Plot
Captain Picard and his crew pursue the Borg back in time to stop them from preventing Earth from initiating first contact with alien life.

Release Year: 1996

Rating: 7.5/10 (56,666 voted)

Critic's Score: 70/100

Director: Jonathan Frakes

Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner

Storyline
The time is the 24th century and the ship is the newly-commissioned Enterprise-E. Its captain, Jean-Luc Picard, has been ordered not to interfere in a battle between a Borg Cube and ships from the Federation. However, seeing the Federation is about to lose, Picard ignore his orders and takes command of the defending fleet. With his knowledge of the Cube's weak spot, they destroy it. However, a small part of it escapes and plots a course directly for Earth. The Enterprise chases it and enters a time distortion created by the Borg. They end up in the mid-21st century, and their only chance of stopping the Borg from assimilating Earth is to help Zefram Cochrane make his famous first faster-than-light travel to the stars.

Writers: Gene Roddenberry, Rick Berman

Cast:
Patrick Stewart - Picard
Jonathan Frakes - Riker
Brent Spiner - Data
LeVar Burton - Geordi (as Levar Burton)
Michael Dorn - Worf
Gates McFadden - Beverly
Marina Sirtis - Troi
Alfre Woodard - Lily
James Cromwell - Zefram Cochran
Alice Krige - Borg Queen
Michael Horton - Security Officer
Neal McDonough - Lt. Hawk
Marnie McPhail - Eiger
Robert Picardo - Holographic Doctor
Dwight Schultz - Lt. Barclay

Taglines: You Will Be Assimilated

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Release Date: 22 November 1996

Filming Locations: Angeles National Forest, California, USA

Box Office Details

Budget: $45,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend: $30,716,131 (USA) (24 November 1996) (2812 Screens)

Gross: $150,000,000 (Worldwide)

Runtime: 111 min

Trivia:
The Teaser Trailer features scenes from "The Best of Both Worlds", the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode that leads to this film. Other scenes in the trailer include the destruction of the USS Pasteur from the final episode of the Next Generation, "All Good Things...", and other stock effects shots produced for the TNG and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine television series. In addition, a quick shot of the USS Voyager can be seen in the teaser.

Goofs:
Miscellaneous: In the film's ending credits, James Cromwell's role is listed as "Cochran", when it should have been spelled "Cochrane".

Quotes:
[first lines]
The Borg Queen: Locutus...
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I am Locutus of Borg. Resistance is futile.

One of the best sci-fi movies ever!

Rating: 10/10

This 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 !

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