Space Mutiny
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| Directed by |
David Winters Neal Sundstrom |
| Produced by | David Winters |
| Written by | Maria Danté Ian Yule (uncredited) |
| Starring |
Reb Brown Cisse Cameron Cameron Mitchell James Ryan John Phillip Law Graham Clark Billy Second Rufus Swart |
| Music by | Tim James Mark Mancina |
| Cinematography |
Vincent G. Cox Andrew Parke |
| Edited by |
Bill Asher Charlotte Konrad Catherine Meyburon |
| Distributed by | Action International Pictures |
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93 minutes |
| Country | South Africa |
| Language | English |
Space Mutiny (also known as Mutiny in Space) is a 1988 South African science-fiction action film about a mutiny aboard the generation ship known as the Southern Sun. The film has since developed a cult following after being featured in a popular episode of the television show Mystery Science Theater 3000.
The Southern Sun is a generation ship, or a spacefaring vessel that contains a large number of people, whose mission is to colonize a new world. Its voyage has lasted generations, so many of its inhabitants have been born and will die without ever setting foot on solid ground. This does not please the antagonist, Elijah Kalgan (John Phillip Law), who conspires with the pirates infesting the nearby Corona Borealis system and the ship’s Chief Engineer MacPhearson (James Ryan). Kalgan hatches a plot to disrupt the Southern Sun’s navigation systems and use the Enforcers, the ship’s police force, to hijack the ship and direct it towards this system. At this point, the inhabitants of the Southern Sun will have no choice but to accept his "generosity".
Kalgan sabotages a key part of the ship just as an important professor's shuttle is on a landing trajectory. The loss of guidance control causes the ship to explode. The shuttle's pilot, Dave Ryder (Reb Brown), is able to escape, but the professor dies in the explosion. This sabotage seals off the flight deck for a number of weeks, which gives Kalgan the opportunity to attempt to wrest control. With the Enforcers in his hand, and with the flight deck out of commission, he holds the entire population of the Southern Sun hostage. Commander Jansen (Cameron Mitchell) and Captain Devers enlist Ryder’s assistance, aided begrudgingly by Jansen’s daughter Dr. Lea Jansen (Cisse Cameron), to regain control of the ship.
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