12:05PM, May 08, 2009
The whole Star Trek thing is BIG. An originally cancelled TV show has spawned four more series, ten movies, a fanatical global following, and with Klingon a brand new language.
With all this in mind, Lost creator J.J. Abrams' original series reboot could be nothing other than rather large. And if you want to supersize your Trek, the BFI IMAX's 65ft screen boldly takes you further.
Everything benefits from the IMAX upgrade - even the title credit sends more tingles down the spine. Abrams' action scenes emerge even more thrilling: Kirk, Sulu, and an expendable's sub-orbital jump onto the villain's drilling platform is a heart in the mouth, wind in the hair bolt of adrenalin, while Enterprise's warp arrival into a raging space battle will probably end up on an IMAX showreel.
Thankfully, the performances also pass muster under the magnifying glass of the IMAX screen, Zachary Quinto's reinvention of the famous Vulcan impressing the most.
The real star of the show however is the USS Enterprise; a superb piece of spaceship design, given an awesome sense of scale. And sound... with almost 12,000 watts of surround sound, you don't so much hear the Enterprise make the jump to warp speed as feel it.
Although not containing any full IMAX sequences like those that rocked The Dark Knight, Star Trek: The IMAX Experience is a Spock-tacular event.
Rob Daniel
For our full review of the new Star Trek movie, CLICK HERE.
For more IMAX information, CLICK HERE.
