Product Details

• Actors: Star Trek, Patrick Stewart, William Shatner
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, HiFi Sound, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 2
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: November 4, 1997
• Run Time: 230 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304577079
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #407,192 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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The torch is passed--and then some--in these, the first two Star Trek films to feature the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. (And really--weren't William Shatner and crew getting a tad long in the tooth to be believable as action heroes?) In fact, the gimmick of Generations is that a universe-destroying time warp, which an evil villain (Malcolm McDowell) hopes to harness, brings Picard (Patrick Stewart) together with Kirk (Shatner) to battle side by side. First Contact offers a popular Star Trek theme--time travel--and one of the best Next Generation villains (the Borg) in the story of the first man to achieve warp speed. --Marshall Fine

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Pair of "Treks" is better than a Full House of "Star Wars", April 29, 2000

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Reginald D. Garrard "the G-man" (Camilla, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Trek - First Contact/Generations (Widescreen Edition) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The combining of the first two films featuring the cast of the Next Generation is a great strategy. The first film "Generations" benefits by being packaged with the far superior "First Contact."

Although "Generations" featured the what-should-have-been a major meeting of Captains Kirk and Picard, it suffered from slow pacing, a "weak" villain, and a lame plot. When the most memorable aspect is the impressive crash of the Enterprise, the film does not measure up to its potential as a big screen version of a television show.

The guys got back on track with the follow-up "First Contact." Featuring all the regulars of the show, this one has major assistance from the acting luminaries Alfre Woodard and James Cromwell. But, it is Alice Kringe who triumphs as the extremely seductive Borg queen who really makes "resistance futile." Her erotically mechanical movements coupled with her slinky vocal delivery of her lines make this one lady who might make any member of the Federation succumb to her charms.

The superb special effects and the direction from Jonathan Frakes elevates this one to the top ranks of the "Trek" films.

Too bad, "Insurrection" wasn't as lucky!

But, that's another review!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best Treks yet, January 3, 2000

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William J. Garmer Jr. (Pasadena, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Trek - First Contact/Generations (Widescreen Edition) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The first 20 minutes of Generations is some of the best Trek ever written. The rest of the movie was mediocre at best, but the Next Generation crew rose to the challenge of carrying thier own movie in First Contact. With a truly theatrical plotline, well written action scenes, superb direction, and searing action scenes, First Contact ranks right up there with The Wrath of Khan as the best of the Trek movies.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "You broke your little ships...", May 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Star Trek - First Contact / Generations [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Well, there's nothing "broke" about this movie! With a Borg Queen who makes your blood run cold with a mere look, some hilarious interaction between Geordi, Riker, Troi, and the man who started it all (and wishes he hadn't) Zephram Cochrane, and Picard (ah.. Picard... need I say more, girls?), this one has it all. Intense!