Star Trek - First Contact (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition) | 
| Actors: Levar Burton, James Cromwell, Michael Dorn, Michael Horton, Alice Krige
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
Buy Used: $15.80
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Rating:  319 reviews
Sales Rank: 7111
Format: Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Special Edition, Widescreen, Dts Surround Sound, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 111 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 1
MPN: PARD068874D
ISBN: 1415706956
UPC: 097360688740
EAN: 9781415706954
ASIN: B00078XGRO
Theatrical Release Date: November 22, 1996
Release Date: March 15, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
They call themselves the borg - a half-organic half-machine collective and they are headed to earth with a devious plan to alter history. Picards last encounter with the borg almost killed him. Now he wants vengeance. But how far will he go to get it? Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/01/2007 Starring: Patrick Stewart Brent Spiner Run time: 111 minutes Rating: Pg13
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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 flesh! 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
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 Mindless Action May 15, 2009
Lokai (Ohio, USA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
What is wrong with today's audience? Mindless action flicks like First Contact and Star Trek (2009) are eaten up like nothing else. Save your money and watch the first four Star Trek movies.
 Great movie, crappy DVD May 9, 2009
R. Pogue
First Contact isn't just a good Star Trek movie, but it's an awesome movie period. Unfortunately, this version of the movie doesn't have any sort of special feature to speak of, and the menus seem really phoned in. If you're just looking to pick up the movie to watch every once in a while, as I was, then go for it. If you're a true Trekkie trying to complete his or her collection, you might be able to find a collector's edition somewhere else.
(Non-trekkie rating) The best Trek movie ever, better than The Wrath of Khan March 21, 2009
Elijah's FURY (Mountain View, CA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The special effects are awesome, the music is stirring and next to TNG season 5 episode 25 "The Inner Light", this is my favorite piece of Star Trek story telling. I like it better than even Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan. I had to write this non trekkie review to counter the nerdie trekkies one star ratings. Nerds! Get a life! They will probably rate the new take on the original Star Trek a one also! GEEEEEEEKZ!!!Go suck on a light-sabre! Even though "Trek" is a possibility over "Wars", Technology will never make it to that level "Galaxy Questers" lol! LOOZERS!
A solid action film, even if it packs just punches March 10, 2009
S. Silver
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
CONS:
Modern Hollywood action film, if you've seen Eagle Eye, you've seen this. Warp speed plot. Fast dialogue of things we haven't been made aware of yet, the techno babble about "First Contact."
Fans of the original series, it's mostly an popcorn action film and I would not recommend this for you....
PROS:
There are many well played intense actions scenes between Picard and the Borg (his arch nemesis).
On the DVD edition, Jonathan Franks is (as always) very funny, self-aware and introspective, a fan's best friend, he provides a very interesting commentary.
Star Trek: Let's Do A Zombie Movie February 26, 2009
Ryan D. Peterson (Orem, UT USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie soars above the previous outing in film-making quality, writing, action and just about any way you can think of. It is also much darker, contributing to this outing becoming the first movie in the Star Trek series to receive a PG-13 rating.
Taking a page from the lesson learned from The Wrath of Khan, they decide to bring back a known foe: the Borg. Granted, each time we meet the Borg, it is a different group, thus not necessarily qualifying as a simple recurring villain, but given the hive-minded nature of the Borg, it makes little difference. They are all basically programed to behave the same. However, while TWoK showed Captain Kirk being pursued by a man who felt wronged by him (even quoting Captain Ahab in his last moments before dying), here we see our beloved Captain Picard take on the role of Ahab in his personal quest for vengeance against the cybernetic whale that had crippled him so many years ago. (Again, "Moby Dick" is brought up specifically in this movie too.)
As a first motion-picture outing for director Jonathan Frakes (who had directed several episodes of the series), this more than satisfies. In coming up with a directorial style for this movie, he watched movies like Alien, Jaws, 2001, Close Encounters, etc. and it shows. He more than competently creates a tense, claustrophobic atmosphere, yet still manages to appropriately work in bits of humor (a standard of Star Trek).
The effects are great, the performances top notch and the DVD is a must have.
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