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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
is a 1982 American
science fiction film
released by
Paramount Pictures
. It is the second film based on
Star Trek
, and is a
sequel
to
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
(1979). The plot features Admiral
James T. Kirk
(
William Shatner
) and the crew of the starship
USS Enterprise
facing off against the genetically-engineered tyrant
Khan Noonien Singh
(
Ricardo Montalbán
), a character who first appeared in the 1967
Star Trek television series
episode "
Space Seed
". When Khan escapes from a 15-year exile to exact revenge on Kirk, the crew of the
Enterprise
must stop him from acquiring a powerful
terraforming
device named Genesis. The film concludes with the death of the
Enterprise
's captain,
Spock
(
Leonard Nimoy
), beginning a
story arc
that continues with the 1984 film
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
and concludes with 1986's
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
.
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