Star Trek: Nemesis Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		4.0
Video		4.0
Audio		5.0
Extras		5.0
Overall		4.5

Star Trek: Nemesis Blu-ray Movie Review

Paramount has re-released the 2002 Sci-Fi film 'Star Trek: Nemesis' to the Blu-ray format. New specifications include remastered 1080p video and Dolby TrueHD 7.1 lossless audio. Supplements from the original release carry over. A standalone UHD disc is also available, which may also be purchased as part of a four film UHD boxed set.

Star Trek: Nemesis Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Paramount brings Star Trek: Nemesis to Blu-ray with a newly remastered 1080p transfer. The previous issue was not at all poor, so this image offers more in the way of refinement rather than overhaul. The image is stable and pleasantly filmic. There are times when it's deliberately blown out, overly bright, and not particularly deep, but such are artistic merits inherent to certain scenes. The image overall is very pleasing and organic, with good color depth and satisfying black levels. The film is very bleak for much of its runtime, operating in low light and populated by shades of black and gray. Still, tonal fullness here appears precise and accurate within the picture's natural parameters. This is not meant to be a bold, vivid movie, so the image's contextual merits on a scene-by-scene basis must be taken into consideration. Black level depth is solid, as are flesh tones, whether human or alien. The picture holds to a pleasing grain structure and reveals good, nicely defined details on faces and clothes. As with the other releases, the sense of overall clarity and film-sharp textures are commonplace and very visually satisfying, just not so visually arresting as the best of these films on UHD. Again, the image dynamics struggle to dazzle in every shot, but the overall film appearance and stability are to be commended. The film looks better on the UHD in all areas, but the Blu-ray is certainly a pleasing experience in the aggregate as well.

Star Trek: Nemesis Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Asa with the other three TNG films, Star Trek: Nemesis' new Dolby TrueHD 7.1 lossless soundtrack delivers a satisfying sense of depth and impact in all areas of concern. The track opens up with extensive depth and spacing in action, beginning with the "dune buggy" chase sequence earlier in the film. That scene offers robust low-end engagement and plenty of active surround sound cues, all of which are seamlessly integrated and balanced for both precision placement and movement imaging. This holds true for all action sounds; there's never a shortage of any significant content. Musical presentation is rich and clear, wide and well defined with dominant front side usage supported by nicely integrated surround balance. Minor atmosphere and dialogue reverb in more cavernous locales are pleasantly detailed and seamlessly immerse the listener into the various locales. Overall track accuracy is excellent, and dialogue is stable and clear with firm front-center placement and prioritization.

Star Trek: Nemesis Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

This Blu-ray release of Star Trek: Insurrection includes a huge assortment of bonus content from the legacy collection.

• Audio Commentary: Director Stuart Baird.
• Audio Commentary: Producer Rick Berman.
• Audio Commentary: Michael and Denise Okuda.
• Text Commentary: Michael and Denise Okuda.
• Library Computer
• Production: A seven-part feature:
  
  
  • Nemesis Revisited
  • New Frontiers Stuart Baird on Directing Nemesis
  • Storyboarding the Action
  • Red Alert! Shooting the Action of Nemesis
  • Build and Rebuild
  • Four-Wheeling in the Final Frontier
  • Screen Test: Shinzon
• The Star Trek Universe: A nine-part feature.
  
  
  • A Star Trek Family's Final Journey
  • A Bold Vision of the Final Frontier
  • The Enterprise E
  • Reunion with the Rikers
  • Today's Tech Tomorrow's Data
  • Robot Hall of Fame
  • Brent Spiner Data and Beyond Part 2
  • Trek Roundtable: Nemesis
  • Starfleet Academy SciSec Brief 010: Thalaron Radiation
• The Romulan Empire: A five-part feature:
  
  
  • Romulan Lore
  • Shinzon & The Viceroy
  • Romulan Design
  • The Romulan Senate
  • The Scimitar
• Deleted Scenes: 13 scenes following Rick Berman's introduction:
  
  
  • Wesley's New Mission
  • Chateau Picard, 2267
  • The Time of Conquest
  • Data and B-4
  • Federation Protocols
  • The Chance for Peace
  • A Loss of Self
  • Remember Him? (Extended)
  • Turbolift Violation
  • Sickbay Prepares for Battle
  • Cleaning Out Data's Quarters
  • Crusher at Starfleet Medical
  • Advice for the New First Officer
• Archives: A five-part feature
  
  
  • Storyboards
  • Galleries
  • Bryan Singer
  • Riker and the Beast
  • Terry Frazee
• Trailers: A three-part feature
  
  
  • Teaser Trailer
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Borg Invasion Trailer

Star Trek: Nemesis Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Nemesis is arguably the darkest Star Trek movie of them all, tonally and aesthetically alike. The Blu-ray looks good, sounds great, and is packed with bonus content. Highly recommended.