Velocity Trap
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Plot
The main character, Ray Stokes (Olivier GrunerOlivier Gruner
Olivier Gruner is a former Commando Marine and World Kickboxing Champion. He became an actor specializing in the field of physical fitness.- Early life :...
) is a down-on-his luck police officer on a distant, corruptly-ruled mining colony. He has already lost his wife Dana (Anna Karin) to his corrupt boss, John Dawson (Craig Wasson
Craig Wasson
-Career:Wasson's first feature film was the 1977 suspense thriller Rollercoaster. In 1978, he appeared in two films about the Vietnam war: first as a private in The Boys in Company C and then as a corporal in Go Tell the Spartans. In 1982, he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of...
), not from any failure in romantic rivalry, but as part of a deal to pay off their dead daughter's medical bills: making her Dawson's "Contract Wife".
Samuel Nelson, an Enforcement Division Chief of Security, (Harry Wowchuk), is sent to clean up the Colony's local Enforcement Division, but is killed in the course of his investigation. Stokes is framed for the murder of another ED officer, also killed by Nelson's assassin. However, Dawson is implicated in Nelson's death and wants to avoid any enquiry. He sends Stokes on a six month trip to Earth, protecting a cargo of cash. Meanwhile the crew of The Endeavour have planned to intercept the money ship whilst the crew are in hibernation. The interception occurs, Stokes and Beth Sheffield (Alicia Coppola
Alicia Coppola
Alicia Coppola is an American television actress.-Career:Coppola started her TV career as a hostess on the MTV game show Remote Control. In 1991, she was hired to play vixen Lorna Devon on the soap opera Another World; she played the role until 1994...
), the attractive female navigator are the only survivors of the ensuing gun play, they steal the money and buy the mining colony. The evil boss is arrested, and presumably they all live happily ever after.