Another comment posted here says "...the best scifi story ever...." Hardly. There is not a lot of scifi element in STTWOK. It is however a rip-roaring Adventure tale set to the Trek backdrop and there is nothing wrong with that. Original Trek had plenty of adventure tales, speculative fiction tales, and the like. The contributions by the principle original series members here are glowing, even when the great William Shatner steps fleetingly into his infamous moments of over-acting. People like to claim this as the first real Trek movie- usually citing so many problems with ST The Motion Picture. I say to them that STTMP IS a Scifi story and the Directors cut version repairs, completes and makes a truly wonderful FIRST Trek film. Wrath of Khan takes us where the original cast (vice any of the following ST series casts) alone can take us- to a story of loyalty, introspection, disgust with convention and reminders of why tradition is important and why innovation in all situations can be both a marvel- and terror. Love of family, and all intelligence is an underlying theme here and respect for the universe (including leaving things be!). STTWOK coupled with ST The Search for Spock and ST The Voyage Home make for a complete tale that expand on these themes and show us all why caring and striving to achieve are the ultimate themes- human and perhaps other as yet undiscovered species themes for life, that drive us, please us and define us.
Review of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
