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Space Truckers (1996)

Space Truckers poster
Directed by
Stuart Gordon
Genre
comedy film, adventure film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy, comedy drama
Country
United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 197 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A space trucker named John Canyon takes a shady cargo job hauling boxes to Earth. The boxes turn out to contain killer robots that break loose during the flight.

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What happens

Space Truckers is a 1996 science fiction comedy film directed by Stuart Gordon and starring Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff, Debi Mazar and Charles Dance. It was filmed at Ardmore Studios, County Wicklow, Ireland. The story concerns John Canyon, one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Bad times have forced him to carry suspicious cargo to Earth without asking questions. During the flight, the cargo turns out to be a multitude of virtually unstoppable killer robots. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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