# 30 Years Ago, This Paramount+ Hit Made Patrick Stewart an Action Star

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/30-years-ago-this-paramount-hit-made-patrick-stewart-an-action-star/
- Published: 2026-11-04T12:08:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T15:12:08+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/patrick-stewart-star-trek-first-contact-streaming-paramount-plus-november-2026/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, TV

## Key points

- First Contact turned Picard into a more active action hero.
- The Borg takeover made the Enterprise a frightening battleground.
- Picard’s trauma and guilt gave the action emotional weight.

## Summary

Star Trek: First Contact is presented as the strongest and most action-driven of the four films featuring the Next Generation cast, giving Patrick Stewart’s Captain Jean-Luc Picard a more physical role. Its Borg takeover plot makes the Enterprise a confined battleground, bringing a cinematic scale and intensity that the earlier film had lacked.

The film also gives Picard’s struggle with trauma and guilt a central place in the story. After being captured and controlled by the Borg, he must face the harm caused while under their influence; Stewart’s performance combines vulnerability with action. The article highlights the Borg’s frightening body-horror imagery, Oscar-nominated make-up effects and the use of the Holodeck as part of Picard’s fight back.

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