Storyline
Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the Air Force's test program for space travel, but their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of trained chimps. They blackmail their way into orbit when Russia's mysterious ‘Ikon’ communications satellite's orbit begins to degrade and threatens to crash to Earth.
Directors
Cast
Donald Sutherland, Erica Grant, Clint Eastwood, Courtney B. Vance, Mark Thomason, James Cromwell, Rade Serbedzija, Jay Leno, Jon Hamm, Tommy Lee Jones, Matt McColm, James MacDonald, Lauren Cohn, James Garner, William Devane, Nils Allen Stewart, Marcia Gay Harden, Barbara Babcock, Tim Halligan, Renee Olstead, Chris Wylde, Steve Monroe, Eli Craig, Hayden Tank, Toby Stephens, Gerald Emerick, Anne Stedman, Blair Brown, Cooper Huckabee, Loren Dean, Rick Scarry, Steve Stapenhorst, Steven West, John Asher, Georgia Emelin, Gordy Owens, Billie Worley, Kate McNeil, Karen M. Waldron, John Linton, Paul Pender, Don Michaelson
Trailer
Reviews
90
One of the best entertainments this season has yet offered.
88
Philadelphia Inquirer
An amiable mix of "Grumpy Old Men" comedy and "Apollo 13" can-we-fix-this-jalopy-before-we-die? Drama.
80
Village Voice
An entertainingly raffish action-comedy.
80
This is a mostly genial film that gets as much mileage as it can out of the undeniable charisma of its stars.
70
Rolling Stone
The plot is too implausible to rank with "Unforgiven," but, oh, what a fun ride.
