Star Trek Into Darkness London Premiere

The London premiere of STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS kicked off nicely with Leicester Square being blessed with sunshine. The cast turned up to a lovely white carpet that quickly deteriorated in to a messy looking carpet. No matter, the cheering fans -some hysterical- welcomed the stars as they posed for our photos. Zoe Saldana won the frock trophy, with Alice Eve in a less glamourous dress but looked uber sexy. She was the sultry Queen of the poses. The men looked OK, but the same old suits I’m afraid. Elegant but, erm, “nothing to see here, move along…”

The film opened in a futuristic London – the sheer scale and magnitude of the film are apparent. In 3D and IMAX, the images are crystal clear and the colours sharp.

The use of futuristic technologies blends seamlessly into the architecture and environment – with flying cars hovering by the Thames; and a hospital trolley floating through the corridors of a children’s hospital. Standard NHS lore in battered blighty dear peeps.

It’s in this hospital that we first meet the film’s villain – John Harrison, played by Benedict Cumberbatch. Consoling a distraught father -played by fellow Brit, Noel Clarke-, Harrison tells him “I can save your daughter.” If she doesn’t catch TB first…

Chris Pine, Alice Eve

From there, we’re transported into space – with Spock -Zachary Quinto- and Nyota Uhura -Zoe Saldana- on a mission to diffuse a volcano before it erupts and kills the alien people living on the planet. Kirk -Chris Pine- is on this planet and has been on a fact finding mission, before he returns to the Enterprise to complete the mission with his team.

Zoe Saldana, Jonathan Ross & Daughter

As with any great film and Star Trek plotline, it doesn’t go to plan and Spock is left stranded in the centre of the volcano -he’s wearing a heatproof suit, obviously- after his lifeline breaks.

With the volcano about to erupt and Nyota now safely on the Enterprise with Kirk, the crew are left with the dilemma, ‘do we risk our lives for that of Spock?’ Nah!… I mean, We hope so!

Fresh off the plane from L.A, Benedict was happy to talk about his character,

“He’s a homegrown terrorist…-typical Britain- a one man weapon of mass destruction. It was great playing him.”

Alice Eve was clearly very excited and exclaimed that it was “great to bring the screening back home”. She also explained that she was pleased that she could now confirm that she’s playing Dr. Carol Marcus,

“We made the decision last week in L.A. to reveal who my character is in the film… and you can see from the footage you’ve seen that I’m wearing a blue uniform!”

Would that be a nurse’s uniform Alice? That could work work me.

When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization -The Unions again no doubt- has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. -Yep, The Unions-. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk -Chris Pine- leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction -Benedict Cumberbatch-. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.

The film stars: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoë Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Weller.

Out May 13.