since this be a movie and not a tv episode with the phantom menace and dark city to be compare to and insurrection fall short . still and it be not a mindless shoot em up which most sci fi movie be these day and so overall i enjoy it . like all star trek movie insurrection have a convolute plot that involve various pseudo scientific detail and star trek concept and in joke . meaning and it help to have see the tv show to well understand what be go on . this be probably the main obstacle to why star trek movie have never be blockbuster . now about the plot . this may be a spoiler so and you have be warn . the basis of the film be greed and robbery . the baku who live on a beautiful planet be a defenseless culture who have something valuable and a special form of energy call metaphasic energy which reverse age . the bad guy and the sona and want to kill the baku for it . the federation propose a forced evacuation of the baku so the federation can share this valuable thing with the sona . captain picard insists on a compromise that would allow the baku to continue their life on their planet and for the sona and the federation in cooperation with the baku to use the metaphasic energy of for an anti aging treatment . you might have be confuse by that paragraph but be a star trek fan this be pretty routine . insurrection be about a star trek idea call the prime directive which mean the federation be not suppose to interfere with the culture of other planet . be this interesting enough to be a good movie . it could have be if present in a more clear and unusual way . besides the complicate plot and the main problem with insurrection be that the baku be pretty bore . they look like people from california living in a hippie commune . if you compare this to the planet tatooine in star war you can see that the baku planet could have be more exciting . another problem be the typical love affair between the star trek captain and one of the cute alien . a pretty wear out plot twist . so and why do i like insurrection . there be a lot of humor in the film that i enjoy . the special effect be alright . but the main reason i think insurrection be fun be because i keep my expectation low ( repeat after me and this be not star war ) and i be open to sci fi that have some think behind it .