The Daily Mail took an early look at the new Star Trek prequel movie due out in May. "Effusive" does not quite describe the review:

By far the best of the 11 Star Trek movies, it must rank as the outstanding prequel of all time...

The picture moves at a terrific pace, and is a satisfying tale of good versus evil, with Eric Bana a highly hissable villain...

This movie really does promise a creative re-birth of science fiction adventure.

In retrospect, perhaps the quality of the film was foreshadowed when Paramount decided to re-up with Abrams a few weeks ago.

Or maybe it's all just advance hype, and the end product will leave us feeling a bit let down, but also intrigued against all reason by hype for the next chapter of the story. But who expect that sort of plot-suspense roller coaster from the creator of Lost??

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