A deceptively small story that unfolds to be something bigger, with the twists and turns of a well-plotted crime novel that takes you to unexpected places. But to go deeper would be to spoil the rabbit hole that this film breathlessly leads you down. So instead I'm going to give some thoughts on the film's score by Mike Patton.

While I'm a seemingly blind Patton fan, sometimes his side-projects outside of Faith No More can be self-indulgent to the point…

J.J. Abrams smashed the reset button with his TREK reboot, demolishing the timeline so he could start fresh with his shiny new version of TREK. With this sequel, he could've done anything. Anything at all. The slate is clean. Blank. The possibilities are endless. But I'm here to alleviate your fears that there might be something resembling a "risk" taken with INTO DARKNESS. Abrams started fresh, just so he could warm up the same old stuff you've seen a thousand…