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Solar Crisis

Solar Crisis

In the year 2050, the battle to save the earth will be fought on the sun.

19924.21h 52m

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.

Directed by Richard C. Sarafian
Written by Takeshi Kawata, Joe Gannon, Tedi Sarafian
Produced by Richard Edlund, Morris Morishima, James Nelson
Box OfficeBudget: $55.0M0

Top Cast

Tim Matheson

Tim Matheson

Steve Kelso

Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston

Adm. "Skeet" Kelso

Peter Boyle

Peter Boyle

Arnold Teague

Annabel Schofield

Annabel Schofield

Alex Noffe

Corin Nemec

Corin Nemec

Mike Kelso

Tetsuya Bessho

Tetsuya Bessho

Ken Minami

Jack Palance

Jack Palance

Travis

Dorian Harewood

Dorian Harewood

Borg

Paul Koslo

Paul Koslo

Haas

Sandy McPeak

Sandy McPeak

Gurney

Themes & Keywords

space marineartificial intelligence (a.i.)bombsunastronaut

About Solar Crisis

Solar Crisis is a science fiction film released in 1992 exploring themes of space marine, artificial intelligence (a.i.), bomb, sun, astronaut. Directed by Richard C. Sarafian, it stars Tim Matheson, Charlton Heston, Peter Boyle. 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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