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title: "Star Trek: First Contact (1996) review"
description: "Frakes really directed the shit out of this movie. It looks incredible, and I’d even go so far to say that the aesthetics of the Borg in this film directly..."
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# Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

Mar 7, 2025 | Rated 4 out of 5 | Dir. Jonathan Frakes

Frakes really directed the shit out of this movie. It looks incredible, and I’d even go so far to say that the aesthetics of the Borg in this film directly influenced the look of the real world in the matrix.

I had so much fun watching this, and I will for sure. Be watching this again someday. I’m a TNG and DS9 guy, so this was a perfect total balance for me. The later TNG films filled two action heavy for no reason at all. But this one had fun action, sequences, great special facts and heady philosophical concepts about what it means to be a man.

Also on [Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/joekarlsson/film/star-trek-first-contact/)

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