Star Trek: First Contact Movie
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Storyline
TAGLINES
Resistance is Futile.
Planet Earth. Population 9 billion. None human
You Will Be Assimilated
There is no thrill like First Contact
The battle to save the future has begun
Population 9 billion. All Borg.
It is the 24th century, and a collective of part humanoid, part machine beings face the Federation in what would be the biggest battle of all time. This collective, called the Borg, lose, and desperately attempt to go back in time to April 4th, 2063, to stop Earth's First Contact with an alien species (the Vulcans, to be precise). Captain Picard, and the crew of the Enterprise-E (NCC 1701-E) go back in time to make sure that Zefram Cochrane makes his warp flight. The Enterprise runs into unexpected trouble, however, when they start to assimilate the Enterprise.
| Patrick Stewart | Captain Jean-Luc Picard |
| Brent Spiner | Lt. Commander Data |
| LeVar Burton | Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge |
| Michael Dorn | Lt. Commander Worf |
| Gates McFadden | Doctor Beverly Crusher |
| Marina Sirtis | Counselor Deanna Troi |
| Alfre Woodard | Lily Sloane |
| James Cromwell | Dr. Zefram Cochrane |
| Alice Krige | Borg Queen |
| Michael Horton | Lieutenant Daniels |
| Neal McDonough | Lieutenant Hawk |
| Marnie McPhail | Lieutenant Eiger |
| Robert Picardo | Emergency Medical Hologram |
7.60 out of 10 (37643 votes)
Visitor Reviews
By far the best of the newer Trek movies--and one of the best overall
posted on 12 Aug 2009Although there are some aspects of the film that directly contradict episodes of the original series (such as "Zefram Cochrane" as portrayed by straight-laced Glenn Corbett in the show and the alcohol-sucking oddball played by James Cromwell in this movie), this is one of the very best Star Trek films. For me, most of this is due to the Captain Ahab-like performance by Patrick Stewart. In countless episodes of the original series and in the last movie, Picard was just too stiff and dull. But, in this film, he's pretty crazed and you see so much more emoting--and I'm sure MANY fans were glad to finally see this. I loved watching the good Captain mowing down the Borg with a Tommy Gun!!! In addition, the film, apart from Picard, has a very light heart and was pretty funny. Plus, it was great to finally see how and why the humans first came into contact with life outside our miserable planet! Exciting, well-written and full of wonderful fun--that's why I really liked this movie.
A rehash of the TV episode?
posted on 13 Jul 2009This film certainly has entertainment value! With the Star Trek equivalent of World War III erupting full size on the movie screen, it's a special-effects dazzler! Unfortunately I can't speak as highly of the storyline and acting.My problem is that this seems to be a new rehashing of the TV series episode, "The Best of Both Worlds." Since we've already HAD a Borg episode, do we really need another? Well...true, I guess we can allow another Borg episode, since it was entirely possible they could return. But I still have that lingering feeling that I've seen it all before.More than the evil Borg plot, various pieces of the film are also drawn from bits of the TV series. Like the alien coming on to Data, to which he replies he's "fully functional." We've already seen this...it's no longer funny. And we also now have Data with an emotion chip and Geordi with 20/20 vision without his prosthesis, two cases of characters having their "uniqueness" stripped from themselves.What's particularly annoying to me is the fact that the inventor of the Warp Drive turns out to be a crazed alcoholic, who seemingly couldn't even dress himself in the morning let alone work on spacecraft propulsion systems. It's the one sore spot in the plot development, and a disappointment to see the screenwriter develop such a character. It's utterly unbelievable! Anything as important as the Warp Drive certainly would not have been invented in a colony of outcasts!Aside from that, there are still some great moments, cool special effects, and of course, seeing the Borg get their comeuppance does give you a good feeling toward the end. But ultimately, I would pick any of the earlier Trek films before this one. This one's good, just not great.
