Resistance is futile.|Nov. 22, 1996|USA|111 Min.|PG-13
Genre: Action;Adventure;Science;Fiction;Thriller
Description: In the 24th century, Captain Jean-Luc Picard wakes from a nightmare where he relives his assimilation by the cybernetic Borg six years earlier. He receives a message from Admiral Hayes about a new Borg threat targeting Earth. Despite Starfleet’s concerns about Picard’s emotional ties to the Borg and orders to patrol the Neutral Zone, the Enterprise crew disobeys and heads to Earth upon learning the fleet is losing the battle.
Upon arrival, the Enterprise aids the USS Defiant and its Klingon commander, Worf. Picard commands the fleet to attack a specific weak point on the Borg Cube, which is eventually destroyed. However, the Cube launches a smaller sphere ship toward Earth before vanishing. The Enterprise follows the sphere through a temporal vortex, discovering an altered Earth now dominated by the Borg. Realizing the Borg have traveled back in time to change history, the Enterprise pursues them.
The ship arrives in the past on April 4, 2063, the day before Zefram Cochrane’s historic warp drive flight, which leads to humanity’s first contact with alien life. The Borg aim to prevent this event and assimilate humanity during Earth’s recovery from a devastating global war. After destroying the Borg sphere, an away team goes to Cochrane’s ship, the Phoenix, in Bozeman, Montana. Picard sends Cochrane’s assistant, Lily, back to the Enterprise for medical care while Commander William T. Riker stays on Earth to ensure the Phoenix’s flight proceeds as planned.
Cast director: Jonathan Frakes
Cast actor: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, James Cromwell, Alfre Woodard, Alice Krige
Original name: Star Trek: First Contact