When it's all said and done, the original Star Trek films were really something special. A quality series with great story lines that went in all different directions. Along with Undiscovered Country and Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock is quite different and another great film in the series.
Following in the foot steps of the last film, The Wrath of Khan, the plot here has Spock (Leonard Nimoy) dead and gone. The whole crew is in disarray with Kirk (William Shatner) hurt the most. Somehow though light comes through with Spock possibly still alive and somehow connected in spirit to Bones (Deforest Kelley) and on the mysterious and dangerous planet of Genesis.
This was probably one of hardest films to put together in this series because of the many levels of plot here. The Genesis planet might not be the most original idea on the block but there is still a lot of creativity here with settings that are new for a Star Trek film and giving the cast a lot to do. The film does bring the classic old cast back including characters of David Marcus ( Merritt Butrick) and Saavick (Robin Curtis). A villain in Christopher Lloyd with the name of Commander Kruge who is hard to figure and very strange but still hard not to like. Lloyd as usual delivers a quirky performance. The plot is great and frankly I don't think this could have come out any better.
With the title, you might think that we don't see Spock but it's one of things where it is "Don't judge a book by it's cover". There is a younger resurrected Spock idea that turns into more then you might think and also some small flashbacks. The ending is something that we know is coming but does fit into Start Trek history quite nicely. In the end, we find the Spock character even though it might not be clearly obvious where he was.
The film can be a little slow and sad and depressing. This is kind of a change of pace for the Star Trek series and for me this makes it seems more special because of it.
This film is directed by Leonard Nimoy who did good job here. I think The Search for Spock is really the perfect film to start the middle of the series with.
4/5
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