Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (1999)

The Drakh, allies of the Shadows, seek revenge against humanity after the Second Shadow War.

Director:

Michael Vejar

Writers:

J. Michael Straczynski (creator), J. Michael Straczynski

Stars:

Bruce Boxleitner, Jerry Doyle, Jeff Conaway

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bruce Boxleitner	...	John J. Sheridan
Jerry Doyle	...	Michael Garibaldi
Jeff Conaway	...	Zack Allan
Carrie Dobro	...	Dureena Nafeel
Peter Woodward	...	Galen
Tony Todd	...	Leonard Anderson
Tracy Scoggins	...	Capt. Elizabeth Lochley
Tony Maggio	...	Drake
Michael Harris	...	Bishop
Scott MacDonald	...	First Officer
Wayne Alexander	...	Drakh
Carlos Bernard	...	Communications
Burt Bulos	...	Navigation
Ron Campbell	...	Drazi
David Coburn	...	Minbari Ranger

Storyline

Five years after the events of the Babylon 5 series, a technomage named Galen predicts an imminent attack by the Drakh, the old allies of the Shadows. Through dreams, a thief, a captain, and a president are brought together to head them off. The president is John Sheridan. Because of his irrational behavior, Sheridan's friends begin to wonder about his sanity. It's up to all of them and two prototype battlecruisers, the Excalibur and the Victory, to stop the fleet and their planet-killer. But is there more to the Drakh's plan?

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Plot Keywords:

woman wears a gas mask | sequel | fourth part | gas mask | space opera | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to Babylon 5 canon, the original Drakh plan had been to use the Death Cloud on Earth, and then use the plague on Minbar. However, when the Death Cloud was destroyed, the plague was the only significant weapon they had left.

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Goofs

The ship's badge of the EAS Charon is clearly seen in the background of a few scenes, which displays a "K" (it's model series letter). In addition, an identical "K" upper left arm patch can be seen on several crew members uniforms, but when the Charon is seen crossing the screen in one scene, her model series letter clearly displays a "C" on the forward hull.

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Quotes

[first lines]
ISN Reporter: Meanwhile, on Earth and Minbar, preparations continue for next month's celebration marking the fifth anniversary of the Interstellar Alliance. Aside from one brief conflict with the Centauri Republic early in its first year ISA President John Sheridan has delivered on his promise to maintain peace among all its member worlds...

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Connections

Follows Babylon 5 (1993)

User Reviews

The best of the lot

A Call to Arms is by far the best of the B5 movies. They had a great story, excellent effects and okay music. A Call to Arms acts like something as a send off to the old characters from B5. The movie also had a spine tingling ending that set the pace for Crusade, the B5 spin off TNT cancelled for no good reason. Thumbs way up on this one.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 January 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Call to Arms

Company Credits

Production Co:

Babylonian Productions, TNT

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color