Velocity Trap (1997)

It is the year 2150 and electronic crime and interstellar piracy rule the galaxy. Facing unlawful murder charges Police officer Raymond Stokes (Olivier Gruner Nemesis) is reasigned to escort the Federal Banking Ship USF Atlantic and $40000000000 through the Bermuda Triangle of space: The Velocity Run. With only Beth Sheffield (Alicia Coppola Star Trek Voyager) the ship's navigator to assist him all his strength is put to the test when everything on board is threatened by an oncoming 600 million ton asteroid and a well-armed team of thieves that have docked alongside the USF Atlantic. In a terrifying race against time Stokes must fight to survive before the deadly impact...System Requirements:Running Time: 89 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: R UPC: 043396048393 Product Description

Don't waste your time & money on this one

Written, Directed & Produced by Phillip J. Roth, this film is a good example of how to make a B Movie (B for BAD not B for 2nd rate). This was Roth's 9th film as Director, so I would have thought that he would have learned something about film making by the time he got this far. I suppose directors have to learn their craft somehow, however, I don't believe that this excuses the release of such a bad film. Phillip J. Roth is now on my list of filmmakers to avoid.

As for Olivier Gruner, what the film world doesn't need is a mannequin that talks. He should have stuck to skiing or kick-boxing or modelling if that's what he was good at. He would be OK as an Extra so long as he didn't get any lines.

None of the players (I can't bring myself to call them actors) are believable in their roles. Once I had reached the shootout sequence, I couldn't watch any longer. I got so irritated by the predictability and stupidity of the story as well as the poor acting, that I hit the stop button.

How this film ever got released is beyond me. This disk ended up in the rubbish bin where the original print should have gone instead of being transferred to DVD and unleashed on unsuspecting buyers.
May 1, 2008

Not too bad

I was pleasantly surprised with this movie. Not too bad, wish there was less open ended parts to the story, but not bad all in all. Very good Special Effects considering it was a sleeper. June 12, 2007

western in space

Velocity Trap is nothing but a western placed in space where the badguys are controling everything and the good guy fights them off and in the end gets the girl. May 28, 2007

Jorja Is Hot With Blue Hair

Good Movie... rather cheesy special fx.... but JORJA IS HOT!!!!!!!!!! so everything is right in the world. January 6, 2007

Needed something more

I bought this movie at the same time I bought Crossworlds. I enjoyed Crossworlds way more. This movie - Velocity Trap, seemed like some of the scenes could have been extended to tell the story better. If the movie was just a little longer....maybe it could have been better. December 1, 2006

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