Starship: Rising (2014)

Starship One - the most powerful warship in the Federation, capable of destroying entire worlds. When the order is given to destroy the Earth, Flight Lieutenant John Worthy mutineers Starship One and takes on the might of the Federation.

Director:

Neil Johnson

Writer:

Neil Johnson

Stars:

Darren Jacobs, Emii, Brooke Lewis

4 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Darren Jacobs	...	John Worthy
Emii	...	Jolli (as Emily Rose Morrison)
Brooke Lewis	...	Staris
Claudia Wells	...	Captain Savage
E.J. De la Pena	...	Torgus (as E.J. De La Pena)
Ralph Guzzo	...	General Gustav
Rajia Baroudi	...	Czarina
Marilyn Ghigliotti	...	Xarsis
Christina Marie Moses	...	Diana
Lynn Ayala	...	Marta
Breck Gallini	...	Seethus
Christian Anderson	...	Drayson
Joshua Paul Miller	...	Roartak
Neil Johnson	...	Overseer (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Alton	...	Decon Quinn

Storyline

Starship One... the most powerful prototype warship in the Federation, capable of destroying entire worlds. Two empires at war: the corrupt Federation, and the oppressive Terra Nostra. Entire planets are being wiped out. When the order is given to destroy the Earth, Federation Flight Lieutenant John Worthy kills his superior officer and mutineers Starship One. Demanding that both sides make peace, he becomes the target of both sides of the war. Worthy is pursued across the galaxy by General Gustav, an infamous military commander who brings the entire Federation fleet down upon Worthy and his Starship. After a number of intense battles, and suffering heavy vessel damage, Worthy aligns himself with an underground rebellion. He is entrusted with vessel upgrades and a robot army he needs to bring down both sides of the war. Joining with other disgruntled Federation military personnel, and Jolli, a beautiful gun-toting star pilot, Worthy wages war, but is halted when General Gustav holds ...

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 August 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Svemirska krstarica: Ustanak

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Empire Motion pictures, Morphius Film, Morphius Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

6-Track Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

E.J. De la Pena (Torgus) had starred opposite Jake Lloyd in Jingle All The Way (1996). Jake Lloyd played Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace (1999).

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Crazy Credits

"Any resemblance to persons or aliens living or dead is purely coincidental and conjecture. No animals or aliens were harmed in the making of this film, but some actors were.!

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Connections

Followed by Starship: Apocalypse (2014)

User Reviews

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"Starship Rising" is one of those Sci-Fi movies that tries too hard to accomplish a lot of things, but failing to do so and managed to swing and miss greatly in the attempts to achieve greatness.

The storyline is sketchy and not fully coherent. It is about a crumbling empire, and ah, well forget it, I don't really know, because the movie was just not easy to submerge yourself into, and I have to admit that I gave up not even 35 minutes into the movie.

What made me give up on the movie, aside from what seemed to be a series of random scenes put together and calling it a movie, was the overall sense of failed blue (or green) screen scenes that were dominant throughout the entire movie. The scenes just looked so fake that you want to claw your eyes out.

The CGI effects were adequate though. Although I didn't really get the fact why every spaceship had to fly in turning spiral. It just didn't make any sense. And the weaponry on the ships, well they were just laughable and anything but believable. And the infantry weaponry as well, a rifle that was almost bigger than the woman carrying it? Sure, why not...

The movie borrows a lot from other Sci-Fi franchises and movies, and that ultimately makes it seem like a product that is not its own, but a mere cash-in on what other TV shows and movies managed to succeed on. Except that "Starship Rising" just failed to execute it.

This was definitely a Sci-Fi movie that swung wide and missed even wider.