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Escape Velocity

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  •  Canada / Czech Republic  •    •  100m  •    •  Directed by: Lloyd A. Simandl.  •  Starring: Wendy Crewson, Patrick Bergin, Peter Outerbridge, Michelle Beaudoin, Patrik Stanek, Pavel Bezdek, David Nykl, Emil Linka, Gerard Whelan, Robert Russell, Mike McGuffie.  •  Music by: Peter Allen.
        In the 22nd century, a pair of scientists who happen to be husband and wife are sent on a special mission to study and record the activities of a dying red star from an observational space craft; accompanying them is their teenage daughter. One day, they discover a small escape pod from a larger spaceship; they retrieve the tiny vessel and discover a man inside in a state of suspended animation. When the man is brought on board and revived, they soon make the unpleasant discovery that the man is a murderous lunatic -- who happens to be attracted to their daughter, and who can't be gotten rid of easily.

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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.


Review by Red-Barracuda from the Internet Movie Database.