Escape Velocity

Escape Velocity

4.9IMDb Score
Released:1999-11-28
Duration:100 min
Director:Lloyd A. Simandl
Actors:Wendy Crewson, Peter Outerbridge, Michelle Beaudoin, Patrick Bergin, David Nykl
Production:North American Pictures

Overview:

A psychotic spaceman takes over a deep-space observatory manned by a scientist, his wife, and their teenage daughter.

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