Star Trek Into Darkness Review

     I just saw Star Trek Into Darkness this morning and now I'm reviewing it. This will be a spoiler free review so if you have not seen the movie yet, you are safe with me. So shall we begin?  
    So Star Trek Into Darkness is the sequal to the 2009 Star Trek movie. I have been looking forward to seeing this movie since mid December when I went to see The Hobbit an Unexpected Journey. Because they showed the first 9 minutes of Star Trek Into Darkness before The Hobbit. I was also looking forward to this movie because it was very intrueging. The movie was so shrouded in mystery. That's one reason why I'm a big fan of J.J Abrams movies because he's good at keeping a secret. My main concern going into this movie was that it was just going to be a rehash of the first movie with a lot of scenes with just Kirk and Spock arguing. There are scenes like that but it was not a rehash of the first movie. The main way I describe this movie is in the first one you see Kirk's rise to captain of the Enterprise. In this movie you see him earn the title of captain.  
    The plot of the movie without spoiling anything is a guy named John Harrison played by Benedict Cumberbatch is causing terror and Kirk wants to go after him. I've got to talk about Benedict Cumberbatch now he was menacing in this movie. When he was on screen nobody else in the scene mattered. In the trailers I saw before I went to see this movie I knew he was going to be great I just didn't know how great. His performance in the movie is one of my favorite performances by a villain in the past 6 years. He has a very interesting back story but I absolutely do not want to spoil it for those who have not seen it. Another new addition to the cast was Alice Eve she plays a weapons technician who becomes a crew member of the Enterprise. She did fine in the movie but the most memorable performance of the movie was delivered by Cumberbatch. I also want to touch on Captain Kirk as well because I'm very fascinated by his personality. He always goes at the beat of his own drum. But in this movie he reminded me a little bit of Malcolm Reynolds from Firefly and Serenity because you get the feeling that he's bitter and damaged in a few scenes. I was fascinated by that because I love damaged characters it makes you care for them more.  
    This movie is The Dark Knight of Star Trek. It took a movie which was already good, and expanded on the universe and made it so much better. I was not disappointed at all by this movie I'm going to give this movie 5 out of 5 stars. This is the first movie I've seen this year that I've given 5 stars to. Although the only other movie I've seen this year is Iron Man 3 so I guess that's not saying too much but I did like Iron Man 3. The next movie I plan on seeing in theatres is Man of Steel.