Star Trek: First Contact

I was 4 when Star Trek: First Contact came out. It is not difficult for me to remember watching the film with my parents: them, sitting together on the couch; me, cowering behind it.
The Borg, a race of humanoid life forms who have evolved to include synthetic technology, haunted my dreams from a very young age. They are ruthlessly strong, able to adapt to different types of weapons, and intent on assimilating all races until they achieve perfection.
However, recently, I found our ancient VHS tape of Star Trek: First Contact and watched it.
Ironically, the film begins with Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) waking from a nightmare of the Borg, who have reentered known space and now present a direct threat to the United Federation of Planets. A Borg cube is headed for earth with the intent of assimilating the entire planets population.
Picard and his crew are sent to the Romulin border; it is believe by Starfleet command that Piccard, who was previously assimilated by the Borg, would be an unnecessary risk to Earth’s defense. As the Borg Cube approaches earth, the Enterprise decided to defy orders and head for earth to help in its defense.
He arrives just as his fleet is falling apart and takes control of the battle. After rescuing survivors, he destroys the Borg Cube.
However, a minor Borg space craft manages to escape from it’s dying mother ship and heads for earth. The Enterprise pursues it through a temporal rift, into the past, where the Borg Sphere begins firing on the planets surface. It is 2063, just after the third world war, and the Borg is attacking an area where Dr. Zefram Cochrane is located. Cochrane, in 2063, is attempting to build a space ship that will surpass the speed of light.
The Enterprise destroys the Borg Sphere and sends a search team down to the surface to discover the fate of Cochrane, who’s flight will be the turning point in human history, as it results in Earth’s first contact with aliens.
Without the knowledge of the Picard or his crew, however, several borg managed to transport the Enterprise before their own ship was destroyed. This leads to a struggle that will decided the fate and history of mankind.
Star Trek: First Contact has become a favorite of mine. It was made in the early nineties so the visual effects aren’t particularly stunning, but it is certainly much more visually appealing than any of its predecessors. The film also stands out from other products of the Star Trek franchise because the quality of the acting is great. The performance given by Alice Krige as the Borg Hive Queen is easily one of my all time favorites.