The third movie of the restarted franchize "The Track Is Old" in which on the screen the invariable science-fiction tandem of the terrestrial captain Kirk and the alien commodore Spock appears again and here the copyright, control of distribution and a considerable share of a financial component of the project has departed to the Chinese cinematographers and businessmen that has inevitably affected separate nuances of the narration, having turned "Beyond limits" rather into an intermediate episode between the second and fourth series, than into a full-fledged stage of development by the considered film Universe.
The history "Beyond Limits" is developed during long expedition of "Enterprise" to deep space where the solid team faces again extremely unfriendly antagonist whose intentions, as well as it is necessary to expect, include desire to destroy ship's crew in particular and to cause more large-scale victims and losses in general. Blue-yellow-red uniforms and fazer remain on the places, but here narrative subordination in "Beyond limits" is extremely doubtful.
If the first picture of a rebut represented heroes and as if again declared rules and laws of the world "Is old the Track", the second — by dramatization and the conflict forced to sympathize with the events of the third-party viewer and to fall in love finally the enthusiastic fan, then the third acts as an ordinary action with high-quality graphics where evidence of need of Kirk and Spock as the central characters can be challenged as the director Justin Lin and the screenwriter Doug Dzhang though observe color of blood of vulkanets, and maintain permanently cheerful nature of the engineer Montgomery Scott, but magic of the atmosphere of authentic film space disappears.
For two with small hour of screen time of the loudspeaker only accrues, at the same time, without eclipsing a plot as it was in the movies of the popular Forcing series shot by Ling. In other words, an action in "Beyond limits" not, that exemplary (as, for example, in "Phantom Protocol" or "The winter soldier"), but falling under encyclopedic determination — not distracting from the declared history. And unlike "Awakening of force" for the sake of which J. J. Abrams has also left "the Track Is old", the methodology "action dialogue" is realized not schematically, and is extremely organic.
The problem "Beyond limits" consists that explosions, crashes and fights though have the place of development novel space, but in general are ready for transfer in any interior. That is, the conditional starprobe vehicle making dangerous maneuver for gravitation overcoming easily can be replaced for example with the car falling in a pit, etc. Alibaba Group and Huahua Media studios not only have given the main production posts to the proteges, but also have forced the screenwriter to process considerably the initial material characterized by bosses as "too Star Trek-y". As a result determining and creating "the Track" attributes practically of an eliminirovana Is old: so favourite syuzhetoobrazuyushchy броманс Spock/Kirk stays behind scenes (density of space battles does not leave to the commodore and the captain of a lacuna not that for a sentimentality, but also just for interaction).
At the same time, it is impossible to characterize "Beyond limits" as the movie through passage, it is rather simple and simple. Initial sending for the grandiloquent drama in a type "in boundless space is not present the directions" and the subject line connected with temporary paradox and Spock's reflections about life remained at the level of unrealized requests though, it is necessary to pay tribute to Zachary Kuinto — he as much as possible used time allowed to it and has tried to maximize profoundness, to design an emotional pressure.
Having withdrawn so critical element as couple the Pick and Spock, Justin Lin does one of crew members of "Enterprise" by the gay. But this homosexuality is so unevident and fleeting that the inattentive viewer who has come to have a bite to the accompaniment of science fiction, most likely, will pass this nuance. In this sense persistence and persistence of a director's duet of Russo, though, under pressure of the studio which has not allowed the frivolities and violation the comic book traditions which have not transferred the romantic relations of the famous character to the tangible plane, but causing the share "Give Captain America A Boyfriend" looks not formally, but almost more safely and openly.
Ardent admirers "It is old the Track" (not those that under the influence of marketing not so long ago have opened for themselves this part of a movie world, and "Star Trek V which are easily determining availability in "Beyond limits" камео from personnel: The Final Frontier") undoubtedly not that will be indignant, but will feel easy disappointment from the fact that "Beyond limits" is no more, than an interlude to the following movie where Kirk will carry a surname not only James, but also George.
Let "the Track Be old" it is not loaded with political philosophy as his closest genre competitor "Star wars", but the charm of the franchize consists in deliberate ease of the relations between the characters acting as its distinctive feature and the main advantage. In this respect "the Track Is old" are associated with the "A. N. K. L. Agents" who have also received the new film birth in the 21st century.
However, Justin Liin most likely did not watch television short stories of the middle of the last century therefore he does not understand that nevertheless it is unproductive to remove Spock only general and average plans, without leaving it alone with the viewer, tremblingly collecting a collection of badges of Star fleet, and the unity of team of the ship is not clumsy general parties and mass stay in this or that place, and something bigger, not articulated and giving in to partial verbalization only by means of someone like J. J. Abrams who is professionally brought up by Steven Spielberg.
According to criteria of the big-budget blockbuster, "Beyond limits" is the movie of the extra quality which is completely answering to tasks of entertainment of the IMAX format without any amendments. And intension of the Chinese studios on obvious standardization, for the sake of a scope as it is possible for bigger audience, of course, it is rational and economically justified. But, if you a few geek, are slightly pensive and very strongly you love "the Track Is old" (that is logically removed from the first two points), then "Beyond limits" for you will be no more than pleasant fleeting meeting with favourite heroes which did not manage to be transformed to something bigger. And then it becomes clear that the magnificent musical insert of "Sabotage" is not simply one of movie episodes, and a curtsey towards the freaks and geeks who are slightly deprived and involuntarily lowered a level of expectations, but received as compensation at least of Beastie Boys.
