STAR TREK 9: INSURRECTION(1998):
Special Collector's Edition

I REALLY like this movie! A return back to the feel of
Roddenberry's vision, this movie has all the best Star
Trek has to offere, a good story, romance, humor and
a cast that does a great job!! And again, the music is
wonderful!!! A

A review from Amazon.com:

Star Trek fans were decidedly mixed in their reactions
to this, the ninth big-screen feature in Paramount's
lucrative Trek franchise, but die-hard loyalists will
appreciate the way this Next Generation adventure
rekindles the spirit of the original Trek TV series while
combining a tolerable dose of New-Agey philosophy
with a lighthearted plot for the TNG cast. This time
out, Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his executive crew
must transport to a Shangri-la-like planet to see why
their android crewmate Data (Brent Spiner) has run
amuck in a village full of peaceful Ba'ku artisans
who--thanks to their planet's "metaphasic
radiation"--haven't aged in 309 years.

It turns out there's a conspiracy afoot, masterminded
by the devious, gruesomely aged Ru'afo(F. Murray Abraham,
hamming it up under makeup resembling a cosmetic
surgeon's worst nightmare), who's in cahoots with a
renegade Starfleet admiral (Anthony Zerbe, in one of
his final screen roles). They covet the fountain-of-youth
power of the Ba'ku planet, but because their takeover
plan violates Starfleet's Prime Directive of noninterference,
it's up to Picard and crew to stop the scheme. Along the
way, they all benefit from the metaphasic effect, which
manifests itself as Worf's puberty(visible as a conspicuous
case of Klingon acne), Picard's youthful romance with a
Ba'ku woman (the lovely Donna Murphy), the touching
though temporary return of Geordi's natural eyesight,
and a moment when Troi asks Dr. Crusher if she's noticed
that her "boobs are firming up."

Some fans scoffed at these humorous asides, but they're
what make this Trek film as entertaining as it is slightly
disappointing. Without the laughs (including Data's rousing
excerpt from Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS Pinafore), this is a
pretty routine entry in the franchise, with no real surprises,
a number of plot holes, and the overall appearance of a
big-budget TV episode. As costar and director, Jonathan
Frakes proves a capable carrier of the Star Trek flame--and
it's nice to see women in their 40s portrayed as smart
and sexy--but while this is surely an adequate Trek
adventure, it doesn't quite rank with the best in the
series. --Jeff Shannon

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Music playing is:
Theme From Star Trek 9: Insurrection!