Mini-Review: What a load of arse.

Mini-Review: You have to wonder if it didn't have 'Start Trek' in the title this movie would get the recognition it deserves. The Wrath of Khan is as near as perfect for an adventure film; it's character driven with story and writing that is pitch perfect, borrowing liberally - but intelligently - from the likes of Dickens, Shakespeare and Melville and James Horner's score is a tour de force. Unquestionably one the finest movies of its genre.

Mini-Review: The whole movie is a mess, tons of plots that seem to go everywhere and no where, too many characters which leads to underdevelopment, overlong, bad pacing, and an embarassing morality tale sequence. Nolan even managed to lose the great gothic visuals of the first movie and moved everything to Generic City, California. Ledger is all that makes the movie worthwhile, and he is incredible. So incredible he managed to fool everyone who saw it into thinking the movie was good.

Mini-Review: I never cease to be stunned that there are people who do not like Robocop. Functionally it's a brilliant action movie; Peter Weller really, er, brings the robot to life, the music is superb, the design and effects are of an exceptionally high standard and Kurtwood Smith makes a fantastic baddy. But it's got satire and intelligence to back up the nuts and bolts and it hasn't aged a day in either regard.