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 Movie A- |
Video A- | Audio A-
| Extras A- | Recommended!
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest
Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols,
Kirstie Alley, and Ricardo Montalban
director Nicholas Meyer | Paramount Pictures
1982 | Science Fiction - Adventure | PG | 116 minutes
Region 1 | DVD-9
anamorphic
widescreen 2.35:1 aspect ratio
| Dolby Digital 5.1
Summary: The crew of the original Star Trek
television series return in their second major motion picture, The
Wrath of Khan. Khan, played by Ricardo Montalban, is an
intelligent man who was genetically bred as a race of superhumans.
When Khan and his group of superhumans are left behind on a desolate
planet and neglected by Captain Kirk, Khan grows bitter and over time his
wrath moves him to seek revenge on Kirk, now Admiral of the
Federation. Khan and his renegade group of superhumans take over the
scientific Space Station Regula One and steals a top secret experimental
device called Genesis, which literally promises to turn a barren planet
into a lush and inhabitable planet. Khan's plans are to use the
superpower of the Genesis device to destroy Kirk. Does Admiral Kirk
still have what it takes to command his crew out of this deadly
scenario? Hang on for a gut-wrenching ending where Trekkies have
never gone before. For the avid Trekkies, this is the definitive DVD
version of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and needs to be a part
of every fan's collection. This feature-rich two-disc set gets my
emphatic nod of approval.
Special Features: This Director's Edition
comes with over five hours of brand new bonus features, spread across two
discs. There should be enough bonus materials here to keep most
Trekkies at bay. Even the DVD menus are nicely animated.
Disc 1: commentary with director Nicholas
Meyer; text commentary by Michael Okuda (co-author of The Star Trek
Encyclopedia)
Disc 2: The Captain's Log (all-new cast and
crew interviews with director Nicholas Meyer, actors William Shatner,
Leonard Nimoy, Ricardo Montalban, and writer/executive producer Harve
Bennett); "Designing Khan" featurette; "The Visual Effects
of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" featurette; Original
Interviews (with DeForest Kelley, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and
Ricardo Montalban); "The Star Trek Universe: A Novel Approach by
Authors Julia Ecklar (A Test of Character: The Kobayashi Maru Scenario)
and Greg Cox (The Augenics Wars: A History of Khan Noonien Singh)"
featurette; storyboard archives and theatrical trailer
DVD released on 8/6/2002 | Reviewed 8/21/2002
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Associated equipment used in evaluation: Sony
DVP-S7700 reference DVD player, Sony
KP-61V45 61" rear projection TV (4:3 screen aspect ratio), Sony ES STR-V444ES A/V receiver, four
B&W CDM 9NTs as left/right main speakers
and left/right surrounds, B&W CDM CNT center channel speaker, Monster Cable M-series S-Video cable MSV-500, Monster
Cable Interlink LightSpeed 100 (Toslink) optical cable, Monster Cable
Interlink 400 MKII interconnects, Monster Cable
Original speaker cables in bi-wire configuration with Monster Cable twist-on gold-plated banana plug
connectors, Lovan Sovereign T HiFi audio
rack, and Sony MDR-V600 studio monitor headphones. Our home theater equipment was calibrated
with the Video
Essentials DVD.
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