Many weak points...
posted on 19 Jun 2009I've seen this movie several times at this point, and each time I see it I notice more of its weaknesses. Pacing is terrible in this film -- plot points that should take a minute or two go on for much longer (e.g. disengaging the magnetic shield to prevent the Borg from communicating, this scene goes on and on and on), and stuff that should be emphasized flashes by in a blip (e.g. the scene with Picard deciding the fate of the Enterprise).Someone else noted that the Borg are part biological, part machine. That point was respected with the Borg queen dying, but not with the Borg setting up the transmitter in space -- their flesh would have been frozen and destroyed by the vacuum.And maybe it's just me, but I found the whole Zephram Cochrane subplot so cheesy it was embarrassing -- the way he behaved (a rocket scientist? Suuuurreee...), Deanna Troi getting drunk, the music... it all feels adolescent and ridiculous. The Vulcan coming out of the ship at the end and his first words being "Live Long and Prosper" (that's supposed to be a goodbye, not a hello!).To summarize -- in my opinion, this film is the most overrated Star Trek movie ever made. I believe the most underrated to be the new director's cut of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." If you haven't seen the latest version of that one on DVD, I'd recommend a rental and skip this entirely... unless you're a *huge* TNG fan you're not missing much.
a marvelous trek
posted on 02 May 2009First Contact is the best Star Trek movie yet. Excellent directing; scenes are shot to convey ideas and sequences effectively, subtly, and with meaning. This is indeed an exciting space adventure where well-loved (TV series) characters are portrayed with incisive detail and permitted to develop further, especially Jean-Luc's transient resemblance of Captain Ahab.Dazzling special effects of space battles, and sci-fi imagery complements the dauntless wills of the Enterprise crew who boldly trek the unknown frontier. Patrick Stewart is Captain Picard, and will remain immortalized as a figure of tenacity, intellect, and integrity for a long time.
One of the best sci-fi movies ever!
posted on 23 Apr 2009This is one of the two best Star Trek movies ever made (the other being "Wrath of Khan"). Everything about this film is superb.... acting, set design, special effects, plot, and action. The story progresses at a breathtaking pace, and from the first 10 minutes when the Enterprise is locked in a life-and-death struggle with one of the best villains in all of sci-fi history (the Borg), to a perfect ending; there isn't a wasted or redundant moment. This is a film that both trekkers and non-trekkers can enjoy because the film explains enough about the back-story to get non-fans up to speed, and does it in a way that will keep the fans interest (check out the excellent opening sequence that introduces Picard's first encounter with the Borg and explains much of his implacable and obsessive attitude towards them throughout the film).In addition to fine performances from the crew (highlighted as always by Patrick Stewart as Captain Picard), the supporting cast is more than equal to the task. Its too bad that the crew didn't bring Alfre Woodward back home with them........ she's one of the very few actors/actresses in Star Trek history who have been able to match Patrick Stewart's personality, acting skills, and histrionics. Also, I thought I detected a touch of romance between the two that could have been further developed at another time.James Cromwell makes a perfect Zefrem Cochrane. It was a humorous touch to portray him as somewhat of an anti-hero, in contrast to the god-like reverence with which the characters in the film viewed him from a distance of 300 years.The protagonists in the film, the Borg, have never looked more dangerous. I'm glad that this film returned them to their "roots", unlike their last few appearances in the television series in which they were becoming a little too domesticated.This is a film to savor for any science fiction fan. 9.5/10.0 !
Song.."Magic Carpet Ride"
posted on 20 Apr 2009This was a great song for the scene it was placed in. Makes you want to fly. In this movie, (towards the end) Geordi La Forge and William Riker are on the first warp dive starship, and are getting ready to blast into space with it's inventor, Zefram Cochrane, played by actor James Cromwell. Cochrane, just before the liftoff, says he has forgot something and starts hunting frantically for that something. He produces a cassette tape, and puts it in a player in the spaceship. It is "Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf. The year is suppose to be 2063. I could see this song, as well as much of the old rock and roll surviving well into the late 21st century. It was the perfect song for this scene in the movie. This song rocks. It is great to see people of the current generation finding out how great the music of my generation is. ROCK AND ROLL OF THE 60s and 70s LIVES ON FOREVER.
