‘What does God need with a starship?’ Good question. “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier” got clobbered in the Summer of ’89 by the likes of Batman and Indiana Jones; William Shatner’s directorial debut’s low, low budget and really bad special effects just couldn’t compete with the other blockbusters — and neither could its uneven story that tries too hard to capture the lighting-in-a-bottle mix of comedy and sci-fi that turned “Voyage Home” into a hit.
>Despite being one of the lowest grossing Trek’s ever, this misfire does feature a few strong scenes, especially when God-searching Sybok confronts his half-brother, Spock, and McCoy with their secret pains. (And we don’t mind the funny campfire scene either.)
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