Star Trek: First Contact (1996)Movies

  Our retrospective on the Star Trek film franchise left off on the installment that officially handed the keys to the Next Generation crew.

  Though a general audience pleaser upon release, Star Trek: Generations has since acquired a reputation as a mixed bag of good visuals marred by character mishandling and questionable plotting.

  Trek fans were eager to see how the TNG cast would fare in their first solo outing. And Star Trek: First Contact didn’t let them down.

  At least not at first.

  Having premiered in 1996, First Contact holds the distinction of being the last Star Trek movie released before Cultural...