Category by FTI Movie House: Action
Description and Synopsis:Description: “[The] Star Trek Into Darkness is a 2013 American science fiction action film. It is the twelfth installment in the Star Trek film franchise and the sequel to 2009's Star Trek. . . .
The plot of Into Darkness takes place one year after the previous installment, with Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise sent to the Klingon home world seeking former Starfleet member-turned-terrorist John Harrison. . . .
[It was] premiered at Event Cinemas in Sydney, Australia, on April 23, 2013, and was released on May 9 [of the same year] in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Peru . . . [and subsequently in] other
countries . . . . The film was released on May 16, 2013, in the United States and Canada, opening at IMAX cinemas a day earlier.
Into Darkness was . . . [significantly] and commercial[ly] successful, grossing more than $467 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of the Star Trek franchise.”
Synopsis: “After the crew of the Enterprise finds an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.”
Directed by: J. J. Abrams
Produced by: J. J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Damon Lindelof, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci
Written by: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Damon Lindelof
Based on: Star Trek by Gene Roddenberry
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Weller, Alice Eve, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Anton Yelchin, Simon Pegg, Leonard Nimoy, John Cho, and Bruce Greenwood
Music by: Michael Giacchino
Cinematography by: Dan Mindel
Editing by: Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey
