
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982 · Movie · PG · 113 min
★ 7.5(2,162)unSUB Rating
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
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.4/10 (2,162 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