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Escape Velocity

  • 1999
  • R
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
3.7/10
388
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Escape Velocity (1999)
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A psychotic spaceman takes over a deep-space observatory manned by a scientist, his wife, and teenage daughter.A psychotic spaceman takes over a deep-space observatory manned by a scientist, his wife, and teenage daughter.A psychotic spaceman takes over a deep-space observatory manned by a scientist, his wife, and teenage daughter.

  • Director
    • Lloyd A. Simandl
  • Writers
    • Paul A. Birkett
    • Mike Rohl
  • Stars
    • Wendy Crewson
    • Patrick Bergin
    • Peter Outerbridge
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    3.7/10
    388
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lloyd A. Simandl
    • Writers
      • Paul A. Birkett
      • Mike Rohl
    • Stars
      • Wendy Crewson
      • Patrick Bergin
      • Peter Outerbridge
    • 10User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Wendy Crewson
    Wendy Crewson
    • Billie (Ronnie's mom)
    Patrick Bergin
    Patrick Bergin
    • Cal (captain of the Harbinger)
    Peter Outerbridge
    Peter Outerbridge
    • Lee Nash aka Carter
    Michelle Beaudoin
    • Ronnie (Veronica)
    Patrik Stanek
    Patrik Stanek
    • Jansen (escaped con)
    Pavel Bezdek
    • Lars (escaped con)
    David Nykl
    David Nykl
    • Russell aka the Priest
    Emil Linka
    • Glenn (escaped con)
    Gerard Whelan
    • Liam (escaped con)
    Robert Russell
    • Mesa Verde warden
    Mike McGuffie
    • Technician (Executioner)
    • Director
      • Lloyd A. Simandl
    • Writers
      • Paul A. Birkett
      • Mike Rohl
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    reinhard_borchardt

    woof!

    This movie was poor. And that's being kind. Predictable plot obviously written for mass consumption by a passive suburbanite audience forever looking for that happy ending. Sounds familiar. Please. The story was disconnected without any shred of creativity. It wasn't so much that the actors were bad as they had nothing to work with. They sure didn't seem convincing. Stay away from this dog.
    Alan-40

    Very odd mix of good and bad stuff

    Don't let the fact that this is set in a space station orbiting a star about to go nova fool you. This is a low tech story. Their ship is huge, but for no apparent purpose other than to provide a lot of corridors in which to play cat and mouse. The conflicts are solved with 1980's vintage firearms and in some cases a knife.

    This movie bounces between some great parts and many that make absolutely no sense whatsover. I like the characters; the actors are excellent at making them work. But what kind of mom thinks its the right thing to do for a 16 year old daughter to get over her fathers death is to spend nearly two years in an isolated space station? No contact with anyone but her mom and stepdad-to-be. By the time a guy shows up the poor kid is so horny that she damn near mounts him even before he comes out of cryo-stasis! (This happens on her 18th birthday, which mom forgot about.)

    The inevitable fight sequences is where the movie works best. Enjoy it for that and forget the rest.
    4MordredW

    A poor psychotic madman film set in space.

    A pretty average scifi film. The plot was more or less obvious from the start. Although the acting was reasonably good, the writing seemed very cliched, using ideas taken from numerous films.

    The basic plot: Scientists working on a deep space research platform rescue a fighter from crashing into the red dwarf that they have been orbitting. Onboard they find a stasis pod, which coincidently malfunctions at that very moment. After 2 or 3 minutes of the man in the pod waking up, you realise that he is a complete lunatic. Something which totally escapes the 3 person crew of the research ship...

    After that it becomes a rip off every other film involving a psychotic madman terrorising innocent victims, overall I think Speed 2 was a better exploration of the subject matter, which I didn't consider to be a good film either.

    Not a good film, get Aliens out and watch that again.
    2Red-Barracuda

    Corridors In Space

    On a distant planet a psychopath is saved from execution by a space monk. He releases a few fellow inmates and breaks out of the prison in a spaceship. They dock onto a ludicrously enormous spacecraft that is orbiting a supernova star. This massive craft is populated by only three people, presumably because the budget of the film did not extend to hiring many actors. Anyway, to cut a long story short, the three goodies end up in a game of cat and mouse with the baddies.

    The psychopath in this movie is curious in that he is annoying. 'Annoying' is generally not a term one would use to describe a lunatic - unhinged, frightening, dangerous maybe but not 'annoying' but he is. The three people manning the giant ship are seriously unconvincing as warranting such important roles - this ship is practically the size of a city! Considering that the film is set approximately 50 years in the future, it is somewhat optimistic that such a huge man-made craft could exist, never mind the fact that it is used for such a relatively mundane task. Despite the vast size of the spaceship, the crew all have appallingly kitted out, tiny rooms and the dining room consists of what appears to be a plastic table and chairs. But there are a lot of corridors.

    The film is fairly well acted and it works as an averagey sci-fi thriller. But nothing great.
    10Alan-112

    Scifi action- drama with good performances

    The plot is familiar - small group of people being held hostage by crazy bad guy. However, the acting is good, and the story works. Set in space, a family is terrorized by an escaped convict that they have rescued. The daughter naturally falls for the good looking visitor (afterall, she is bored and stuck in space with her parents). Soon, the whole family is in trouble, but in this one, it is the mother who pulls off the save of the day - and quite believably as well. Good performances all around.

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    • Goofs
      When Cal is examining the missile specs, the display shows the yield as 0.7 kJ (kiloJoules), the same amount of energy used by a 100W light bulb in seven seconds - scarcely terrifying as a missile.
    • Connections
      Edited from Unité spéciale - Alerte nucléaire (1996)

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    • Release date
      • November 2005 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • Czech Republic
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Gasnące słońce
    • Filming locations
      • Milin, Czech Republic
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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