The Plan (2009)

When the initial Cylon attack against the Twelve Colonies fails to achieve complete extermination of human life as planned, twin Number Ones (Cavils) embedded on Galactica and Caprica must improvise to destroy the human survivors.

Director:

Edward James Olmos

Writer:

Jane Espenson

Stars:

Edward James Olmos, Dean Stockwell, Michael Trucco

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Edward James Olmos	...	Commander William Adama
Dean Stockwell	...	Brother Cavil
Michael Trucco	...	Samuel Anders
Grace Park	...	Lt. Sharon 'Boomer' Valerii
Michael Hogan	...	Colonel Saul Tigh
Aaron Douglas	...	Chief Galen Tyrol
Callum Keith Rennie	...	Leoben Conoy
Kate Vernon	...	Ellen Tigh
Rick Worthy	...	Simon
Lymari Nadal	...	Giana O'Neill
Matthew Bennett	...	Aaron Doral
Rekha Sharma	...	Tory Foster
Tricia Helfer	...	Number Six / Shelly Godfrey
Alisen Down	...	Jean Barolay
Tiffany Lyndall-Knight	...	Hybrid

Storyline

When the initial Cylon attack against the Twelve Colonies fails to achieve complete extermination of human life as planned, twin Number Ones (Cavils) embedded on Galactica and Caprica must improvise to destroy the human survivors.

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Plot Keywords:

cylon | space opera | d box motion code | sex | nudity | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

14+

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 October 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

David Eick Productions, R&D TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min 90 min (TV)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Edward James Olmos and Dean Stockwell first played together in the 1985 Miami Vice episode "Bushido".

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Quotes

Brother Cavil: But first we're going to die in a vacuum.
Brother Cavil: There's a 170 ft launch tube in front of us, we might die of our injuries before we get to the vacuum.
Brother Cavil: I don't like you.
Brother Cavil: I understand that.

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Connections

References Battlestar Galactica: Lay Down Your Burdens: Part 2 (2006)

User Reviews

Yeah, this is Galactica at its worst

It's been already said by others here but this film is terrible. I'm a big fan of the series, everything up until the last 7 or so episodes following the mutiny storyline. This film is a waste of fans' time and would be completely incomprehensible to new audiences. It's basically providing unnecessary exposition covering moments we already inferred must have taken place in some form but in the clumsiest of fashions in order to fit it into this cobbled together mess of a film. It's also trying to provide post hoc spackle to the plot holes created by the fact that the writers promised a plan but because of procrastination, never actually thought one up. So it's trying desperately to reconcile the first two seasons with the revelations of the final season.

Basically, it's a lot of recycled footage from the first two seasons separated by moments we never saw around them that are all the same thing, Cavil telling other Cylons to do the things we already know they do from having watched the show. Why did Doral blow himself up in season 1? Because Cavil told him to? Why did that 6 emerge to try and discredit Baltar in season 1? Because Cavil told her to because, as we already knew, Baltar's Cylon detector was a threat? The only answers here are to the questions we already knew the answers to. What a waste! As someone already said here, the plan is simply kill the humans. Then when some survived, the new plan was kill the surviving humans. Genius. Hard to believe such a complex plan could fail. It's sad because during the first two seasons, the Cylons were incredibly menacing. Eventually, the writers knew they had to demystify them and they did, only their choices for the Cylons were never as interesting as the audience could imagine. And in this film, it gets worse because the once menacing Cylons are exposed to be nothing but failures who couldn't do anything right.

At least Razor was a self-contained film that expanded upon the world of the series and offered new and interesting insights into characters like Admiral Cain. This film on the other hand is pure crap.