Star Trek 2009 Ending Explained storyline
J. J. The crew of the USS Enterprise saved Earth at the end of the 2009 Star Trek film directed by J.J. Abrams, but it also gave the sluggish Star Trek franchise new life and vigor, paving the way for future movies and TV shows. Star Trek is the origin narrative of how James T. Spock (Zachary Quinto) and Kirk (Chris Pine), the captain of the USS Enterprise, developed an enduring friendship. In Star Trek 2009's climactic episode, the young crew of the Starship Enterprise faced a race against time to thwart Nero. In order to obtain the Earth's defense codes from the imprisoned Captain Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood), Nero used an alien brain slug. In San Francisco Bay, not far from Starfleet Headquarters, the Romulan starship Narada docked with Earth and descended a drill to explore the planet's interior. Nero would then launch red matter from there, causing a singularity that would destroy the planet by engulfing it in a black hole, just as the Romulans had previously d...