16 Things You Didn’t Know About Star Trek: Insurrection

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From pre-production to the release day, Star Trek: Insurrection had shocking behind-the-scenes moments that would make the Enterprise blush.

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2. Star Trek: Insurrection

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 55%

Domestic Gross: $70,187,658

Place in Franchise: 9 of 10 (pre-reboot), 3 of 4 (Next Gen only), 9 of 12 (so far, overall)

Years Since Last Movie: 2

Actors Replaced: The Next Gen cast was reunited once again

Summary: After getting off to a rough start with Star Trek: Generations, the Next Generation cast came into their own with their second movie. First Contact became the second-highest grossing movie in the series to date behind Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Following the unusually dark First Contact which borrowed from zombie movies and the Alien series, a decision was made to get back to basics with Insurrection. The idea was to make a movie that felt more like the TV show. Unfortunately, director Jonathan Frakes succeeded in that effort. Insurrection felt like a two-part episode of the old series. And not one of the better ones.

Patrick Stewart was given a producer credit on this one. He felt like Captain Picard had graduated to action hero status in First Contact and did not want to see him revert back to the cerebral leader he had been on television. This resulted in some pretty idiotic scenes in which Stewart tries too hard to kick ass. Especially when part of what made Captain Picard a beloved character was that he was more intellectual than other space explorers.

The story is a bit convoluted. It involves a race of people who are being relocated by nefarious forces because their planet has healing properties like the Fountain of Youth. The premise raises all kinds of questions that the movie never attempts to answer. Since we only see a few dozen of these people, isn’t there enough room on the planet for others to share in the benefits of this amazing discovery? As the movie reaches its conclusion, Picard takes a very strong stand against the relocation, but the audience may have lingering doubts about the righteousness of his decision. It kind of seems like Picard is doing all this to impress Donna Murphy. The usually reliable F. Murray Abraham gives one of the worst performances of his career as a hammy alien bad guy buried under tons of silly make-up.

Insurrection isn’t the worst movie in the Star Trek series, but it’s definitely in the bottom half. Fans at the time had a lot of Trek to choose from. Deep Space Nine and Voyager were both still airing new episodes. Next Generation and the original series were both in reruns and of course all the previous movies were available on home video. There were toys, video games, comic book and conventions. With all those options, Insurrection needed to find a way to convince audiences that it was worth the price of admission. The days of a Star Trek movie being an event were long gone and Insurrection just didn’t feel special enough to pull in casual fans.

Four years later, the Next Generation crew returned for what would be their final adventure. Nemesis made the fatal mistake of trying to duplicate the success of Wrath of Khan. No matter how many times they try it, that approach never works. Nemesis became the least successful Star Trek movie ever made earning less than even The Final Frontier. Adjusted for inflation, Nemesis‘ performance is even more embarrassing. Despite ending on a cliffhanger that begged for a follow-up, Nemesis ended the Star Trek movie franchise for the foreseeable future. It took seven years before the series was rebooted with a new cast playing the characters from the original series.