''Spacejacked'' is a 1997 American Irish film. It was made for

Concorde Anois Concorde Anois was a short lived film production company based in Ireland that operated in the late 1990s. It was an offshoot of Roger Corman's Concorde Pictures. Anois is the Irish language word for 'now'. History Corman was invited to set up op ...

, a studio

Roger Corman Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works t ...

ran in Galway.Spacejacked Slifkin, Irv. Video Business; Radnor Vol. 18, Iss. 32, (Aug 10, 1998): 17.

Plot

In the near future, a spaceship on a luxury cruise to the moon is taken over by Barnes, an evil computer expert, who plants a bomb on the craft in an attempt to get all of the wealthy passengers' bank account numbers.

Music

Possibly the most remarkable thing about this B-movie is the avantgarde soundtrack by

Siobhán Cleary Siobhán Cleary (born 10 May 1970) is an Irish composer. Her most successful compositions have been her orchestral works ''Alchemy'' and ''Cokaygne'' and her choral piece ''Theophilus Thistle and the Myth of Miss Muffett''. Her opera ''Vampirell ...

. Oscillating between orchestral and percussive stretches and freeform improvisational jazz, it has been compared to the Birdman score.

Cast

Corbin Bernsen Corbin Dean Bernsen (born September 7, 1954) is an American actor and film director. He appeared as divorce attorney Arnold Becker on the NBC drama series '' L.A. Law'',

as Barnes * Bill Murphy as Jack *

Amanda Pays Amanda Pays (born 6 June 1959) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Theora Jones in the film and television series ''Max Headroom'' and as Christina "Tina" McGee in ''The Flash'' and reprised her role in the 2014 series of the ...

Ciara O'Callaghan Ciara O'Callaghan is an Irish actress. She appeared in '' The Clinic'' and ''Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars''. She is best known for her portrayal of Yvonne Gleeson on the Irish soap opera ''Fair City''. She first came into the s ...

References

External links

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