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Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

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Reviews Counted:53

Fresh:28

Rotten:25

Average Rating:3.6/10

Consensus: First Contact contains enough enjoyable moments to appeal to non-Star Trek fans.

Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: The Borg have once again targeted the Federation--but this time, their devious plot threatens not only the present, but Earth's past as well. While Commander Riker, Deanna Troi, and Geordi La Forge... The Borg have once again targeted the Federation--but this time, their devious plot threatens not only the present, but Earth's past as well. While Commander Riker, Deanna Troi, and Geordi La Forge work hard on the surface of 21st-century Earth to keep history on schedule, the rest of the crew plays a desperate game with the genetically networked attackers above the planet, matching former Locutus Jean-Luc and cybernetically naive Data against the erotically mechanized cunning of the Borg queen. Resistance is futile. [More]

Starring: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton

Starring: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Alice Krige, Alfre Woodard, James Cromwell, Hillary Hayes

Director: Jonathan Frakes

Director: Jonathan Frakes
Screenwriter: Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore, Rick Berman
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Producer: Rick Berman, Peter Lauritson

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01/01/00
Almar Haflidason
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BBC
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The Borg make a formidable enemy, more dangerous and more ruthless than the Klingons or Romulans ever were. (Blu-ray Edition)

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John J. Puccio
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09/17/09
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Intense, gory Starfleet adventure earns series' first PG-13.

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Charles Cassady
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07/01/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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Combustible Celluloid

Paramount's two-disc 'Special Collector's Edition' ... is arguably the best-produced DVD so far in the Star Trek line, and one of the best all around for home-theater digiphiles.

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04/05/06
Mark Bourne
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04/19/05
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03/24/05
Dan Deevy
Dan Deevy
The Cinema Source

The best of the Next Generation films comes home in this impressive 2 DVD collection.

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03/23/05
Gareth J. Von Kallenbach
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