Solar Crisis (1990)

Directed by

Arthur Marks, Richard C. Sarafian, Alan Smithee

Genre

adventure film, science fiction film

Country

United States, Japan

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man leads a mission to stop a solar flare from destroying Earth. His estranged father, a navy admiral, is involved in overseeing the operation.

datedslowsuspensefuldramaticspace-basedfamily-drivenserioussci-fi

What happens

Solar Crisis is a 1990 Japanese-American science fiction thriller film directed by Richard C. Sarafian (credited as Alan Smithee). The screenplay was written by Joe Gannon and Tedi Sarafian (credited as Crispan Bolt), based on Takeshi Kawata's 1990 novel Crisis 2050; Kawata co-produced the film. The film was first released in Japan in 1990, and in the United States in 1992. The cast features Tim Matheson as Steve Kelso, Charlton Heston as Admiral "Skeet" Kelso, Peter Boyle as Arnold Teague, Annabel Schofield as Alex Noffe, Corin Nemec as Mike Kelso, and Jack Palance as Travis. The executive producers were Takeshi Kawata and Takehito Sadamura. FX cinematographer Richard Edlund and veteran sound editor James Nelson served as producers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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