Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Film1986119 min

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Taste attributes: adventurescience fictionactionanimalsrobots/ai/spacecomedyfastfresh & originallightimaginarysimpleglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingfighting evilfish out of water/culture clash

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"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

Taste Attributes

fighting evilfish out of water/culture clash

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

William ShatnerCatherine HicksLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyJames Doohan

Details

Genre
Adventure
Year
1986
Runtime
119 min
Status
Released
Studio
Paramount
Taste scores
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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