1. Star Trek: Insurrection
A criticism that is often levels at some of the worst Star Trek movies is that they can be nothing more than overblown episodes. Star Trek: Insurrection doesn’t just feel like a overextended episode, it’s feels like an overextended bad episode.
A Starfleet admiral (NEVER trust a Starfleet admiral who’s not named Kirk) conspires with a race known as the Son’a to forcibly relocate another race, the Ba’ku from their planet. All so they can exploit the planet’s rejuvenating radiation. In the face of this threat Picard and a revitalised crew, enjoying the “humorous” benefits of the fountain of youth, rebel against Starfleet rules and help the Bak’u who turn out to be a lot more advanced then they look.
Coming after First Contact, Insurrection was massively disappointing and unoriginal. Rife with elements that were previously used on TNG, such as Data going nuts while on a covert mission (“Thine own self”) and using a holodeck to transport an alien race without their knowledge (“Homeward”).
Any humour that might have been found in the crew acting like teenagers falls flat on its face, Picard has zero chemistry with his “love interest” and the eventual reveal that the Son’a are just exiled Bak’u that had undergone 100 too many face-lifts is just insulting.
The concept of Picard and crew rebelling against Starfleet over some principled stand could have been an interesting one to explore but instead this simplistic waste of time did nothing for the characters or their relationships.
The Next Generation’s cinematic output always felt lesser to their TV episodes, Insurrection was the most guilty of this. In fact you’re far better off rewatching “The Best of Both Worlds” or pretty much any of The Next Gerneration’s two part episodes instead of this mess.
