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While the standalone dangerous undertaking does n’t precisely tread unexampled earth , Star Trek : Section 31 is a fun drive that afford up interesting possibilities .
Paramount is likely testing the viability of Star Trek as a streaming film franchise , arouse the conversant timbre of the more action - oriented entries from the Kelvin films toDiscoverywithSection 31 . StarringMichelle Yeoh , who reprises her use as Philippa Georgiou , as a pseudo - spinoff ofDiscovery , the flick finds the character in a ego - enwrap story ab initio as a nightclub owner under a fresh alias when Starfleet ’s mysterious organization seeks her out for her service . The history does n’t presume the audience has seenDiscoveryso there ’s no required wake for this film .
How Section 31 Expands Philippa Georgiou’s Star Trek Story While Introducing a New Crew
The story originate with a flashback of Georgiou ’s sinister beginning with the Mirror Universe and the Terran Empire , establishing early the cruelty needed to endure . When we get up to the character in the present day with no explanation of how the Guardian of Forever inDiscoverypaved the way for her current stop , embracing shade of her one-time liveliness through her fashion , indulgence , and dietetical choices .
We meet the crew led by Alok Sahar ( Omari Hardwick ) , who own the physical art and mental acumen that nearly matches Georgiou . We get a few nods toStar Trek : The Original Serieswith Quasi ( Sam Richardson ) , a Chameloid , and Melle ( Humberly González ) , a Deltan . We also have additional brawniness in Zeph ( Robert Kazinsky ) , a mech suit - assume beefy figure , a Vulcan / Romulan wildcard in Fuzz ( Sven Ruygrok ) , and perhaps the name to most closely watch in respect to the film ’s big tie to the syndicated canyon in Lt . Rachel Garrett ( Kacey Rohl ) , the would - be future captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise - C.
There ’s a lot to discharge away from directorOlatunde Osunsanmiand writersCraig Sweeny , Bo Yeon Kim , andErika Lippoldttrying to create compelling characters to build around Yeoh ’s Georgiou and , for the most part , succeed . If it were a TV series , we credibly get to know the supporting players better , but the space is largely reserved for Georgiou ’s backstory , the team ’s military mission to salve the galaxy , and a redemptory story that seems to have too many similarities to Yeoh ’s write up withSonequa Martin - Green’sMichael Burnham onDiscovery .
While it ’s beneficial for the uninitiate , those who have seen Yeoh struggle and come through in her family relationship with Prime Michael to make up for the room her kinship ended with Mirror Michael do n’t get anything that feels like it advances her story . Without refer ANY event or cast of her Terran bunch onDiscovery , we find out that Georgiou did have a passion for another in San ( James Hiroyuki Liao ) , but it ’s something that was minimally fleshed out because of how packed everything else is . It matte more like a urbane and reuse spark between a " female parent " in Georgiou and who she image as a " girl " in Michael . Does it mean more because people grew up together ? It does n’t volunteer anything more than whatDiscoveryalready give in a more profound manner .
There ’s nothing unseasonable with the operation inSection 31because Yeoh shines as a notorious scene chewer . Hardwick is similar to a taskmaster and has the same level of charisma asDavid Ajala’sBook inDiscovery , complementing Yeoh in their scene . As far as other standouts , Ruygrok has thatJim Carreymanic vitality that ’s so reminiscent of the silly exotic character ofMen in Black . Rohl is front and center when it comes to look at charge in all her scenes and is capable of being a secondary lede when ask , even if her character is design to be " by the book of account . " There are here and now whenSection 31leans on its Star Trek ingenuity , but it also embraces the zaniness of other activity - packed sci - fi chum likeFarscape , Stargate , andMen in Black .
mention also drop dead to Osunsanmi and executive producerAlex Kurtzmanfor being the first Paramount+ task to focus on Star Trek ’s " bemused " epoch fromGenerationstoThe Next Generation . You had shadiness of that rogue nature when we sawPicardin time of year one , but it seem like they ’ve polished that conception forSection 31 . The photographic film , which also starsJoe PingueandMiku Martineau , streams January 24th on Paramount+ .
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