This Star Trek film is one of the more difficult ones to remember in my mind after I saw it. I thought it was okay, but that was really about it. Then I saw it again a few years later and I realized it was actually a good film but just feel it gets lost in the mind of many fans because it is the last in the series to star all the original cast and has a different tempo.

This film more than most focuses on "the big three"--Spock, McCoy and Shatner. The film begins with an appeal from the Klingons for help--it seems their planet is doomed and for the first time they want an alliance with the Federation. Kirk's solution is simple--they are Klingons so let them die!! But, despite this view, the meeting where they sign the accord is going to happen anyway. At the historic meeting, there is an assassination and Kirk and McCoy are convicted for the murder. Well you KNOW that they didn't do it, but the real culprets must be found. This mystery-suspense aspect of the film makes it pretty interesting and at least different.

Not a great film but a worthy addition to the series.

The last of the STAR TREK movies to solely feature the original cast, this is better than the previous one but not one of the best. In this one, Kirk and McCoy find themselves on a separate adventure, Sulu has his own ship and the Klingons are the stock bad guys again.

I found that STAR TREK VI is a fun movie for the fans but maybe not so much for the rest of the cinema goers. Part of it, involving fight scenes with ugly monsters, seems to be out of a STAR WARS film rather than a STAR TREK movie, but to counter this there are some nice character-building moments in which the likes of Kirk and McCoy look back over their long careers.

It's also touching to see the whole team back for what would be the final time, but in reality this amounts to little more than an extended and fairly forgettable example of the original TV series.

In short, this film gets everything right. Music, acting, effects and pacing/editing.

It is well written and has the usual cheesy moments we would hope for from the originals series but also serious moments and even exciting action moments.

The ending sequence literally had me at the edge of my chair which is quite impressive for a 1991 film being watched in 2017. It is hard for me to pick the best original series film but this will definitely be among the list. Along with Wrath of Khan and Search for Spock. But each are great in their own way.

It kind of brought tears to my eyes in the end because you can tell the staff were very emotional about this being their last time to be in Star Trek and that emotion definitely came through on screen.

Also I have to mention, a big shout out to Christopher Plummer for his stellar performance in this film. It just would not have been the same without him!