Alien Cargo
Released: January 28, 1999Runtime: 90 min
After eight months of hyper-sleep, when Christopher 'Chris' McNiel (Jason London) and Theta Kaplan (Missy Crider) of a Mars cargo transport ship the Solar System Shipping Vessel No.17 (Triple S-17) awaken, they find out something has gone terribly wrong. They've woken up from hyper-sleep almost ten months past their scheduled time, find the ship's internals badly damaged, off course and almost no fuel. What's more, it's discovered the first shift killed each other. As the plot unfolds, something truly evil is discovered on board - an alien biological life form which can psychologically manipulate humans.
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Jason London
as Christopher 'Chris' McNiel
Missy Crider
as Theta Kaplan
Simon Westaway
as Adam Iberra, SSS17 First Watch
Elizabeth Alexander
as Rojean Page, Explorer Dolphin
Alan Dale
as Eichhorn, Explorer Dolphin
Warwick Young
as Omer Janowitz, SSS17 First Watch
David Ross Paterson
as Warren Schiedell, SSS Group Manager
Kevin Copeland
as Hunt Ballard, SSS17 Sleeper
Diana Glenn
as Leilani Griffin, SSS17 Sleeper
Theresa Wong
as Yvonne Hagan, SSS17 Sleeper
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