Star Trek Into Darkness Non-Spoiler Review

I've seen JJ Abrams' follow-up to his rebooted Star Trek movie entitled "Star Trek Into Darkness" courtesy of Solar Entertainment. Is it a victim to the 'sequel curse' or does it stand in line proudly with the pedigree of the first movie?

Let me just get out of my system that initially I didn't have any respect for Benedict Cumberbatch. That statement alone will probably earn me some flak from the British actor's fangirls (there's a lot actually, the screening I attended alone had lots of young to teen-ish girls lining up to see Kh err, John Harrison).  Yes, now stick around and find out what I think of him after cut. 

New Hi-Res Images for Star Trek Into Darkness

The much anticipated sequel to "Star Trek" entitled "Star Trek Into Darkness" is very pretty to look at and to whet our appetites before it's release within the year, here are several new hi-res images from the film.

 

Mind you some of the images have already appeared in the first trailer for the film. Still it's a pretty cool spectacle. 

More images after the cut...

New Star Trek Into Darkness Photos from Empire

Here's a look at the 2013 sneak peek for Empire Magazine featuring Dominic Cumberbatch as ex-Starfleet employee and Khan-ish character John Harrison.

There's actually another variant of this Cumberbatch cover featuring a clean look with no text. Sadly the said cover will only be available for Empire subscribers...

New Teaser Poster for Star Trek Into Darkness

The official Star Trek facebook fanpage released this new teaser poster for the upcoming sequel to J.J. Abrams' Star Trek saga entitled "Star Trek Into Darkness".

Official Synopsis: "When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated everything the fleet stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a "one man weapon of mass destruction."