![]() The story revolves around whether or not he can get it together and go on his historic warp flight. The ingenious idea of splitting up the crew, the breathless pacing, and the clever action set pieces set it apart not just from the other TNG movies, but from many of the other Star Trek films too.īut what has always piqued my interest most is the performance of Academy Award nominee James Cromwell as Zefram Cochrane, the irascible, alcoholic inventor of warp drive that is sort of the MacGuffin of the entire film. ![]() The easiest, most likely answer is that it was the only one with a truly excellent script. Was it the Borg? The time travel element? The humor? Jonathan Frakes’ direction? The 25th anniversary of Star Trek: First Contact, easily the best Next Generation movie of them all, has prompted many articles, essays, and podcast episodes about why this particular movie worked, and the other Picard-led films were varying levels of bad. ![]()
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