It's hard to see a theme when all you have are random story elements stuck into a flimsy framework to set up and connect action scenes.Into Darkness was about terrorism and drone warfare and growing up and paranoia and etc. Didn't you see those apparent themes?
Action scenes like....
*Kirk and Spock discussing the ethics and legality of their mission
*Scotty and Keenser resigning over their mission
*Kirk deciding to capture Harrison alive for trial rather than execute him with the long range missiles