Solar Crisis
Seen it?1992 | 112 min | Science Fiction
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and a box office loss, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for sci-fi fans. If you loved Sunshine, start here.
- The mood
- Easygoing.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 52 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG-13. Probably too much for younger kids.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$43 million worldwide on a $55 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 11K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Richard C. Sarafian, Alan Smithee
- Tim MathesonSteve Kelso
- Charlton HestonAdm. "Skeet" Kelso
- Peter BoyleArnold Teague
- Annabel SchofieldAlex Noffe
- Corin NemecMike Kelso
- Tetsuya BesshoKen Minami
- Jack PalanceTravis
- Dorian HarewoodBorg
- Paul KosloHaas
- Sandy McPeakGurney