"Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" was one of the best films in the futuristic Star Trek franchise. In this film the crew of the starship Enterprise struggles to finally make peace with the long-standing enemies of their Federation, the Klingons, while investigating a treacherous murder that threatens to replace the new hope with suspicion.

"The Klingons killed my son," Captain Kirk insists (remembering the character who appeared in Star Trek II and III.) But science office Spock believes Kirk's Klingon-hating credibility can lead to a successful peace process, confronting him with what he believes to be an old Vulcan proverb. "Only Nixon could go to China." The Enterprise escorts a high Klingon diplomat to negotiations, but an unexplained attack is suddenly launched on the Klingon's ship. The unauthorized attack apparently came from within the Enterprise, and the peace process is in jeopardy

The movie delivers some genuine surprises after Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy are delivered to the Klingon home world for a trial. They're defended by Colonel Worf, grandfather of the Klingon security officer who appears in two of the Star Trek TV shows - "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "Deep Space Nine." When Kirk and McCoy are sentenced to a Klingon prison, Captain Kirk immediately begins a romantic fling with a shape-shifting alien named Martia. When she double-crosses the two men, there's a fight in which Martia assumes the shape of Captain Kirk, giving the appearance that he's fighting and arguing with himself. And when the Enterprise investigates the attack, they begin to suspect Mr. Spock's protege, Lieutenant Valeris (played by a 35-year-old Kim Cattrall.)

The 1991 film offers the last reunion of the entire cast from the original TV series, giving them a chance to fulfill the show's 1960s optimism. During Captain Kirk's trial, his interrogator shouts "Don't wait for the translation, answer me now" - the exact words shouted during a tense U.N. confrontation during the Cuban Missile Crisis at the height of the cold war. And meeting the Klingons, Mr. Chekov snarls "Guess who's coming to dinner" - the title of an Oscar-winning 1967 movie about overcoming prejudice. When the starship crew is finally able to uncover the plot, they leave their fans with one last message about moving forward into a world of peace - the true undiscovered country.

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