Savage Planet (film)
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Savage Planet is a Sci Fi Pictures original film that premiered August 12, 2006 on the Sci Fi Channel
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can no longer sustain human life with its natural resources depleted beyond repair. Whereas other companies are seeking to colonize the Moon
, Calron sets its aim much higher: the planet Oxygen whose potential could save billions of lives. However, since it is 20,000 light-years away, a technology known as DST (or deep-space teleporting
) has to be used to get there. A team, led by Cain (played by Sean Patrick Flanery
), arrives but soon discover that it is home to a terror in the form of voracious, enormous, prehistoric bears and the planet itself is in an unstable condition. The team, soon tries to escape from the planet, but are confronted by many ordeals.
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Synopsis
In the year 2068, EarthEarth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
can no longer sustain human life with its natural resources depleted beyond repair. Whereas other companies are seeking to colonize the Moon
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
, Calron sets its aim much higher: the planet Oxygen whose potential could save billions of lives. However, since it is 20,000 light-years away, a technology known as DST (or deep-space teleporting
Interstellar teleporter
An interstellar teleporter is a hypothetical technology appearing in science fiction, typically in hard sci-fi, which teleports people and/or other objects over interstellar distances instantaneously...
) has to be used to get there. A team, led by Cain (played by Sean Patrick Flanery
Sean Patrick Flanery
Sean Patrick Flanery is an American actor known for such roles as Connor MacManus in The Boondock Saints, Greg Stillson in The Dead Zone and for portraying Indiana Jones in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, as well as Bobby Dagen in Saw 3D.He is currently known for his role as Sam Gibson on The...
), arrives but soon discover that it is home to a terror in the form of voracious, enormous, prehistoric bears and the planet itself is in an unstable condition. The team, soon tries to escape from the planet, but are confronted by many ordeals.
Cast
- Sean Patrick FlanerySean Patrick FlanerySean Patrick Flanery is an American actor known for such roles as Connor MacManus in The Boondock Saints, Greg Stillson in The Dead Zone and for portraying Indiana Jones in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, as well as Bobby Dagen in Saw 3D.He is currently known for his role as Sam Gibson on The...
as Cain - Reagan PasternakReagan PasternakReagan Pasternak is a Canadian actress whose most recent work is her role as Julianne in the TV series Being Erica....
as Allison Carlson - Sarah Danielle MadisonSarah Danielle MadisonSarah Danielle Madison is an American actress.Madison was born Sarah Goldberg in Chicago, Illinois. She is occasionally still credited by her birthname. She is a 1992 graduate of The Latin School of Chicago, which is the alma mater of Nancy Davis Reagan. She graduated from Amherst College in 1996...
as Gretchen - James McGowanJames McGowan (actor)James McGowan is a Canadian actor.-Biography:James McGowan was born on May 30, 1960, in Montreal, Quebec, the youngest of John and June McGowan’s three sons. He grew up in Dollard-des-Ormeaux and attended John Abbott College where he studied theatre. James graduated from Concordia University with a...
as Stotzer - David SparrowDavid SparrowDavid Charles Arthur Sparrow is a Canadian actor born in England and living in Toronto.He has appeared in over eighty film and television roles, including the films Serendipity , The Hurricane, Shall we Dance and 16 Blocks and the television series Monk, Star Trek: Voyager, Corner Gas, Little...
as Carter Mason - Joel KellerJoel KellerJoel Keller is a Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors member, representing District 2. He was elected to that position in 1994. He has served as both President and Vice President of the board...
as Duncan West - Roman Podhora as James Carlson
- Michelle StephensonMichelle StephensonMichelle Stephenson is a British singer and TV presenter. At the age of 17 she was briefly a member of the English vocal girl group that would go on to become the Spice Girls...
as Michelle Stephenson Keira Blackburn - Kevin Hanchard as Vickers
- Anthony Ashbee as Joe Alvares
- Jake Simons as Jake Simons Edward Harling
- Brandi Marie Ward as Brandi Marie Ward Ellen Bertzyk
External links
- American Cinema International Travels to Savage Planet with a Sci Fi Original
- Savage Planet at Scifipedia
- Sci Fi Channel's Savage Planet site
Reviews
- Review from UGO.com FILM & TV
- Review at Dread Central
- Review from Sci Fi Weekly