My mistake
I just finished watching it again.
Kirk did have a phaser with him but managed to drop it right off the bat. (imagine that)
The fight with Sulu and the other Romulan was some sort of honor among enemies thing.
Last night I wasn't following the time travel very well. So time in this story is not linear? Is it multilinear? There are no paradoxes?
Got a little more out of it. It was worth watching again. I even found one continuity flub.
