2.9 Score

1992 • 1h 52min • PG-13 • Science Fiction

Solar Crisis

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

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.

IMDb 4.1

Director

Richard C. Sarafian

Writers

Joe Gannon

Takeshi Kawata

Composer

Maurice Jarre

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Tim Matheson

Steve Kelso

Charlton Heston

Adm. "Skeet" Kelso

Peter Boyle

Arnold Teague

Annabel Schofield

Alex Noffe

Corin Nemec

Mike Kelso

Tetsuya Bessho

Ken Minami

Jack Palance

Travis

Dorian Harewood

Borg

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Tetsuya Bessho Ken Minami

Jack Palance Travis

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