Sole Survivor (TV 2000)

Dean Koontz's best-selling novel is brought to TV in this 4 hour mini-series. After the death of his wife and daughter in a plane crash, a newspaper reporter discovers that the crash may ... See full summary »

Director:

Mikael Salomon

Writers:

Dean R. Koontz (novel), Richard Christian Matheson (teleplay)

Stars:

Billy Zane, Gloria Reuben, Isabella Hofmann

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Billy Zane	...	Joe Carpenter
Gloria Reuben	...	Rose Tucker
Isabella Hofmann	...	Barbara Christman
Rachel Victoria	...	21-21
Mitchell Kosterman	...	Becker
Wally Dalton	...	Jeff Ealing
Christine Willes	...	Mercy Ealing
Glenn Morshower	...	Robert Donner
John C. McGinley	...	Victor Yates
Dan Joffre	...	Dewey
Susan Bain	...	Clarise Vadance
Rob Morton	...	Bob
Allan Gray	...	Dan Stevens
Chris Britton	...	Charles Delmann (as Christopher Britton)
Glynis Davies	...	Dr. Georgina Delmann

Storyline

Dean Koontz's best-selling novel is brought to TV in this 4 hour mini-series. After the death of his wife and daughter in a plane crash, a newspaper reporter discovers that the crash may have been related to a nefarious scientific experiment involving children. A woman, who claims she was a survivor of the crash, approaches at his wife's grave. This leads into a plot by the Quartermass organization to capture her and a young girl she is protecting - the girl has the powers to heal and to transport. A villainous killer and a young boy who can control minds from a distance lead the attack.

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Plot Keywords:

reporter | girl | cemetery | boy | survivor | 

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Genres:

Thriller | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 September 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dean Koontz's Sole Survivor

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia TriStar Television, Lions Gate Television, Mandalay Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

174 min 240 min 164 min (video)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

User Reviews

Almost-great combination of Stephen King and Michael Crichton

My one-line summary for this movie, and most of this critique, seems to hold for most Dean Koontz books/movies that I have read/seen. They are a combination of Stephen King fantasy, horror and mystery; "supported", sort of, by a Michael Crichton "high tech". The combination works well up to a point, but for reasons that I don't quite understand, it doesn't quite become "great". It seems that Koontz isn't quite comfortable with a good fantasy story, that he seems to "need" some kind of scientific justification, which he doesn't.

This particular movie/story rolls along quite nicely, a lot of interest, possibly a little too long before the denouement, when we find out what's really going on. But overall, a "very good" movie. I see strong similarities between this movie and "Phantoms" in particular.

I also think that the violence is a little gratuitous. But against that is that there is not a single swear word, not a single glimpse of naked flesh; where there is plenty of opportunity to include that if he wanted to.

Having said all that, it IS a good movie. I would always be prepared to hire out a Dean Koontz movie on the strength of his name alone. It's simply that here on IMDB I get to wax philosophical about it...