Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 4K 1984 Ultra HD 2160p

Story Movie

The defeat of Khan and the creation of the planet Genesis were another triumph for Captain James T. Kirk; but these victories no longer matter to him. Kirk lost one of his best friends, Spock, who died saving the Enterprise, a loss that is irreparable.

At the same time, Kirk is close to losing his other best friend, McCoy, who has lost his mind.

An unexpected visit from Zarek, Spock's father, clarifies the situation and gives Kirk hope - Spock is alive, and his mind is currently placed in McCoy's body. To help his friends, Kerk hijacks his ship, already destined for scrapping, and violates the Federation's quarantine on the planet Genesis, where a scientific expedition led by his son David is working.

But at the same time, the Klingons find out about the existence of Genesis, and their warship under the control of Commander Kruge is hastily sent to the planet Genesis. Their meeting is inevitable ...

Review 4K Movie

As the creator of the original series Roddenberry once said, Spock and Kirk share a 'deep love'. And it was necessary to wait for Nimoy himself to sit in the director's chair, so that we could finally see it on the screen in its entirety. Even in the original series, they did not go into this topic in so much detail, so openly.

Actually, the strength of the film lies in the fact that Spock is not in it, even in the opening credits ... and at the same time he is in everything. 'The whole team is obsessed with Spock!' Kirk says with hidden despair. Spock's Katra (soul) is not dead yet, but where is she? The scene of goodbye to Spock Kirk is reliving again during the contact of minds with his father - Spock seems to be speaking through the lips of Sarek. Something miraculous is happening to his remains on the new planet. For Spock's sake, Kirk and the entire old guard, as well as Spock's student Saavik (in her role as a new actress, which I personally did not notice), are going on malfeasance, at a huge risk ...

How precious were Kirk the Enterprise and his newfound son? He answers this directly to Sarek. How dear is McCoy, whose words "I'm fine" Kirk didn’t interest at all, although he should be, in an amicable way, indebted to Bones for the rest of his life? My own life is a career all the more so. Not as much as Spock.

It's all very beautiful: awful and delightful. The highest degree of connection between souls, which cannot be named: true friendship, the Greek 'filia' (especially in the understanding of Aristotle, to which there is a direct reference here: 'A friend is one soul living in two bodies'), the modern concept of 'bromance' , the same 'deep love' as Roddenberry put it - all these definitions are insufficient. An hour and a half of the film also does not fully express the essence, but at least give a general feeling.

But the actual plot and the mess with 'Genesis' Nimoy is clearly less interested in than it should be. The fact that the Klingons almost chopped off the 'ultimate weapon' with which they could bring the entire Federation to their knees comes up somehow in passing. Kirk may have seen the Federation in his grave if Spock is gone, but he's not the only one involved in the adventure? For the rest, except for McCoy (for selfish reasons), this should be of interest in the first place, but somehow this is not visible.

There are also actual nonsense. At least the very fact, um, the ability to self-clone corpses on 'Genesis'. Why would you? And if such a frantic development, then where does the energy come from? Or, for example, the fact that the seven-year cycle of Pon-Farr should have repeated at least four times in a Vulcan, and not once, as shown. Well, or at least they would explain this by the fact that the leaps in development are uneven, or something ...

A touching scene, by the way, although the young man is not very well chosen. The nose is completely different, and it is too visible. And Saavik, apparently, was still a little in love with her teacher ... if not, then she also performed a kind of feat.

It was nice to see a guy in the episode who later played one of the antagonists in Robocop. Still, he has a strange, but extremely interesting face. I didn’t recognize Lloyd’s makeup - it’s a pity that his character didn’t show any depth. Although, in fact, it could be screwed in - after all, he has his own truth. He fears that his race will soon be smashed by the 'ultimate weapon', and sacrifices everything for this. He is, in general, a hero for the Klingons, but he is shown so angry and rude (and this stupid dog of his for some reason is constantly in the frame) that it is even boring to look at him.

DeForest Kelly's work is very interesting. Perhaps his role is the most tragic of all. He was always the 'third' in friendship. Generous, he accepted it without indignation, only occasionally snapping at Spock, and even then more as a joke. And here Spock is actually ... well, on the one hand, it is a gesture of tremendous trust. And on the other hand - how he risked McCoy, 'sharp-eared bastard'! Could Jim be so easy too - to be called back into the elevator, a sleepy grip, 'Remember' - as Sarek thought. Sarek clearly underestimated the human part in his son - the selfish and passionate. And this McCoy generously forgave everything and even, in turn, confessed to Spock (albeit in absentia) of friendly feelings. In order to eventually have the opportunity to admire from the back rows at the final meeting, in which for both main characters 'let the whole world wait'. Both friends treated him harshly, I would say.

But the idea is very close to me. What is personal in the end is higher than public. Still, in the end, it is higher. Sometimes this leads to innumerable troubles, but sometimes it is salutary and right.

In general, although I personally, like Nimoy (judging by his autobiography, including), have long wanted to consider and enjoy the friendship between Kirk and Spock, but I could have paid a little more attention to other components of the film.