Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
(1986)
Overview
When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize Earth's oceans, Kirk and his crew must travel back in time in order to bring back whales and save the planet.
Director
Leonard Nimoy
Top Billed
William Shatner
Keywords
Where to watch
Top Billed Cast
Crew
Collection
Star Trek: The Original Series Collection
Reviews
GenerationofSwine
⭐ 1/10January 10, 2023
I guess when I was 6 i liked it, and every generation needs it's time travel movie doesn't it?
But, no, bringing them back to contemporary 80s earth just doesn't work. It's sort of too close to home to be good. Star Trek is Sci-Fi, sure, but this just doesn't work.
They live in a future that COULD be, with it's own history, it's own mythology, and taking the crew of the Enterprise back to our world just makes them feel more out of place tha…
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CinemaSerf
⭐ 7/10May 30, 2024
Probably my favourite of these sci-fi adventures. Having revived "Spock" to something akin to his previous, pompous old self; the crew of the now destroyed "Enterprise" set sail for home in their captured Klingon Warbird. Meantime, unbeknown to them, a probe is wreaking havoc on the galaxy as it emits odd pinging sounds on it's way to Earth. Our explorers approach the planet to discover that the probe has polarised the atmosphere and even the sop… read the rest.
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$21,000,000
Revenue
$133,000,000