Mr-Fusion "Free Enterprise" is at its most charming as a love letter to the original Star Trek series. The dialogue is peppered with references and Kirk's "risk is our business" speech is even trotted out to win back a lost love. And then there's William Shatner, fully willing to make fun of himself.Outside of the hero worship, it's kind of an awkward romantic comedy, dressed up in hip L.A. culture. For some reason, this isn't as novel as it was back in the nineties and I think it's largely due to the dialogue. I mean, there are ways to subtly depict geek lifestyle rather than just name-checking everything. That actually gets pretty old.Regardless, the leads are well cast, it's got its share of one0liners, and I can appreciate the tone of the whole thing.6/10

dantown I love the "idea" of this movie: Two Star Trek fans/losers actually get into the film industry,sort of: As Ancillary editors/aspiring movie directors-in short: Half-baked.They live the life. They have hot sex or something. At least they think they do. Their weakness for all kinds of cheezy action-figure toys and comic books actually fills their lives with a kind of Bushido warrior ethic. Or something like that. Arrested development makes them both charming and utterly hopeless as dating/marriage prospects. They deserve to fail. And yet,they muddle through.Who woulda thunk it? They borrow the idea of a father-figure/ghost from Woody Allen's "Play It Again Sam", by way of the fat, sad, and relentlessly self-reinventing William Shatner. Captain Bill is reading a porno-mag-the "long way"- when they literally stumble upon him. Our two young heroes somehow make it to the dreaded age:3-0,with their childhood intact, and add a little bit of wisdom to their age.They actually take Bill Shatner under their wings,in his forlorn,shabby state, and re-introduce Bill into the world of romance. Bill finds love, as the flawed person/persona of James T. Kirk.To hate William Shatner is to love him. To love him,likewise. Shatner has escaped all the critics,adroitly.He has won,ultimately,the game of life.This movie is an ode to Bill Shatner,and a fairly good movie,made on the cheap,by two kids with a dream.

csr1000 I've noticed many comments here stating that one has to be a fan of Star Trek and sci-fi to appreciate how good this movie is. That couldn't be farther from the truth.I'm not bothered by the many, many references to Star Trek et al. In fact, I'm a big sci-fi fan... but this movie stinks of it's own accord.The idea is pretty good; even having Shatner play the role he did is fine, but the script, story and plot were awful! At some points I wasn't sure whether to groan or vomit. The only thing I am sure of is that I couldn't believe any of those characters were real for even a moment. I may have been able to be a bit more generous had they been high-school actors ad-libbing all the lines.The highlight of course is the "rap" scene. It honestly looked like someone couldn't figure out how to end the movie, but needed to fill the last five minutes. The positions, dancing, and expressions of the people involved in that scene were so dismally put together I would have to assume that there was no planning or direction at all.What astounds me the most is the comparison so many people have made to Kevin Smith movies. Kevin Smith movies, while a little campy once in a while, are intelligent, thought-provoking and humorous in a way that this movie could only dream of being.

mjdaniels-1 Despite the majority of the cast being relative unknowns to the UK market (not including William Shatner), I thought that this film worked extremely well and everyone involved gelled together very well.Eric McCormack's impersonation of Captain Kirk whilst trying to get the delectable Audie England's character back together with her love interest is definitely one of the highlights of the film, along with Shatner's rather amusing yet entertaining Julius Caesar rap.Well written and exceptionally well researched with references back to many episodes of the original series of Star Trek, this is a great film that will be enjoyed by all and loved by both Sci-Fi geeks and Sci-Fi critics alike.Definitely one for the DVD collection and I can't wait for the sequel.