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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1996 DVD Release: 10/07/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 51 mins Studio: Paramount Members Wishing: 20 Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction, Space Adventure See Also: Star Trek: First Contact [Special Collector's Edition], Star Trek VIII: First Contact, Star Trek VIII: First Contact [Blu-ray]

The first "Trek" film to feature the cast of the Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series without any of the members of the original series, this action-packed hit was well received at the box office. The Federation comes under attack by its ongoing enemy, the Borg, a cybernetics-enhanced race that once kidnapped Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), "assimilating" him into a drone. As a former prisoner of the Borg, Picard is ordered to stay out of the new battle, but he cannot resist and orders the brand-new starship Enterprise into the fray. The Enterprise follows the only surviving Borg ship through a time tunnel, where they intend to conquer Earth in an earlier era. The Borg have targeted the work of Zefram Cochrane (James Cromwell), inventor of warp drive, the device that makes interplanetary travel possible. As the Enterprise crew attempts to stop the Borg from interrupting the work of Cochrane and his assistant, Lily (Alfre Woodard), Borg drones invade the Enterprise and take it over piece by piece, while Data (Brent Spiner) is captured and seduced by the Borg Queen (Alice Krige). ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Patrick Stewart - Capt. Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes - Cmdr. William Riker
Brent Spiner - Lt. Cmdr. Data
LeVar Burton - Lt. Cmdr. Geordi LaForge
Michael Dorn - Lt. Cmdr. Worf

A genuinely scary and suspenseful entry in the feature film incarnation of the Star Trek: Next Generation time cycle, Star Trek: First Contact is filled with dazzling visuals that translate very well to DVD -- the Borg attack on the Federation, the first vision of the Enterprise-E, and the battles on and around the Enterprise in deep space, all of which, coupled with thunderous special effects, make this a demonstration-quality disc. The 31 chapters are indicative of the complexity of the plot, which involves several layers of characterization and story development, as well as lots of violent action. Two trailers are included as bonus material, and are accessible through a simple menu that opens automatically. ~ Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide