Escape Velocity (film)

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Escape Velocity
Directed byLloyd A. Simandl
Written byPaul A. Birkett (story)
Mike Rohl
Produced byLloyd A. Simandl
Starring Wendy Crewson
Patrick Bergin
Peter Outerbridge
CinematographyVladimír Kolár
Edited byDerek Whelan
Music by Peter Allen
Distributed byYork Entertainment
North American Releasing
Release date
  • 28 November 1999 (1999-11-28)(U.S.)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesCzech Republic
Canada
LanguageEnglish

Escape Velocity is a 1999 Canadian thriller film, directed by Lloyd A. Simandl.

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Premise

A psychotic escaped prisoner takes over a deep-space observatory crewed by a scientist, his wife and teenager daughter.

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