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First Contact
After an epic battle against the Borg (cybernetically-enhanced
life forms), Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise follow
the Borg Sphere back into the 21st century to prevent the Borg
from contaminating Earth’s timeline and preventing Earth’s first
contact. Picard and the crew must work together to battle the
Borg Queen before she assimilates all of mankind and changes
history forever. Resistance is futile.
Generations
Capt. Picard, with the help of supposedly dead Capt. Kirk, must
stop a madman willing to murder on a planetary scale in order to
enter a space matrix.
Insurrection
When the crew of the Enterprise learn of a Federation plot
against the inhabitants of a unique planet, Capt. Picard begins
an open rebellion.
Nemesis
After the Enterprise is diverted to the Romulan planet of
Romulus, supposedly because they want to negotiate a truce, the
Federation soon find out the Romulans are planning an attack on
Earth.
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First Contact
Even-numbered Star Trek movies tend to be better, and First
Contact (#8 in the popular movie series) is no exception--an
intelligently handled plot involving the galaxy-conquering Borg
and their attempt to invade Earth's past, alter history, and
"assimilate" the entire human race. Time travel, a dazzling new
Enterprise, and capable direction by Next Generation alumnus
Jonathan Frakes makes this one rank with the best of the bunch.
Capt. Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his able crew travel back in
time to Earth in the year 2063, where they hope to ensure that
the inventor of warp drive (played by James Cromwell) will
successfully carry out his pioneering warp-drive flight and
precipitate Earth's "first contact" with an alien race. A
seductive Borg queen (Alice Krige) holds Lt. Data (Brent Spiner)
hostage in an effort to sabotage the Federation's preservation of
history, and the captive android finds himself tempted by the
queen's tantalizing sins of the ! Sharply conceived to fit
snugly into the burgeoning Star Trek chronology, First Contact
leads to a surprise revelation that marks an important historical
chapter in the ongoing mission "to boldly go where no one has
gone before." --Jeff Shannon
Generations
There were only two ways for "classic Trek" cast members to
appear in a movie with the cast of Star Trek: The Next
Generation: either Capt. Kirk and his contemporaries would have
to be very, very old, or there would be some time travel involved
in the plot. Since geriatric heroes aren't very exciting (despite
a welcomed cameo appearance by the aged Dr. McCoy), Star Trek:
Generations unites Capt. Kirk (William Shatner) and Capt.
Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) in a time-jumping race to stop
a madman's quest for heavenly contentment. When a mysterious
energy coil called the Nexus nearly destroys the newly christened
U.S.S. Enterprise-B, the just-retired Capt. Kirk is lost and
presumed dead. But he's actually been happily trapped in the
timeless purgatory of the Nexus--an idyllic state of being
described by the mystical Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg) as "pure joy."
Picard must convince Kirk to leave this artificial comfort zone
and confront Dr. Soran (Malcolm McDowell), the madman who will
threaten billions of lives to be reunited with the addictive
pleasure of the Nexus. With subplots involving the android Data's
unpredictable "emotion chip" and the spectacular c-landing of
the starship Enterprise, this crossover movie not only satisfied
Trek fans, but it also gave them something they'd never had to
confront before: the heroic and truly final death of a beloved
Star Trek character. Passing the torch to the Next Generation
with dignity and entertaining adventure, the movie isn't going to
please everyone with its somewhat hokey plot, but it still ranks
as a worthy big-screen launch for Picard and his stalwart crew.
--Jeff Shannon
Insurrection
Star Trek fans were decidedly mixed in their reactions to this,
the ninth big-screen feature in Para's lucrative Trek
franchise, but die-hard loyalists will appreciate the way this
Next Generation adventure rekindles the spirit of the original
Trek TV series while combining a tolerable dose of New-Agey
philosophy with a lighthearted plot for the TNG cast. This time
out, Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his executive crew must
transport to a Shangri-la-like planet to see why their android
crewmate Data (Brent Spiner) has run amuck in a village full of
peaceful Ba'ku artisans who--thanks to their planet's "metaphasic
radiation"--haven't aged in 309 years.
It turns out there's a conspiracy afoot, masterminded by the
devious, gruesomely aged Ru'afo (F. Murray Abraham, hamming it up
under makeup resembling a cosmetic surgeon's worst nightmare),
who's in cahoots with a renegade Starfleet admiral (Anthony
Zerbe, in one of his final screen roles). They covet the
fountain-of-youth power of the Ba'ku planet, but because their
takeover plan violates Starfleet's Prime Directive of
noninterference, it's up to Picard and crew to stop the scheme.
Along the way, they all benefit from the metaphasic effect, which
manifests itself as Worf's puberty (visible as a conspicuous case
of Klingon acne), Picard's youthful romance with a Ba'ku woman
(the lovely Donna Murphy), the touching though temporary return
of Geordi's natural eye, and a moment when Troi asks Dr.
Crusher if she's noticed that her "boobs are firming up."
Some fans scoffed at these humorous asides, but they're what make
this Trek film as entertaining as it is slightly disappointing.
Without the laughs (including Data's rousing excerpt from Gilbert
& Sullivan's HMS Pinafore), this is a pretty routine entry in the
franchise, with no real surprises, a number of plot holes, and
the overall appearance of a big-budget TV episode. As costar and
director, Jonathan Frakes proves a capable carrier of the Star
Trek flame--and it's nice to see women in their 40s portrayed as
smart and sexy--but while this is surely an adequate Trek
adventure, it doesn't quite rank with the best in the series.
--Jeff Shannon
Nemesis
The sacrifice of a beloved character is just one of many
highlights in Nemesis, the 10th feature in the lucrative Star
Trek franchise. Enigmatically billed as the beginning of "A
Generation's Final Journey," this richly plotted Next Generation
adventure maintains the "even number rule" regarding Trek's
feature quality, and it's one of the best in the series. It hits
its brisk stride when Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his
Enterprise-E crew encounter Shinzon (Tom Hardy), a younger clone
of Picard, rejected by the Romulans as the human weapon of an
abandoned conspiracy. Raised on the nocturnal Romulan sister
planet Remus, Shinzon now plots revenge against Romulus and Earth
but needs Picard's blood to carry out his scheme. A wedding, a
childlike "duplicate" Data named B-4 (Brent Spiner), spectacular
space battles, and uncommon acts of valor make this a
tautly-paced action thriller, poised to pass the franchise (but
not quite yet) to a new generation of Starfleet personnel.
Die-hard Trekkers will not be disappointed. --Jeff Shannon