Lt. John Barton is sent on a special mission to deliver a special vaccine to a distant mining colony. He is infuriated to find Lee, a stowaway aboard his spacecraft. Barton has only enough ...
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Billy Campbell | ... | Lt. John Barton (as Bill Campbell) | |
| Poppy Montgomery | ... | Marilyn 'Lee' Cross | |
| Daniel Roebuck | ... | Mitch | |
| William R. Moses | ... | Adrian Cross | |
| John Prosky | ... | Markham | |
| Heidi Swedberg | ... | Board Member | |
| Derk Cheetwood | ... | Corporal | |
| Nicki Micheaux | ... | Ground Controller | |
| Albert Hall | ... | Capt. Keynes | |
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Lt. John Barton is sent on a special mission to deliver a special vaccine to a distant mining colony. He is infuriated to find Lee, a stowaway aboard his spacecraft. Barton has only enough fuel to carry himself and his precious cargo, and Lee's added weight insures that they will crash if she stays on board. They have gone too far to turn back, and Barton's superiors make it clear: the mission takes precedence and Lee has to be dumped into space. But she won't go quietly. Written by Allen Brown <browna@ohsu.edu>
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I must admit that it took me a while to warm to this film, but as the story unfolded, I found myself drawn more and more into the dilemmas it posed. My only real objection to the piece were those moments when the characters seemed to take a break from events to talk about themselves and where they had come from. At times the characters almost seemed to step out of the story, and talk about themselves as though nothing out of the ordinary were happening around them.
The film seems on more sure footing when it's dealing with the primary elements of the story, less so when it attempts to branch out into character development, or "backstory".