Star Trek Reboot Trilogy: The 10 Best Fight Scenes, Ranked

Fans of the original and beloved Star Trek franchise were wary of a proposed reboot in 2009, but J.J. Abrahams' Star Trek was a big hit. It successfully paid tribute to what came before while also starting its own story which has resulted in a trilogy of films to date.

With the big-budget approach to the franchise, this new trilogy has embraced the action element of Star Trek films. Along with the big space battles and phaser shootouts, there have also been a number of memorable fights. Some are harrowing brawls to the death while others showcase the franchise's inventive sci-fi fun. Revisit the action of the Star Trek trilogy with these standout fights.

10 Kirk Vs The Romulans - Star Trek

The first film in the trilogy found the crew of the newly christened Enterprise duking it out with an army of Romulans who came from the future and altered the timeline. As the leader of the Romulans, Nero, plans to destroy Earth, Kirk and Spock board his ship to stop him.

Kirk finds himself taking on Nero and one of his henchmen. It's a brief fight in which the Romulans are shown to be much stronger than Kirk, but Kirk manages to grab the henchman's gun and blast him in a pretty good action hero moment.

9 Kirk And Chekov Vs Krall's Soldiers - Star Trek Beyond

In Star Trek Beyond, the Enterprise is taken down and crashes on an alien planet ruled by a vengeful being named Krall. With the crew scattered around the planet, they most avoid these deadly enemies and reunite.

Kirk and Chekov find themselves together in what remains of the Enterprise. They are confronted by Krall's minions and there is a fun chase sequence throughout the destroyed ship. It gets even more fun when Kirk activates the thrusters and the battle ensues as the ship attempts to fly.

8 Khan Vs Klingons - Star Trek Into Darkness

While the decision to reveal his obvious identity was a mistake, Benedict Cumberbatch's Khan was an effective villain in Star Trek Into Darkness and proved to be a more than worthy adversary for Kirk and his team.

When the heroes travel to the Klingon homeworld to find Khan, they are nearly killed by a group of angry Klingons. Quite unexpectedly, Khan arrives to save them, wielding two massive cannons and looking like a space Rambo as he takes them all out single-handedly.

7 Jaylah Saves Scotty - Star Trek Beyond

Star Trek Beyond introduces a fun new ally for the heroes in the form of Jaylah. Like the crew of the Enterprise, Jaylah was stranded on the alien planet when her ship was shot down by Krall. She teams with the heroes to escape the planet.

She gets a badass introduction as Scotty is being targeted by a group of scavengers. Though outnumbered, Jaylah uses a device to duplicate herself, confusing the enemies and proceeds to kick their butts.

6 Kirk's Bar Brawl - Star Trek

Though William Shatner's swaggering performance as James T. Kirk was a tough one to follow, Chris Pine makes the role his own. He infuses his version of Kirk was a charming arrogance that gets him into a lot of trouble.

In his first scene, Kirk is drinking in a bar and attempting to flirt with Uhura. Some Starfleet thugs decide to straighten him out and Kirk is more than willing to take them on. Though Kirk gets badly beaten, it says a lot about him that he didn't stand down.

5 Khan's Surprise Attack - Star Trek Into Darkness

Khan first gets the attention of Starfleet when he bombs an archive building. In response to the attack, the commanders of Starfleet convene to discuss how they will respond. But they realize too late that the attack was just a way to get all the commanders together in one room.

Without warning, Khan flies a ship outside the window of the meeting and opens fire. It is a clever sneak attack and a chaotic scene. Kirk's method for taking down the enemy plane is fun and there is even an emotional moment with the death of Commander Pike.

4 Kirk Vs Krall - Star Trek Beyond

Though the crew of the Enterprise is able to escape Krall's planet, Krall also escapes and plans to unleash his deadly weapon on the Starfleet base. Kirk pursues him into the base where we get a fun zero-gravity fight scene.

It seems strange that in a space franchise like this, this is the first fight of this kind. It makes for a pretty fun battle which ends with Kirk shooting Krall out into space.

3 Khan's Revenge - Star Trek Into Darkness

Though he saves Kirk and the others from the Klingons, it's clear that Khan is still up to something evil. When the equally event Commander Marcus arrives to destroy Khan and the Enterprise in the process, Kirk and Khan sneak aboard his ship.

While Kirk wants to save his crew, Khan is there for revenge. He brutally beats and maims anyone who gets in his way before making his way to Marcus and killing him in brutal fashion.

2 Rescue Mission To Vulcan - Star Trek

The very first mission the Enterprise goes on proves to be a big one. All Starfleet ships are called away to help Vulcan which is under attack by Nero and the Romulans. Nero's ship is drilling a hole in the planet so they can drop a device that will destroy Vulcan.

Kirk and Sulu have to drop down onto the drill and disable it. However, they also have to fight off a group of Romulans in the process. It is a thrilling sequence that also gives us the opportunity to see Sulu's fencing skills.

1 Spock Vs Khan - Star Trek Into Darkness

The biggest flaw of Star Trek Into Darkness is how it painfully adheres to the storyline of Wrath of Khan, only swapping out Spock's death for Kirk's temporary death. Though that portion is quite disappointing, it does give Spock the opportunity to have a great action scene.

Seeking revenge on Khan, Spock pursues him, and they get into a brutal fistfight while on top of a speeding spacecraft. Spock so rarely gets to fight, and he holds his own against their super-soldier.

Source: screenrant.com