Lifepod (1993) (TV)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Ron Silver

Writers (WGA):

Alfred Hitchcock (short story) and
Harry Sylvester (short story) ...

Release Date:

28 June 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Lifepod cronicles the trip of eight passengers after the ship they were traveling on blew up on Christmas Eve...

Plot Keywords:

Spacecraft | Deception | Future | Survival | Neck Breaking Scene

Cast

Robert Loggia	...	Director Banks
Jessica Tuck	...	Claire St. John
Stan Shaw	...	Parker
Adam Storke	...	Kane
Kelli Williams	...	Rena Jahnusia
Ed Gale	...	Q-Three
CCH Pounder	...	Mayvene
Ron Silver	...	Terman
Lisa Waltz	...	Woman with Baby in Hiberstasis
Sam Whipple
Cork Hubbert	...	T-Nine
John Mahon
Pat Destro

Runtime:

89 min | Germany:86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Germany:16 | UK:15

Company:

Trilogy Entertainment Group

Quotes:

Terman: What would you feel if you had to chop off your arm and replace it, just so you could earn an extra fifty credits a day?

Movie Connections:

Remake of Lifeboat (1944)

Could have been better

I just watched this last night, which was just a few days after I saw the original Hitchcock film that it was based on, called Lifeboat. I wanted to see this movie because I was pretty impressed by the original film, and I almost always enjoy sci-fi movies. After having watched Lifepod, though, I'd suggest sticking to the original. It's not that Lifepod is all that bad, but it really isn't all that good, either. Overall, I gave it 5/10 stars because that's about what it deserves. There are plenty of films that are worse, and plenty that are better. Lifepod does some things well, and it does some things poorly.

For what it's worth, I wasn't surprised by anything that happened in the movie, but you may be. I guess it all depends on if you are able to pick up on the clues. You'll know right off if you can.

Honestly, I'm not sure this really should count as a remake. It's more like a new film based on the same material. Everything that the Hitchcock movie did well, this one either didn't do at all, or it did it very poorly. On the other hand, Lifeboat didn't rely on lots of action or highly tense scenes, but Lifepod did. I guess what this means is that if you liked Lifeboat, you probably wouldn't like Lifepod. And vice-versa.

One last thing, neither film is appropriate for the younger kids. They would be bored with Lifeboat, and they would be spooked by the violence and tension in Lifepod.