Cobb notices the laconic, friendly stationmaster of he small town named Mal (Spencer Charters): "I spy a native." He also asserted: "Any man with half an eye should be able to see that those two women are riding this train in search of victims.Jack""s face gradually forms a lurid smile as he speaks, with apparent pleasure, of the legendary settlers.Marcus had used Khan to "realize his vision of a militarized Starfleet."It was also revealed that Admiral Marcus had planned for Kirk, on his covert mission to Kronos, to fire the torpedoes on the unsuspecting Klingons on Kronos, and that he had also purposely sabotaged theEnterprise""s warp core, to leave them stranded and assaulted by the Klingons, in order to ignite the war that he had always wanted:He sent you to use those weapons.Directed by Brian De Palma, with his typical characteristics - Hitchcockian suspense and tension.With no Academy Awards Oscar nominations.Nominated for one Razzie Award: Worst Written Film Grossing Over $100 Million.The only character that appeared on the TV show, good-guy Jim Phelps, turned out to be the villain in the film.