I tried to make the title as specific as possible without being a spoiler.

In the movie,

Kahn demans that Spock returns the torpedoes. Spock reassures Kahn that "Vulcans cannot lie. They are your torpedoes," and clearly omits the key detail that the bodies had been removed from the torpedoes.

Why didn't the villain, with his super intelligence, see through this, when the entire audience could?

I tried to make the title as specific as possible without being a spoiler.

In the movie,

Khan demands that Spock return the torpedoes. Spock reassures Khan that "Vulcans cannot lie. They are your torpedoes," and clearly omits the key detail that the bodies had been removed from the torpedoes.

Why didn't the villain, with his super intelligence, see through this, when the entire audience could?

I tried to make the title as specific as possible without being a spoiler.

In the movie,

Kahn demans that Spock returns the torpedoes. Spock reassures Kahn that "Vulcans cannot lie. They are your torpedoes," and clearly omits the key detail that the bodies had been removed from the torpedoes.

Why didn't Kahn, with his super intelligence, see through this, when the entire audience could?

I tried to make the title as specific as possible without being a spoiler.

In the movie,

Kahn demans that Spock returns the torpedoes. Spock reassures Kahn that "Vulcans cannot lie. They are your torpedoes," and clearly omits the key detail that the bodies had been removed from the torpedoes.

Why didn't the villain, with his super intelligence, see through this, when the entire audience could?