Osiris Chronicles, The

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USA • 1998 • 97m •

• Directed by: Joe Dante. • Starring: John Corbett, Carolyn McCormick, John Pyper-Ferguson, Elisabeth Harnois, J. Madison Wright, Darryl Theirse, Marjorie Monaghan, Joel Swetow, Philip Moon, Rod Taylor, Lilyan Chauvin, Rhino Michaels, Dick Miller. • Music by: Karl Lundeberg.

The golden age of Earth's interstellar republic is past. Destroyed by apathy and conflict from within, it has been balkanized, each region under the auspices of a local warlord. Justin Thorpe and his adolescent sister Nova peck their meager existence out of the carcass of the Republic, at the ruins of their family estate. Thorpe is a skilled scrounger, and what he can't scavenge, he barters for. But his sister's best friend, Maggie, has some connections. Maggie's grandfather was a highly placed general in the old Republic, and has his own reasons for wanting to help. Orbiting the planet is the flagship of the defunct government. The general can access it, but it needs power and a tune up. Thorpe's nefarious connections (plus a little late-night thievery at the warlord's palace) deliver the engineers and the money to pay for them. The general's real plan is to reunite the shards of the Republic, but he recognizes he may have to run a risky rescue mission before his dream can be realized.

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As a movie, it's a bit flat and the plot reads like the summary for a Nintendo game. Her's sister gets kidnapped by the bad guys, and he gathers a ragtag team of adventurers to save them. A retired general, a reformed bad guy, a telepath, a kid (not as annoying as Wesley), and some woman whose purpose is to take up space on the bridge. The movie can't match StarWars for effects, but it's marginally better than Episode 1 and Episode 2.

As a TV Pilot (which it is), it's very similar to Andromeda, with a civilization thrown in chaos, and the heroes having to restore civilization to save the galaxy. It's a 70s type space opera with improved effects and better set design. While it had the same potential but the "To Be Continued" type ending can lead you with a bad taste in your mouth if you're not ready for it. I was somewhat saddened to find out that there was no series, so the entire movie was a setup for an ending that will never be made.

Review by gfreeman6942 from the Internet Movie Database.

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