This movie has a great story line. It also has great acting. It is very fast past. See it. It is better then the TV show. It is better then the first 7 Star Trek movies. This is a great movie. The 9th Star Trek movie Star Trek insurrection is also better.

This is the 8th Star Trek movie and 2nd one featuring the Next Generation crew, after this one there are 2 more (Insurrection & Nemesis) featuring the same crew before Star Trek takes a bit of a cinematic break and we finally get our epic reboot in 2009.That aside, sadly this is the only great movie that ever came of Next Generation. Also sad is that none of the other series ever received a film.All that aside, this film is great as it is a very well rounded experience with some good acting performances and a well rounded plot that is both emotional and features some intense action sequences. Nothing feels forced and the set pieces do not come from a mile away.It is also worth noting that the sound track in this film is really great and especially the background music when the borg are on screen really hits the mark of perfection.It is just a shame they were not able to achieve this level of quality in terms of writing and directing on the following 2 next Generation films.

Somehow the people that scripted the first of this series and did it poorly, came up with a masterful reprise. In this one, the Borg are back and they are dead set, like bees, on keeping the hive alive. They have no emotions and hence they cannot be manipulated. Here, the collective believes that going through a time warp into the past and stopping first contact, they will enhance their being. Others have done a masterful job in spelling out the details of this episode, so I will just say that there is a complexity and a totality to this that makes it utterly exciting science fiction. There are layers upon layers that have to be probed to get into the right situation to prevent a collapse of everything. All the players are quite aptly used and contribute to the final result. If you only see one Star Trek movie see this one.

I feel bad for not having seen an episode of any "Star Trek" series. I especially feel bad for not watching what some people consider to be the most significant or sophisticated show, "Star Trek: The Next Generation". While "Star Trek Generations" did introduce us to them in film, its main problem was that it was too rushed. This, on the other hand, is just paced perfectly. I felt like the length of this film was just perfect. It went on just as long as it needed to. This is another movie to feature time travel. While I personally didn't like it as much as the fourth entry (which also featured time travel) this is still a film worth looking at.The best parts are probably how each of the characters gets a fair amount of screen time and they contribute well to the story. Maybe I would have to be more familiar with these characters to understand their struggles. We get some great scenes with Picard, especially when he shows such rage. The Borg are great villains in this. I simply love the effects in this movie. Everything is so wonderfully detailed and the costumes are so exact. The Borg Queen is also great as a singular villain. It's weird how the "Star Trek" villains aren't really that well known. I'm glad to be introduced to such a popular series of characters.For me at least, this was the first time I saw these guys as actual astronauts! You know, with how they actually used space suits. We even get a nice title drop, which seems pretty obvious for something so popular. I also love the idea of enemies who can adapt. I feel bad that the original series had a lot of better movies. I watched this as a marathon for the Star Trek franchise's 60th anniversary! Yep, you might as well call me a fan. ***1/2