Solar Crisis

Solar Crisis

112 mins | Science Fiction | July 14, 1990

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.

Solar Crisis

112 mins | Science Fiction | July 14, 1990

Solar Crisis
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 rating 4.1
Producers Japan America Picture Company, Trimark Pictures, NHK Enterprises, Gakken
Original title Solar Crisis
Directors Leonid Zisman, Jerry Sobul, Michael-McCloud Thompson, Carole Keligian, Robert Roda, Connie Barzaghi, Annie Welles, Alan Smithee, Richard C. Sarafian, Jerry Ziesmer
Writers Tedi Sarafian, Joe Gannon, Takeshi Kawata

Cast

Tim Matheson

as Steve Kelso

Charlton Heston

as Adm. "Skeet" Kelso

Peter Boyle

as Arnold Teague

Annabel Schofield

as Alex Noffe

Corin Nemec

as Mike Kelso

Tetsuya Bessho

as Ken Minami

Jack Palance

as Travis

Dorian Harewood

as Borg

Paul Koslo

as Haas

Sandy McPeak

as Gurney

Dan Shor

as Harvard

Frantz Turner

as Lamare

Richard S. Scott

as Meeks

Eric James

as Louisiana

David Ursin

as Kovac

Paul Williams

as Freddy the Bomb (voice)

Brenda Bakke

as Claire Beeson

Rhonda Dotson

as Waitress

William Wallace

as Pohl

Michael Berryman

as Matthew

Roy Jenson

as Bartender

Jimmie F. Skaggs

as Biker

Chris Nash

as “Corvette” Driver

H.M. Wynant

as IXL Executive #1

Paul Carr

as IXL Executive #2

Milt Kogan

as IXL Man #2 (Baldy)

Arnold Quinn

as IXL Man #3 (Ponytail)

Louie Elias

as IXL Man #4 (Action Louie)

Carole Hemingway

as Rhonda

Don Craig

as TV Anchorman

Jerry Hauck

as Corporal Flynn

John Hugh

as Dr. Dufait

Bob Maroff

as Camel Rider

Steve Welles

as Prophet

Rick Dorio

as Bandit #2

Mindy Rickles

as Astronaut #2

Nick Gambella

as Astronaut #3

Lehua Reid

as Astronaut #4

Jimmy Austin

as Tech

Sherwood Ball

as Little Al’s Singer

Carmen Twillie

as Army Band Singer

Richard Eden

as Medical Tech

Roy T. Fukagawa

as Little Al’s Cook

Robert Hawkins

as Security Officer #1

Jonathan Tabler

as Security Officer #2

Tammy Maples

as Mrs. Steve Kelso

Ted Montue

as Bridge Officer

Richard Terrile

as Hologram Operator

Michael Stanhope

as Astronomer

Kathryn Spitz

as IXL Receptionist

Ann C. Fink

as Vidphone Operator

Saida Pagan

as Correspondent

Stephen R. Kujala

as Robotruck (voice)

Tracy Jones Stateman

as Helios Computer (voice)

Terrence Beasor

as Narrator (voice)

Mario Roberts

as Bandit

Vince Deadrick Jr.

as Bandit

Larry Duran

as Bandit

Stacy Elias

as Bandit

Eurlyne Epper

as Bandit

Bill Hart

as Bandit