Star Trek: Section 31 applies a veneer of Trek references to an ugly, forgettable TV movie.
Heck, it cant even be called bad sci-fi or bad genre work.
It seems to have no interest or understanding in doing any of them well.
Section 31catches up with Georgiou after she left the 32nd century in the fourth season ofStar Trek: Discovery.
As those who watchedDiscoverywill recall, Georgiou was an evil double of Michael Burnhams beloved late Captain.
As that cast list shows,Section 31is fond of making references toTreklore.
Aloks augments tie him tothe Eugenics War andTrekbig bad Khan Noonien Singh.
To those without much investment inStar Trek, the video game analogy may not sound so bad.
After all, weve had some really great video game adaptations lately, withFalloutandThe Last of Us.
ButSection 31feels more like last years doomedBorderlandsmovie, done so much worse.
Yes, you read that right.
All of the ugly visuals and self-satisfied humor that marredBorderlandsappears inSection 31, except gaudier and louder.
Worse yet are the action sequences.
Whatever her skills at this point, Osunsanmi has no confidence in them.
In fact, Osunsanmi shoots everything with that same level of distracting excess.
Hes especially fond of snap zooms and sudden pullbacks, even when just showing two characters in conversation.
But its impossible to think that anyone would want enough of this to launch a sequel or another series.
At worst, it will be forgotten, never to have any influence on the future ofStar Trekat all.
Star Trek: Section 31 streams on Paramount+ on January 24.
Rating:
2 out of 5
