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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock poster

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

Overview

A surprise visit from Spock's father provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock's living essence.


Starring Cast


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate

Viewer Rating
6.7

Overview

A surprise visit from Spock's father provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock's living essence.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Paramount+ logoParamount+
Apple TV logoApple TV
Google Play logoGoogle Play
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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

The film's central narrative focuses on universal themes of loyalty, friendship, and personal sacrifice to save a loved one, rather than promoting specific political ideologies or critiquing societal structures from a partisan viewpoint.

The movie features the established diverse cast from the original Star Trek series, which was progressive for its era, but does not introduce new explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. The narrative positively frames its traditional white male protagonists without critiquing traditional identities or centering explicit DEI themes.

Secondary

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock does not include any overt LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film's narrative focuses on the crew's mission to retrieve Spock, with no discernible representation of queer identities or experiences.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its plot. The story centers on the crew of the Enterprise attempting to retrieve Spock's katra and body, with no elements related to transsexual identity present. Therefore, the film receives an N/A rating for its portrayal of transsexual themes.

The film features Lt. Saavik as a prominent female character involved in the plot's action sequences. However, she is captured by Klingon forces on the Genesis Planet and does not engage in or win any close-quarters physical combat against male opponents.

All established legacy characters in "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" retain their canonical genders from previous installments and the original series. No character previously established as one gender is portrayed as another.

All major and legacy characters in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock are portrayed by actors of the same race as their established depictions in prior Star Trek series and films. No instances of a character canonically established as one race being portrayed as a different race were found.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.7

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.7
The Movie Database logo
6.6

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
7.8
Metacritic logo
5.8

Who Made This

Actors

NameRoleGenderRaceNationality
William Shatner
Admiral James T. KirkMaleWhite Canada
DeForest Kelley
Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoyMaleWhite United States
James Doohan
Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' ScottMaleWhite Canada
George Takei
Cmdr. Hikaru SuluMaleEast Asian United States
Walter Koenig
Cmdr. Pavel ChekovMaleWhite United States
Nichelle Nichols
Cmdr. UhuraFemaleBlack United States
Christopher Lloyd
Cmdr. KrugeMaleWhite United States
Judith Anderson
Vulcan High PriestessFemaleWhite Australia
John Larroquette
MaltzMaleWhite United States
Leonard Nimoy
Captain Spock / Elevator VoiceMaleWhite United States
Miguel Ferrer
First OfficerMaleWhite, White, Latino United States

Actor Breakdown

Gender

Male
Female
82%
18%

Race

White
82%
East Asian
9%
Black
9%
White
9%
Latino
9%

Nationalities

Canada
18%
United States
73%
Australia
9%

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