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Star Trek: First Contact

Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

Resistance is futile.

Release:1996
Runtime:1h 51m
Country:United States
Director:Jonathan Frakes
Language:English

Genre

ActionAdventureScience Fiction
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Keywords

SpacecraftTeleportationInventorStarshipResistanceBorgEnterprise ECyborg
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Star Trek: First Contact rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.6/10· 137K votes
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic70%
TMDb7.297/10· 2K votes

With 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.6/10 on IMDb and 70/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Star Trek: First Contact

The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.

Cast of Star Trek: First Contact

  • Patrick Stewart

    Patrick Stewart

    as Captain Jean-Luc Picard

  • Jonathan Frakes

    Jonathan Frakes

    as Commander William T. Riker

  • Brent Spiner

    Brent Spiner

    as Lieutenant Commander Data

  • LeVar Burton

    LeVar Burton

    as Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge

  • Michael Dorn

    Michael Dorn

    as Lieutenant Commander Worf

  • Gates McFadden

    Gates McFadden

    as Commander Beverly Crusher

  • Marina Sirtis

    Marina Sirtis

    as Counselor Deanna Troi

  • James Cromwell

    James Cromwell

    as Dr. Zefram Cochrane

  • Alfre Woodard

    Alfre Woodard

    as Lily Sloane

  • Alice Krige

    Alice Krige

    as Borg Queen

  • Neal McDonough

    Neal McDonough

    as Lieutenant Hawk

  • Dwight Schultz

    Dwight Schultz

    as Lieutenant Barclay

Star Trek: First Contact facts

Budget
$46M
Box office
$146M
Collection
Star Trek: The Next Generation Collection

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • •Borg threat generates compelling technological horror amidst space exploration
  • •Espionage thriller plotting elevates beyond typical Star Trek episode templates
  • •Experimental technology sequences deliver science fiction spectacle effectively

What the audience disliked

  • •Time travel plotting introduces convoluted narrative complications midway
  • •Franchise fan service occasionally detracts from standalone story quality
Saga: Star Trek: The Next Generation Collection

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