The baddie's been beefed up, the plot's been pared down, but the emotional core which really sold the first film—the magnificent character interaction—remains unscathed.

~ Max Crawford -

The baddie's been beefed up, the plot's been pared down, but the emotional core which really sold the first film—the magnificent character interaction—remains unscathed.

~ Max Crawford -

The film’s flaws come primarily in the weak villain and some irritating editing and plotting choices.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The film’s flaws come primarily in the weak villain and some irritating editing and plotting choices.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Robert Wise's w-i-d-e-s-c-r-e-e-n compositions are beautiful and he really manages to lift Trek from the small screen to the cinema screen.

~ Gator MacReady -

Robert Wise's w-i-d-e-s-c-r-e-e-n compositions are beautiful and he really manages to lift Trek from the small screen to the cinema screen.

~ Gator MacReady -

The story requires a brain transplant. It's not complicated, so much as lost in the land of Loony.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The story requires a brain transplant. It's not complicated, so much as lost in the land of Loony.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Suffers imagination malfunction.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Suffers imagination malfunction.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

An enormously satisfying adventure, made with skill and care.

~ Scott Macdonald -

An enormously satisfying adventure, made with skill and care.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The film is tightly and crisply edited with nothing wasted on frippery or dull speeches.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The film is tightly and crisply edited with nothing wasted on frippery or dull speeches.

~ Scott Macdonald -

JJ Abrams rescues Rodenbury's creation from the pop culture scrap heap and produces a very likeable romp.

~ Stephen Carty -

JJ Abrams rescues Rodenbury's creation from the pop culture scrap heap and produces a very likeable romp.

~ Stephen Carty -