
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Taste attributes: adventurescience fictionactionanimalsrobots/ai/spacecomedyfastfresh & originallightimaginarysimpleglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingfighting evilfish out of water/culture clash
"The key to saving the future can only be found in the past."
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, breakneck sci-fi film: expansive and polished. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: very fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score
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What lines up
- Linearity: Balanced linearity, just how this profile likes it
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
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Synopsis
It's the 23rd century, and a mysterious alien power is threatening Earth by evaporating the oceans and destroying the atmosphere. In a frantic attempt to save mankind, Kirk and his crew must time travel back to 1986 San Francisco where they find a world of punk, pizza and exact-change buses that are as alien as anything they've ever encountered in the far reaches of the galaxy. A thrilling, action-packed Star Trek adventure!
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Adventure
- Year
- 1986
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Paramount
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











