji and Sojef, that explain the history and philosophy of their people. They have settled on this planet generations ago and have benefited from a local radiation extending their life greatly. Picard is pushed by Dougherty to leave the planet to let the "observation" mission without interference. Picard smells deception and will have to disobey orders to defend one of the Federation's basic principles. I know most people don't like this movie and rank it low among the Star trek movies. Of course there's not much action and fights. The new characters are either very boring or too obviously "evil". But the main point here is to defend the "prime directive" (= not to interfere in the development of a civilization that is inferior in technology. There is not much else here than a deep analysis of what the Federation is and when it must or not intervene. So there's a light love story wit Picard and Anij, Data befriends a kid in his discovery of humanity's young age behavior. After many movies about the Klingons, Romulans ... I found it fresh to have two (?) new races with different histories and ways of life. And having the movie centered on the "prime directive", and how a cunning race can twist it (after all, the Ba'Ku are not really "natives" of the planet and shouldn't be protected by the prime directive), and how one superior officer, if misleaded, can lead to eradication of hundreds of people.

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

The least of the four Next Generation films, but has its highlights Released in 1998 and directed by Jonathan Frakes, "Star Trek: Insurrection" is the third Star Trek film featuring the Next Generation cast and ninth overall. The plot revolves around a serene alien race, the Ba'ku, whose planet offers regenerative radiation and therefore extremely long lifespans; moreover, they live in harmony with their environment and reject advanced technology. With the aid of an alien race called the Son'a, the Federation secretly (deceptively) researches the Ba'ku culture, but the Son'a intend to take the planet for themselves and others who secretly want to regenerate their bodies (i.e. drink of the 'Fountain of Youth'). The problem is that Captain Picard and the Enterprise-E crew are loyal to the Prime Directive. The plot is good with some interesting ideas, like the paradisal planet where immortality is nigh reality and the innate desire for regeneration and eternal life. I like the new black Federation uniforms and the cast is as likable as ever. Unfortunately, something prevents the movie from soaring. It's decent and sometimes thought-provoking; it's just underwhelming with some bits falling flat. I like it but, for me, it’s the least of the four TNG films. The film runs 103 minutes and was shot in California at Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes Park; San Gabriel Dam, Angeles National Forest; Lake Sherwood; Bishop; and Paramount Studios, Los Angeles. GRADE: B-

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-11-19

I just never warmed to the "Next Generation" crew and here they did little to improve that feeling. It all begins with the most annoying of them all - the android "Data" (Brent Spiner) going a bit rogue in an ostensibly peaceful, and tech-free, settlement. What's afoot? Well after a space-chase and some Gilbert and Sullivan we discover that the Federation and the smooth-skinned "Son'a" have joined forces to capitalise on some curative radiation that emanates from the planet. Thing is, by harnessing this phenomena they will render the place uninhabitable - so what to do with the locals (all 600 of them)? It seems our singing "Data" has cottoned on to this and it isn't long before "Picard" (Patrick Stewart) and the rest of his charm-free crew are en route to save the day. It picks up slightly for the last twenty minutes which at least gives us some phaser action, but otherwise it's all pretty turgid and dialogue heavy. The Captain manages a little bit of frankly rather cloying love interest with Donna Murphy's "Anij" and there is the obligatory child with his small creature too. F. Murray Abraham and Anthony Zerbe tried their best as the conspiring powers-that-be, but there is simply no jeopardy here at all. Messrs. Shatner et al had charisma - even if their stories were often just as weak, but this shower lack that on-screen presence and the (not so) subliminal pontificating just got on my nerves. At just under 1¾ hours it looks like a two-part episode from the series and no amount of Viagra is going to get this insurrection going, sorry.