Star Truckers


Photo Courtesy of the Sundance Film Festival

From Stuart Gordon comes another brilliant genre-twisting expedition, this time into the realm of sci-fi. Spoce Truckers is an off-the-wall look at the future as seen by the common man.

It's 2196. Human beings have expanded their domain throughout the universe, but little else has changed. John Canyon (Dennis Hopper) is the last of a breed of independent truckers competing against the huge conglomerates which only worship the bottom line. When he is stiffed by The Company, he evens the score, which cataclysmically begins his escape down the intergalactic superhighway. Relying on his trusty rig and help from his girlfriend (Debi Mazar) and his eager companion, Mike Pucci (Stephen Dorff), he defies police, asteroid belts,and space pirates.

With references to films such as Star Wars and Alien, as well as Easy Rider and Convoy, Space Truckers is a homage to science fiction films and the American road movie. Gordon deffly handles the combination by drawing subtle performances from his actors as well as utilizing topnotch special effects.The result is an extremely clever take on a predictable genre.
- Trevor Groth

Directed by: Stuart Gordon
Written by: Stuart Gordon, Ted Mann
Starring: Tim Loane, Ian Beattie, Olwen Fouere, Shane Rimmer, Charles Dance
Produced by: Peter Newman, Stuart Gordon, Ted Mann, Mary Breen-Farrelly, Greg Johnson
Original Music by: Colin Towns