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Solar Crisis

1992 · 112 min

A cheesy, earnest space adventure with dated effects and a race-against-time plot that's easy to watch.

Tagline
In the year 2050, the battle to save the earth will be fought on the sun.
Overview
A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts aboard the spaceship Helios must go to the Sun to drop a bomb equipped with an Artificial Intelligence and a Japanese pilot at the right time so the flare will point somewhere else.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • conspiracy
  • family
  • technology
  • power
Places
  • space
Era
near-future
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour3
Realism5
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
science fiction
Directed by
Richard C. Sarafian, Alan Smithee
Written by
Tedi Sarafian, Joe Gannon
Starring
Tim Matheson, Charlton Heston, Peter Boyle, Annabel Schofield, Corin Nemec, Tetsuya Bessho, Jack Palance, Dorian Harewood
Music
Maurice Jarre
Cinematography
Russell Carpenter, Steven Finestone
Runtime
112 min
Country
Japan, United States of America
Languages
English

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