Plot holes abound.
posted on 30 Mar 2009Contains spoilers.As with so many other instalments of Trek this film had a lot of potential. As usual the potential is not realised. Apart from the uneasy mix of horror and humour (the relatively good Borg scenes followed by the awful stuff down at Cochrane's village) there are an abundance of plot holes.Unfortunately we get time travel again. This time the Borg can do it. If they possess this technology then surely they would have assimilated every planet in the galaxy already. Why travel all the way to Earth (in a single cube again) fight a battle, lose and then go back in time? Why not go back in time and then travel to Earth thus meeting no resistance on the way?Picard joins the battle after many ships are destroyed. Once on scene he tells the other ships where to fire at the cube. Surely he should have told Starfleet this vital information several years previously.How does Cochrane, almost single handedly, build a revolutionary new Starship in an old missile silo?Why are the Borg so dumb? They just let the humans walk around unmolested half the time as long as the humans don't act threateningly. I could understand this behaviour when they first encountered humans but surely they should have learned by now. They hardly even try to stop Worf and Picard from detaching the deflector dish.At the end of the film Data says he's able to recreate the manner in which the Borg time travel and the Enterprise returns to it's own time. This means that they can now time travel, at will, with little effort. Presumably they later pass this good news on to the rest of Starfleet.This film could have been so much better if they'd dispensed with the Time Travel and kept it gritty and realistic (for Trek anyway). BTW was anyone else underwhelmed by the opening credits music?
My second Star Trek film ever
posted on 28 Feb 2009I must say this Star Trek Series is not as bad as I thought it'd be (mind that I've only watched 2 films yet). This one is very close to being as good as Star Trek Generations, but it somehow fails. There is enough action and comedy throughout and James Cromwell makes a good performance in this film (probably the best of everyone in the film), but there are times at which the film simply does not have enough. I feel that the viewer is not drawn deeply enough in Capt. Picards troubled mind and that at times sequences involving James Cromwell rocking on earth and that Borg collective being mean are not good enough. There is no real villain here and one wonders how creatures that stupid can assimilate whole countries. Well it is pretty good, but it also has it's flaws.6,5 out of 10
A Sequel and a Prequel at the Same Time
posted on 16 Feb 2009The Borg have returned and this time they're seriously determined to stop the Federation. So determined, in fact, they travel back in time to when Earth made "first contact" with the Vulcans, where the Borg hope to destroy the first warp drive and take over (assimilate) all of humanity. Picard, who had been ordered to stand down, doesn't accept this and follows the enemy with his crew in tow.I hate to say it, but this is one of the more pointless Trek films. I loved "The Next Generation" and I'd watch a film with the cast no matter how awful or stupid it was. So I enjoyed this one, as well. But generally speaking, it is just full of questionable situations and seemed more like a desire to cash in than any serious attempt to provide the fans with something substantial.After the series ended and we had "Generations", the time travel idea is really played out. The only reason to add it here is to tell a story about how man met Vulcans. But it's really better to do this in a prequel or something. Adding Riker and Troi to a crucial moment in history just seems to cheapen it for me. Why can't it happen without such big names involved? And I didn't care for the character of the the warp drive inventor (I love James Cromwell, but this was not a great role). And the Steppenwolf? Over a century later? Very out of sync with the series.The Borg revisionism was questionable, too. We have the Borg Queen inserted into the Locutus story, which she wasn't in originally. Her character in general is interesting but takes away from the concept of the Borg race. At least for me it does. The Borg, aside from Q, are probably the most interesting species on "The Next Generation" but I didn't think their presentation here was true to their being.Lastly, I was mixed on how to feel about Data being made more human. I understand we have to continue down the path of making him more and more like a human (adding knowledge first, then emotions and now pain). But it seemed so forced. Each film in the series has'a subplot of Data getting more human. Why so fast? On the show, it slowly progressed over years and years and then the movies came and made it a constant part of the story.After these complaints, you'd think I hated the movie, but I don't. I liked it quite a bit, and as I said I'm always ready to see the crew together again. I just got the impression this was a weak film. "Generations" was superior, as were many of the episodes. And when a television show is better than its movie, that's not really saying much for the film. It just seemed to be not in the spirit of the show. But if you like "Next Generation" (and I'm assume you do), you'll have to see this at some point. You probably already have.
