Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

A surprise visit from Spock's father provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock's living essence.

Cast

William Shatner

as Admiral James T. Kirk

DeForest Kelley

as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy

James Doohan

as Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott

George Takei

as Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu

Walter Koenig

as Cmdr. Pavel Chekov

Nichelle Nichols

as Cmdr. Uhura

Christopher Lloyd

as Cmdr. Kruge

Robin Curtis

as Lt. Saavik

Mark Lenard

as Ambassador Sarek

Merritt Butrick

as Dr. David Marcus

Reviews

John Chard

You Klingon bastards! Kirk gets personal. It is what it is folks, it's a good honest Star Trek story, it beats a real emotive heart and although some may decry the lack of blistering space battles, or end of the universe peril scenarios, it's an essential film for dealing with the protagonists we...

GenerationofSwine

I kind of feel that this gets a lot more hate than it deserves... because it follows Kahn and because it rewrites an emotional death. I know, I know, I love Spock too, but, really, should have left him dead. That was part of the emotional roller coaster of II. But, they didn't and that does so...

CinemaSerf

Picking up closely from the second film, this sees our crew of adventurers defy their superiors and steal the Enterprise in an attempt to rescue "Spock" from the Genesis planet. This is probably the best of the films for both DeForest Kelley and James Doohan as they both have some more of the play t...

hopefulreviews

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is the nostalgia movie we wanted!! Unlike Star Trek: The Motion Picture, which focused too heavily on nostalgia and not on the plot. While this movie did have some plot holes and everyone was wearing their 80's best instead of futuristic costumes!! This movie gave...

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