It's a fine excuse to occasionally watch Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh kick things, but Section 31 is otherwise a deeply incurious squandering of Star Trek potential.

Section 31 is a spinoff of the series Star Trek: Discovery but mainly seems designed to exploit the talents of Michelle Yeoh, who, since she created the character of Philippa Georgiou, has added the term "Academy Award winner" to her bio.

The cast and crew of Section 31 tell io9 why stories about the controversial Star Trek organization are necessary for the franchise's utopian vision.

That's the question fans will surely be asking after they finish watching "Star Trek: Section 31," the new Paramount+ movie that literally takes the iconic science fiction franchise where it hasn't gone before.

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Michelle Yeoh as Georgiou and Joe Pingue as Dada Noe in Star Trek: Section 31, streaming on Paramount+, 2024. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+ At the end of her run in Star Trek: Discovery, Georgiou (Yeoh) was sent to a different time from the crew in order to survive.

Section 31′ is an exciting science fiction film that offers fans a thrilling new chapter in the ‘Star Trek’ universe. It focuses on the secretive world of Section 31, a shadowy organization within Starfleet tasked with safeguarding the United Federation of Planets through covert operations.

Section 31, a feature film that's a spinoff of the series Star Trek: Discovery, will soon be available to stream on Paramount+. The movie immediately grips its audience by the throat, delivering a cold open about the brutality necessary to acquire power that almost rivals Anakin Skywalker's march on the Jedi temple in Revenge of the Sith.

Section 31' on Paramount+, we list the franchise's entire film slate from worst to best.