Alien Cargo (1999) (TV)

Director:

Mark Haber

Writer (WGA):

Carla Jean Wagner (written by)

Release Date:

28 January 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

We have met the enemy & it is us

Plot:

In a time when interplanetary shipping is routine, poor judgment is a fatal error. The crew of the Solar...

Cast

Jason London	...	Christopher 'Chris' McNiel
Missy Crider	...	Theta Kaplan
Simon Westaway	...	Adam Iberra, SSS17 First Watch
Elizabeth Alexander	...	Rojean Page, Explorer Dolphin
Alan Dale	...	Eichhorn, Explorer Dolphin
Warwick Young	...	Omer Janowitz, SSS17 First Watch
David Ross Paterson	...	Warren Schiedell, SSS Group Manager (as David Paterson)
Kevin Copeland	...	Hunt Ballard, SSS17 Sleeper
Diana Glenn	...	Leilani Griffin, SSS17 Sleeper
Theresa Wong	...	Yvonne Hagan, SSS17 Sleeper
Jennifer Congram	...	Voice of Shoshoni, SSS17 Computer / SSS Communication Central
Julian Garner	...	Titan Miner Hitting on Yvonne
Helen Houard	...	Eli Follette, SSS17 Sleeper
Rebecca Rigg	...	Meryl Leonardi, SSS17 Sleeper
Sean Dennehy	...	Rupert O'Day, SSS17 Sleeper

MPAA:

Rated PG for sci-fi violence, and for mild language and sensuality.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | USA:PG

Company:

Wilshire Court Productions

Trivia:

SSS (Triple S) stands for the Solar System Shipping company.

pretty decent, under-rated sci-fi movie

I just watched this movie again, this time on the Sci-Fi channel, and I came on here to see what others thought. Frankly, I'm surprised it has such a low rating on here. It's certainly not flawless, but I think it's actually pretty darn good. There really wasn't anything BAD about it, either--nothing really to complain about at all. The acting was all pretty well done; perhaps not Oscar-winning, but not unbelievable at all. The plot, dialogue, and story all made sense too. The special effects--though there weren't really much of these to comment on--were all better than you'd expect for a movie you'd see on TV, and even the prop corpses looked reasonably as you'd expect them to look. I was impressed at how logical they made it all: the way the cargo system on the ship worked, the way the ship computer interacted with them, the way they moved around outside the ship (it didn't look like they were on strings when they were slightly hovering around), the way they realistically handled all of the situations, everything. Seriously, this movie isn't bad at all. It's certainly not the MOST creative or original movie out there, but I really don't understand why anyone would give it a 4.8/10 (which is the user rating on here at the time of me writing this). Although I would find it hard for someone to say this is their FAVORITE movie, it certainly shouldn't get anything lower than a 6. Personally, I'm giving it a 7. It's entertaining, pretty well acted and written, and it doesn't contain any gratuitous gore, nudity, or foul language either to bring down its quality level. Heck, it's even thought-provoking. *shrugs* I like it, and if you like sci-fi movies (or even if you don't), I bet you'd probably like it too. Don't let the abnormally low user rating scare you, this is a good movie. Oh, and it's not a creature flick either--there are no monsters or aliens or anything to make it hokey. It's a pretty good movie, try it out for yourself.