Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982 · Movie · PG · 113 min · ★ 7.4 · 78% critics
During a training mission, a starship crew is drawn into a dangerous confrontation when a long-ago enemy resurfaces and steals a powerful, top-secret device. As the chase escalates, the crew must outthink a relentless foe while facing hard questions about duty, aging, and what really matters under pressure.
Based on Space Seed
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Details
- Years
- 1982
- Release date
- 1982-06-04
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Critic score
- 78/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (2,133 votes)
- Box office
- $97,000,000
- Budget
- $12,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tighter, more emotional Star Trek story with suspenseful space showdowns and a personal rivalry, closer in spirit to Star Trek (1966); Not for you if you dislike darker themes or unsettling scenes.
Pros: tense cat-and-mouse battles; strong character bonds; memorable villain energy | Cons: a few plot holes; darker, grittier tone; some disturbing moments
Themes
- spacecraft
- life and death
- genetics
- asteroid
- self sacrifice
- teleportation
- genesis
- midlife crisis
- terraforming
- simulator
- cadet
- radiation
- +21 more
Cast & crew
William Shatner
as Admiral James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy
as Captain Spock
Ricardo Montalban
as Khan Noonien Singh
DeForest Kelley
as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
James Doohan
as Cmdr. Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott
Walter Koenig
as Cmdr. Pavel Chekov
George Takei
as Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
Nichelle Nichols
as Cmdr. Uhura
Bibi Besch
as Dr. Carol Marcus
Merritt Butrick
as Dr. David Marcus
Directed by Nicholas Meyer