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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top secret device called Project Genesis.
1982 · Directed by Nicholas Meyer · 113 min · Action · Adventure · Science Fiction · Thriller · Screenplay in the scene database · 14 frames
Tagline
At the end of the universe lies the beginning of vengeance.
Plot
In 2285, Admiral James T. Kirk oversees a simulator session of Captain Spock's trainees. In the simulation, Lieutenant Saavik commands the starship USS Enterprise on a rescue mission to save the crew of the damaged ship Kobayashi Maru, but is attacked by Klingon cruisers and critically damaged. The simulation is a no-win scenario designed to test the character of Starfleet officers. Later, Dr. Leonard McCoy visits Kirk on his birthday; seeing Kirk in low spirits due to his age, the doctor advises Kirk to get a new command instead of growing old behind a desk.
Meanwhile, the starship Reliant is on a mission to search for a lifeless planet to test the Genesis Device, a technology designed to reorganize dead matter into habitable worlds. Reliant's captain Clark Terrell and first officer Commander Pavel Chekov beam down to evaluate a planet they mistakenly believe to be Ceti Alpha VI. Once there, they are captured by the genetically-engineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh, who explains that they are on Ceti Alpha V. Fifteen years prior, Kirk exiled Khan and his followers there after they attempted to take over Enterprise; six months later, Ceti Alpha VI exploded, shifting the orbit of Ceti Alpha V and turning it into a desert wasteland. The catastrophe killed many of Khan's followers, while others, including his wife, were killed by native parasitic Ceti eels.
Khan implants Chekov and Terrell with eel larvae, rendering them susceptible to mind control, and uses the pair to capture Reliant. While Khan's lieutenant, Joachim, suggests abandoning his quest for revenge, Khan insists on killing Kirk. Learning of the Genesis Device, Khan attacks space station Regula I, where the device is being developed by Kirk's former lover, Dr. Carol Marcus, and their son, David.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Jack B. Sowards, Nicholas Meyer
- Cinematography: Gayne Rescher
- Edited by: William Paul Dornisch
- Music: James Horner
- Production design: Joseph R. Jennings
- Produced by: Robert Sallin
Cast
- William Shatner as Admiral James T. Kirk
- Leonard Nimoy as Captain Spock
- Ricardo Montalban as Khan Noonien Singh
- DeForest Kelley as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
- James Doohan as Cmdr. Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott
- Walter Koenig as Cmdr. Pavel Chekov
- George Takei as Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
- Nichelle Nichols as Cmdr. Uhura
- Bibi Besch as Dr. Carol Marcus
- Merritt Butrick as Dr. David Marcus
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures
- Budget: $12,000,000
- Box office: $96,594,943
- Themes: spacecraft, life and death, genetics, asteroid, self sacrifice, teleportation, genesis, midlife crisis, terraforming, simulator
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