Best Trek up to 1996
posted on 13 Feb 2009Star Trek: First Contact, up to that point, was the best Star Trek movie ever. It had everything it needed, the hero (Picard), the villan (the Borg), and plenty of action. It was a classic, one you can easily remember throughout the years. As someone that has followed Star Trek, especially The Next Generation all of my life from early childhood, this movie allowed me to see a side of the characters that I've never seen before, put in a situation that they have never been in before. I love Picard's personal conflict in this movie with the Borg because of his past and how he wants revenge on them. I like how more of how Data with his emmotion chip was shown. It is the first time really that they've shown Data in an emmotional situation, being captured and seduced by the Borg queen. Plus, you get to see more of the history of the Star Trek universe, with Zefram Cochrane, who you've only heard about briefly in Star Trek episodes. And, finally, my favorite scene in First Contact is near the end where Picard and Lily are alone in the conference room where Lily is trying to convince Picard to activate the self destruct to destroy the Enterprise and the Borg. Overall, this is a great movie that I believe the most people, Trek fans or not, will enjoy.
A far cry from "Generations"
posted on 04 Feb 2009"Generations" being the best Star Trek film so far, "First Contact" was a far cry from that gem, but still a good film.Patrick Stewart, who acted so brilliantly in "Generations", became melodramatic here. His verbal battle with Lily about whether or not to blow up the Enterprise was wholly overacted and down right silly.In the TV series, the Borg were so impossible to defeat in battle and yet, Picard simply said, "Fire on these co-ordinates," and the Borg craft was destroyed - much too easy!I also didn't like Troi getting drunk. The beauty of the crew of TNG was in their rectitude of conduct. Such silly, unnecessary behaviour while the crew was interacting with Cochrane and company!Data was able to "turn off" his emotions chip in the film. How come? In "Generations", he obviously wasn't able to. When his emotions went haywire, he demanded that Dr. Crusher remove the chip.Besides some good action (though nothing close to the crash sequence or the battle with Lursa and Betor in "Generations"), what I liked about "First Contact" was the great job done in the make up of the Borg. The queen was effectively slimy and sinister.In conclusion, "First Contact" was a good film but not a great one.
One of the best Trek movies and great Sci-Fi Action
posted on 04 Feb 2009Paramount enters DVD with a BANG!I saw this movie 3 times at the theatre (by virtue of working there at the time and not having to pay for it of course). It is one of the best Trek movies ever made, both for the Trekker and non-Trekker alike. A very well done film.The DVD is fantastic... it's great to finally have Paramount titles available on this fine format. The audio and video are just spectacular. A must have for any sci-fi fan!
The Borgs always rock the house!
posted on 20 Jan 2009For me, the best Star Trek film ever, and since I'm a HUGE Star Trek fan, one of the best sci-fi films ever.The Borg are a truly tremendous enemy and Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Data (Brent Spiner) are excellent as always. There is some great action in this film as well as some wonderful Star Trek moments.As a non-trekkie you may only see this as an average sci-fi film, but if you're a Trek fan and haven't seen this film then you really should. Magic!Rating = 9/10
For Trek flicks, this is terrific stuff.
