Dead Fire (TV 1997)

A group of convicts threaten a space station.

Director:

Robert Lee

Writers:

Chris Hyde, Andrew McEvoy,

Stars:

Colin Cunningham, Monika Schnarre, Matt Frewer

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Colin Cunningham	...	Cal Brody
Monika Schnarre	...	Kendall Black
Matt Frewer	...	Max Durbin
C. Thomas Howell	...	Tucker
Rachel Hayward	...	Alexa Stant
Lucie Zednícková	...	Celeste (as Lucie Zednickova)
Gerard Whelan	...	Mathers
Robert Russell	...	Holden
Jim Thorburn	...	Danner
Milan Gargula	...	Earl
Richard Toth	...	Gizmo
Petr Drozda	...	Salem Jones
Martin Hub	...	Otto Klein
Karel Vávrovec	...	Pitt Digger (as Karel Vavrovec)
Dusan Hyska	...	Rainey

Storyline

The year is 2062. The Earth is no longer inhabitable and has been left in ruins. On-board the space station USS Legacy in orbit around Earth, the Earth's population are in suspended animation whilst the space station is under military control and scientists are working on a project to make Earth inhabitable again. After disobeying orders, trying to apprehend a out-of-control soldier on a rampage, tough soldier Captain Cal Brody is sentenced by his commanding officer, Colonel Alexa Stant, to guard the stasis chamber where the Earth's population is in suspended animation for 3 months. But the USS Legacy is taken over by criminal Max Durbin and a group of escaped convicts, who have been freed by Alexa from the prison colony on Earth and Alexa decides to help them. Cal sets out to stop Max and Alexa's scheme and believes he is the only man who can stop Max, who plans to use Cal's scientist girlfriend Kendall Foster experiment to make the Earth inhabitable again, by using the sun's rays to...

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Plot Keywords:

space station | escaped convict | bound and gagged | abduction | cafeteria

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Taglines:

Earth 2064 ... The Longest Light Year Has Begun

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Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Canada Czech Republic

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 July 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Le vaisseau de l'enfer

Filming Locations:

Milin, Czech Republic

Company Credits

Production Co:

North American Releasing, North American Pictures, Do Or Die Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Cal Brody: Danner and that cantina worker needed bullets, not bullshit.

User Reviews

Not awful

One word - corny. Everything in this movie was corny. The bad guys were cornily bad, spouting evil threats and shooting their minions on a whim (why would anybody work for an evil dictator?). The good guys were corny, stopping to kiss even as their shuttle is crashing or the world is ending. The script was super-corny, but I think they were trying for that effect.

However, the movie worked for me. It was not a memorable movie, but it was fun to watch. The acting was OK, even though they were playing stock characters and had dumb lines to say. The plot and science were preposterous, but they aren't the point of the movie. The action sequences were OK, and there are some genuinely funny parts, intentional and otherwise. You just have to expect a campy low-budget sci-fi movie, and if you go into it with low expectations, you'll be OK.