In creating the sequel to his 2009 Star Trek reboot, J J Abrams has chosen to bring what was familiar back, and then build upon it. The heart of the first film, the captain and crew of the USS Enterprise - with Chris Pine as Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Simon Pegg as Scotty, trying valiantly to approximate a Scottish accent, Zoe Saldana as Uhura and Karl Urban providing the fine line between comic and gravitas that the film itself personifies - all return in ship-shape form.
Abrams' trademark lens flare is ably supported by his penchant for alternating humour and nail-biting a....