Star Trek Beyond - 星際爭霸戰:浩瀚無垠

Star Trek Beyond (星際爭霸戰:浩瀚無垠) is an 2016 film. The movie stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Idris Elba, Sofia Boutella, and Anton Yelchin. This is the third installment of the rebooted Star Trek from 2009 and it's sequel Star Trek Into Darkness. This is also one of Justin Lin's few movies outside of the Fast & Furious film franchise.

Kirk is having a mid life crisis and tries to find meaning in life. Spock seems to be going through some things too. As are the rest of the crew. When they go out for a recovery mission, but everything goes wrong and they get stranded or captured. They must rely on some locals that turn out to be mystery Starfleet crew from long ago that disappeared. When all is said and done, can they all survive and stay together?

I must say that the third time around, I wasn't so interested in their story. I think Justin Lin got dealt a raw deal from Abram's camp. The movie flopped as a result. But its Star Trek, they are successful and than flop and come back again. There's enough of a message in the franchise to keep it going.

Fright Night - 吸血鬼就在隔壁

Fright Night (吸血鬼就在隔壁) is an 2011 horror film. The movie stars Colin Farrell and Anton Yelchin. The supporting cast includes Toni Collette, David Tennant, Imogen Poots, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. With an cameo appearance by singer Lisa Loeb.

In the city of Las Vegas, the housing bust continues. Vacant houses line new neighborhoods. Anton is a high schooler that's recently gotten popular. Next door, his neighbor just moved in and is doing a lot of construction. Anton's best friend, played by Christopher Mintz-Plasse believes that his neighbor, Colin Ferrell, is an vampire. His proof is all the missing people in the area. However, Anton is now popular and no longer hanging with his geek friend and rejects the friendship. But of course the friend is right. Anton and Colin fight it out and its a bigger plot than was expected.

The movie was pretty awesome. They had to play on the popular vs. geek status thing a little to move the story along. It's been a few years since my high school days, but I have no recollection of that popular/geek war. Which makes it really hard to understand the emotional decisions they make based on that criteria. However, its not that important in this film and is a vehicle to move the story along, unlike Glee.

The vampire mythos of this film are quite different than that of Buffy or Twilight. This movie is even more "right" than Buffy. Which means that there are more rules for the vamps. Which make for an interesting human vs. monster showdown.

I highly recommend this film to all that adhere to sci-fi, super natural side of the spectrum. Ignore the teeny-bopper plot points and you're set for a wild and entertaining ride.