SCI-FI 1 The final Countdown, Creator, Sleep Stalker, Plughead 2 Kirk Douglas

The Final Countdown

Sci-fi thriller in which a 1980s warship is transported back to the Second World War. In 1980, the US Navy’s most powerful warship, the USS Nimitz, is caught in a storm during routine manoeuvres in the Pacific. Enveloped by a strange green light, the ship passes through a vortex and when it emerges, the crew finds that all communication has been cut off. When Captain Matthew Yelland (Kirk Douglas) sends out a patrol, his F-14 pilots are shocked to encounter vintage Japanese warplanes. To their surprise, they discover that they have somehow been transported back in time to 6th December 1941: the day before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. As captain of a technologically superior craft, should Captain Yelland fulfill his duty to protect the United States and foil the impending attack – or let history run its course?

Creator

Peter O’Toole is a lonely biologist who can not get over the death of his beloved wife. He plans a Frankenstein-like recreation of the deceased woman, using a few cells from her body. To complete the resurrection he needs a human egg, which he receives from his lab assistant (Mariel Hemingway). Inevitably, O’Toole’s interest in Hemingway becomes more than just scientific.

Sleep Stalker

A young boy Griffin, witnesses the slaughter of his parents at the hands of a serial killer dubbed “The Sandman”. Years later Griffin is now a young man at peace, knowing that the murderer who has spent the last years languishing on death row is about to die. At the very moment of the Sandman’s execution, evil is reborn as he becomes the malevolent Sleep Stalker. Freed from mortal chains and capable of unimaginable powers, he sets off to finish the job he started years ago – to kill Griffin.

Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man 2

Plughead is back in this action-packed sequel to Circuitry Man! Somewhere above Brazil, Plughead plots a sinister plan to find the secret of immortality and with it, the power to control the world. Once again the gallant and romantic Danner (Jim Metzler) pairs with strong-willed Kyle (Deborah Shelton) in a race against time to seek out and destroy Plughead – the world’s deadliest synthetic. So plug into the dark future of endless deserts and subterranean living where the infamous Plughead is back with a vengeance!