Terminal Voyage
| Terminal Voyage (AKA: Star Quest) |
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| Directed by | Rick Jacobson |
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| Screenplay by | Mark Evan Schwartz |
| Story by | Rob Kerchner |
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| Music by | Nigel Holton |
| Cinematography | John B. Aronson |
| Edited by | John Gilbert |
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| Distributed by | Concorde Pictures |
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Release dates
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1994 (Limited)<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
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Running time
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79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Terminal Voyage (AKA: Star Quest or Starquest) is a 1994 science fiction film directed by Rick Jacobson. The film was produced by Saban Entertainment and distributed by Roger Corman's New Concorde. The film was broadcast on the TV in 1996 under the title Star Quest.[1][2]
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Plot
In 2035, the Earth population is on the verge of extinction because of global warming. The Earth Federation sends a space ship to the distant planet Trion which could be inhabitable for humans. The crew-members come from Russia, USA, China, the United Kingdom, France, and Saudi Arabia. The crew has spent 80 years in hibernation while their ship traveled at the speed of light. When they wake up, they find out that the Captain has been dead in his capsule for the last 75 years.
The ship's Executive Officer, Commander Hollis, assumes command, but when he reads the secret message from Earth that was received through hyperspace while they were sleeping, he commits suicide, leaving a note that he "joins his family". The new Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Jammad, reads the message and learns that the Earth has been devastated in a nuclear holocaust. A fight for power ensues and Becker relieves Jammad from command. He is shortly found dead in a virtual reality simulator because of system malfunction, and the crew realize that someone has to be trying to kill them all.
The suspicion falls on Becker and the remaining four crew-members arrest her, revealing in the process that she is an android. Becker denies any guilt and then activates the self-destruction sequence. Granier and Han are too devastated to continue and commit suicide with a morphine overdose, and Reese and Zinovitz run to the escape capsule. But when they enter the hatch, it is revealed that they are not really on a space ship but in an underground simulation complex on Earth. There was no space flight and the Captain was never dead, it all was a test scenario where the commanding officer is incapacitated. The crew have only been in hibernation for 6 months, and Hollis and Becker apparently knew about the test and were instructed to play along.
However the nuclear war on Earth is indeed real, as was the suicide of Commander Hollis which was triggered by this event. The film ends with a view of a city devastated in a nuclear blast, as Reese and Zinovitz look on to uncertain future.
Cast
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- Steven Bauer as Reese
- Emma Samms as Becker
- Brenda Bakke as Zinovitz
- Cliff DeYoung as Granier
- Ming-Na Wen as Han
- Alan Rachins as Jammad
- Gregory McKinney as Hollis
- Lisa Boyle as Veiled Woman
- Marcus Aurelius as Survivor
Release
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Recognition
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Reception
In The Sci-Fi Movie Guide writes that the film was competently told, had a good cast, and had a "nice O'Henry ending".[2]
In their lengthy positive review of its 1996 television release, New York Daily News began with the qualification "Were this the average USA Network or Sci-Fi Channel telemovie, I'd say the shelf is where it belongs, and that it ought to ferment for at least another decade. Star Quest, however, is an above-average effort especially if graded on the USA/Sci-Fi curve". They wrote, "because of the cast, and a few nice plot twists and surprises, Star Quest ends up being a good effort in this genre certainly good enough to have been released before now". They concluded "Rick Jacobson has faith in all his actors: Some scenes are photographed in long extended master shots, while others rely totally upon the talents and closeups of single performers. Brilliant? No. Fun? Yes".[1]
Awards and nominations
The film received a 1996 Saturn Award nomination for 'Best Genre Video Release' from Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.
References
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Terminal Voyage at IMDb
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