Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

dusty-h I'm halfway through this movie, and I'm chanting 'Put Her Out' - 'Put Her Out' - 'Put Her Out'. This woman's character has more attitude that is ill placed for a stowaway... Would've made for a better, shorter movie. The extended blackouts between scenes were annoying also, I thought my TV turned off on the first one. The acting is above par for a B movie, but still struggled with this movie.

Amy Adler In the future, John (Billy Campbell) is a pilot who accepts a commission to carry a cache of medicine to a distant planet. He's hoping that this decision will translate into a promotion. On earth, he is part of the more elite group, for there is now a lower caste of humans who do drudge work, eat poorly and live in crowded, noisy conditions. John's mission has a tricky element. Amazingly, the plane that he will fly has been designed for this mission only and has only the basic components. It is termed a "disposable vehicle" and will be dismantled at the voyage's end. Just after takeoff, the ground command notifies John that the plane is carrying extra weight, for some unknown reason. As the vehicle only has fuel for the calculated weight, this is a major problem. Looking around, John sees that he has a pretty stowaway, Lee (Poppy Montgomery). She is of the drudge class and snuck onto the plane to visit her brother who lives on the planet of John's voyage. Uh oh. Mission control tells John he has to throw her "overboard" into space, where she will die; otherwise, they will both perish, for the plane will not make it. What to do? Lee puts up a fight for her life, first with words, then with muscle. John, naturally, doesn't want to end her life and they try desperately to find enough other things to throw out the chute, including insulation, the first aid kit and other items. But, alas, they can't find enough. What will John do? This was a pretty flat and cheaply made science fiction film. It has some good ideas but they are never developed enough and the writing is stiff. The actors, too, don't fair very well, although Campbell and Montgomery truly do try to give it a go. All in all, if you love sci fi, as I do, you will be very disappointed in this one. Unless you have a penchant to "see them all", you should skip it.

rlange-3 People under pressure do foolish things at times, but nature is indifferent to intent.I didn't expect much from this movie which I picked somewhat randomly out of a bargain bin, but it pretty much blew me away. The acting, which is 99% of the movie, was excellent. There were no cheesy special effects on what was obviously a low budget, and no hammed up characters. What surprised me most was how the story drew me in and forced me to re-examine my initial opinions of the characters.It reminded me in an odd way of 12 Angry Men. Most of the focus was on human interaction, and initial impressions gradually evolved through the movie. I went from "jeez, chuck her out" to seeing the deeper implications of it all.The one negative imo was the usual attempt to lecture us on 'evil corporations'. This is a really tiresome theme, but one that was at least not repetitiously intrusive.

waltp9999 I tuned in a little late into the movie, and became excited when I recognized one of my favorite SF stories from the 50's! Then I started watching....JJS said "I recommend against watching it, unless you are bored out of your mind and nothing else is on." I say if you are bored either 1) Read the original story by Tom Godwin 2) Watch the 1980's Twilight Zone version instead (followed by "Cold Reading" :-) ) 3) Dig up the 50's radio version from X Minus One in that order.All are light years better than this version. Two things made this movie less effective than any of the other version: 1) the attitude of the girl 2) the added bureaucratic BS just to stretch the story into a movie time-length Both these points simply watered down the central point of the story.For those that can't deal with print or audio, definitely watch the TZ version.