Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan

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Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan ★★★ 1982 (PG)

Picking up from the 1967 Star Trek episode “Space Seed,” Admiral James T. Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise must battle Khan, an old foe out for revenge. Warm and comradly in the nostalgic mode of its successors. Introduced Kirk's former lover and unknown son to the series plot, as well as Mr. Spock's “death,” which led to the next sequel (1984's “The Search for Spock”). 113m/C VHS, DVD . William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Ricardo Montalban, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Kirstie Alley, Merritt Butrick, Paul Winfield, Bibi Besch; D: Nicholas Meyer; W: Jack Sowards; C: Gayne Rescher; M: James Horner.

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