Picard and the Enterprise go on a mission to save Earth's history from a Borg attack.
This is a very strong Star Trek movie with great entertainment.
The story has all the ingredients of a crowd pleaser, especially amongst Trek fans. It has an exciting plot, with strong character moments and it includes lots of great Trek concepts like The Borg, Zafran Cochran, Moby Dick references, holodeck fun, and (alongside the action) characters using their intelligence and humanity to overcome obstacles.
Picard has a strong arc with great links to one of Star Trek: The Next Generation's best episodes 'The Best of Both Worlds'. For me his best moments are the dialogue exchanges with the character Lilly that are well-written, particularly the irony in Picard's evolved 24th century ideals. These are nicely performed by Patrick Stewart and Alfre Woodard.
Data makes a good contribution and his exchanges with Picard and The Borg Queen are memorable. Brent Spiner is on good form with some of the film's best one liners.
The other members of the TNG crew also fit into the plot well, especially Worf who has some cool action scenes and compelling moments of Klingon pride.
This version of Cochran is nicely written and stays reasonably true to the spirit of the character featured in the original series episode 'Metamorphosis'. However, the writers and James Cromwell give him a far more entertaining antihero persona.
The visuals and general spectacle are some of the best in the franchise. Jonathan Frakes delivered some great sequences, such as the spacewalk, the launch of the Phoenix, first contact, and the iconic Borg Queen connection. All the cinematography, editing and art design is high quality and perfect for the story.
For me it is an 8.5/10, but I round upwards.
This is a very strong Star Trek movie with great entertainment.
The story has all the ingredients of a crowd pleaser, especially amongst Trek fans. It has an exciting plot, with strong character moments and it includes lots of great Trek concepts like The Borg, Zafran Cochran, Moby Dick references, holodeck fun, and (alongside the action) characters using their intelligence and humanity to overcome obstacles.
Picard has a strong arc with great links to one of Star Trek: The Next Generation's best episodes 'The Best of Both Worlds'. For me his best moments are the dialogue exchanges with the character Lilly that are well-written, particularly the irony in Picard's evolved 24th century ideals. These are nicely performed by Patrick Stewart and Alfre Woodard.
Data makes a good contribution and his exchanges with Picard and The Borg Queen are memorable. Brent Spiner is on good form with some of the film's best one liners.
The other members of the TNG crew also fit into the plot well, especially Worf who has some cool action scenes and compelling moments of Klingon pride.
This version of Cochran is nicely written and stays reasonably true to the spirit of the character featured in the original series episode 'Metamorphosis'. However, the writers and James Cromwell give him a far more entertaining antihero persona.
The visuals and general spectacle are some of the best in the franchise. Jonathan Frakes delivered some great sequences, such as the spacewalk, the launch of the Phoenix, first contact, and the iconic Borg Queen connection. All the cinematography, editing and art design is high quality and perfect for the story.
For me it is an 8.5/10, but I round upwards.