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STAR TREK: INSURRECTION boldly goes nowhere new. Oh, the scenery is the best of the series and the well-stuffed plot probably looked great on paper. (Picard and Company stumble upon a Fed- eration plot to drain the fountain of youth.) Breezy humor, too, though I suspect you gotta be a Trekkie to be really laugh out loud. What sinks this starship is too much technobabble, too many story asides, and some of the most mundane action I believe I've seen in nine feature-films. (Could they have made those phaser rifles any cheaper-looking?) At least Patrick Stewart is good. With Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Donna Murphy, Oscar-winner-turned- scenery-chewer F. Murray Abraham, and ol' Anthony Zerbe, who ap- pears to be still very much alive! How about that!? Frakes again directs. The script is credited to Michael Piller, from a story by Piller and Rick Berman. (Rated "PG"/103 min.) Grade: C- Copyright 1998 Michael J. Legeros Movie Hell is a trademark of Michael J. Legeros
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