I disliked STAR TREK: GENERATIONS greatly. However, I love STAR TREK as a franchise and decided not to give up on it. I watched this movie and was glad I didn't. This isn't the best STAR TREK film (it places after all of the originals), but it is great, quality entertainment with great role models for kids. The film is much more intense than previous installments, but isn't significantly more violent. Granted, when the violence does occur, it is more graphic. There are severed limbs, cracked necks, etc., but not a lot of blood. There is one brief conversation as to whether Mr. Data has been programmed to experience "pleasurable feelings", but it isn't graphic. There is infrequent profanity as well: "bull**it", and "godd**n".
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Star Trek: First Contact
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Not age appropriate for kids under 11, age appropriate for kids over 14; suggested age 11. -
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Common Sense says
Intense, gory Starfleet adventure earns series' first PG-13.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 11–14
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About Star Trek: First Contact
Parents need to know that this was the first Star Trek movie to Go Where No Star Trek Flick Had Gone Before, to a PG-13 rating. It has some pretty gruesome violence and a macabre threat in the menacing Borg, a zombie-like, infectious, cybernetic race who could give younger viewers nightmares. Humans and Borg alike die in battles, with some limbs severed, and a Borg commander can detach her head at will. There is some generalized dialog about sexuality, as well as mild swearing. A historical Starfleet hero is revealed as a misfit drunkard; while his alcoholism is perhaps meant as pathos, it comes across as mainly comical.
Read our full review by Charles Cassady Jr.
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about why the Borg are standouts among all the alien menaces on Star Trek. What about the side-story about Zephraim Cochrane, the legendary inventor who turns out to be an extremely reluctant hero? Can you think of any real-life equivalents in human history? The theme of Moby Dick and obsessive vengeance arises, a reference that also came up in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. You could use the Starfleet connection to engender more enthusiasm for the hefty Melville novel, a frequent school assignment.
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- I rate this title on for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
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- Good role models
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- I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give it
Star trek: the action movie
Definitly the most violent of the star trek film series, Star Trek: First Contact feels like too much of an action film at times. There is more swearing than any other star trek film too (though its mostly done by 21st century characters. However it's still a good movie for anyone who likes the science-fiction genre
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