'Star Trek Into Darkness' Trailer, Reviews and Showtimes in Bowie

Trekkies, rejoice! "Star Trek Into Darkness" opened on Thursday night, and is getting some decent reviews. 

According to the film's official website, Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) and the crew of the Enterprise return to earth to find it in a state of crisis. Kirk embarks on a manhunt to stop the destruction. "As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew," states the website.

Here's a listing of showtimes in and around Bowie:

• See show times and tickets at Regal Bowie Stadium 14.
• See show times and tickets at Regal Waugh Chapel Stadium & IMAX in Crofton.

Here's what critics are saying:

'Star Trek Into Darkness,' bursting at the seams with enemies, wears its politics, its mettle, its moxie and its heart on its ginormous 3-D sleeve. Director J.J. Abrams and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise try to build a better sequel with action spectacles to get lost in, clever asides to amuse, emotional waves to ride and allusions to terrorism in general and 9/11 specifically. — Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times

The visual effects and stunt work in the movie is very impressive, as you’d expect in a J.J. Abrams film, and offers up the kind of spectacle that almost makes you forgive the flaws elsewhere. (Almost.) But the number of climactic action sequences contained within the plot corkscrews also starts to feel exhausting, eventually pushing the audience from feeling like 'things keep getting more intense!' to 'seriously, shouldn’t this be over yet?' — Graeme McMillan, Wired

The plotting is clunky, and the action more relentless and violent than I'd like; there are no pauses for ideas. There are too many self-deflating quips. The movie doesn't hold up to post-viewing scrutiny — which matters if you want to see it again. — David Edelstein, NPR

'Into Darkness' eclipses the first film in a rare occurrence of a sequel one upping its predecessor, though missing are those sensations of grandeur and stargazing as Kirk, Bones and Spock experience space and the Starfleet for the first time. Having all of that already established, Abrams instead fashions a hardboiled action-thriller, putting the film in full-throttle from the get go, grabbing the audience by the jugular and refusing to let go until the end credits roll. — Justin Craig, Fox News

At its best, the second entry in J.J. Abrams' 'Star Trek 2.0' series plunges moviegoers into a visually stunning 23rd century and spends ample time on bro bonding between the brash James T. Kirk and the reticent half-Vulcan known as Spock. — Sharon Eberson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Star Trek Into Darkness" is rated PG-13 for PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence. The movie runs 132 minutes.