Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Possibly my favourite from the ten proper Star Trek movies, this is a pacy and fun fish out of water tale with a genuinely heart felt save the whales message as Kirk and his crew travel back in time to eighties San Francisco attempting to save the earth in the future as a powerful alien probe sends out signals in the 23rd century to the now extinct species of Humpback Whales.
The new Blu-ray taken from a 4K scan for the most part looks superb aside from the scenes inside the captured Klingon Bird of Prey which appear soft due to the smoky ambience of the crafts innards.
The 7:1 soundtrack is terrific. Loud when it needs to be but for the most part subtle and atmospheric as the San Francisco street scenes play out all around the viewer or the whales splash about in the surf.
The extras are plentiful and the Library Computer feature which you can watch throughout the movie looks awesome if you really want to dig deep into the Star Trek universe.
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