posted on 08 Jan 2009In this 8th adventure, the original crew have taken a dirt nap and have been replaced by the Next Generation crew. This time around, the crew end up facing the borg.Good visual effects, an intriguing storyline, and a tommy gun make this one of the best Trek Flicks. Rating:****1/2 (out of five)
My favorite Star Trek movie!
posted on 27 Dec 2008***SPOILER WARNING***Many have disagreed with me but I think this is the best of the Star Trek series. Here the crew deals with the most vile and dangerous villains they have ever faced and I was on the edge of my seat.The story: The enterprise crew destroys The Borg but some escape through time and begin assimilating the earth from the 21st century. So the crew follows them back in time to the day just before the first warp flight which will change all of history.Star Trek movies always give plumb parts to their guest stars and this time it goes to James Cromwell who plays a man who goes down in history as a hero but just want to drink and party. And mention should also go to Alfre Woodard who gets caught up in Picard's mission to stop the Borg (her best list `Borg? Sounds Swedish').I love ST films that tie in with episodes from the series (in this case 1993's `The Best of Both Worlds') and in this one Picard deals with long-lived horrors of being assimilated by the borg. He is furious at them for taking his humanity and he is willing to do what is necessary to stop them (a nod to Moby Dick).This entry was directed by Jonathan Frakes, he like Leonard Nimoy (who directed `III' and `IV') have an understanding of what makes these films work. Maybe it's best that cast members do the directing. Maybe I just REALLY loved this movie.***1/2 (of four)
The best Trek movie, except for one nitpick
posted on 27 Dec 2008(SOME SPOILERS) Star Trek: First Contact is perhaps the best Star Trek movie ever, or at least in the top 3, but definitely one of the best Sci-Fi movies of all time. Though the movie may seam like an action flick on the surface, deep down it has some very good morals, the movie takes place some 50 years after the Eugenics Wars, where the Earth is completely destroyed by war, apart from the Borg side of the story, this film tells of a man (Zefram Cochrane) who took a nuclear warhead and made it into a ship that could travel at warp, that of course attracts the Vulcans who come to Earth and make First Contact and a new era of peace begins! The only thing that sets this movie back is a small nitpick, about how the Borg travel to the past to assimilate Earth. The question everybody's asking is: Why didn't they just time travel first, then go to Earth, instead of time traveling at Earth where the Enterprise can follow them and foil their plans?! Or why don't they just try a do-over? The producers will have to work something out about the Borg's inconsistency in many factors.
Impressive
posted on 24 Dec 2008I have never been a real fan of Star Trek mostly because of it's lack of a story. "ST: First Contact" changed that opinion. It greatly impressed me because it has a lot of features that "Generations" didn't have. This one has a good story, action, music and special effects. And not to forget, good actors. This is what I would call an excellent Sci-Fi movie.....
A halfway decent film, but . . .
posted on 30 Aug 2009If there is anything that rubs me the wrong way fast, that is a revisionist! Most serious trekkers will remember that Zefrem Cochrane is from Alpha Centauri. In the original series, Kirk and company find him on a deserted planetoid. Rick Berman is trying to remake Star Trek into his own creation. If he can't work within the framework, then he needs to get out!I also have some problems with the first part of the movie. Apparently the writers have no idea how a military organization works. Picard could not have risen so far in Star Fleet by trying stunts such as taking over the Fleet after being ordered to stay away. Besides, if Star Fleet was worried about Picard's loyalties, they would not have put him in command of the newest flagship of the fleet.Berman and company had better go back and watch their own shows concerning the Borg. The very idea of having a Borg Queen who, in direct violation of her own philosophy, is an independent thinker is an oxymoron! Come on people. It don't take a whole lot to get these things right, especially in light of the development time usually allotted for movies!If I were not such a devotee of Star Trek and did not have any foreknowledge of things Star Trek, I would have enjoyed this film very much. The story moved along at a good pace and the action was lively. Casting my major irritations aside, I did not get a chance to get bored while watching the film. I think Jonathan Frakes did an excellent job as director.