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Solarbabies( 1986)

TV-MAScience FictionActionAdventure
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From a distant star a powerful and mystical force comes to Earth. And for those brave enough to follow, it will change their lives forever.

Overview

In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly teenagers, who are living at an orphanage, run by the despotic rulers of the new Earth. The group in question plays a hockey based game on roller skates and is quite good. It has given them a unity that transcends the attempts to bring them to heel by the government. Finding an orb of special power, they find it has unusual effects on them. They escape from the orphanage (on skates) and try to cross the wasteland looking for a place they can live free as the storm-troopers search for them and the orb.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Richard Jordan

      Grock

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      Jami Gertz

      Terra

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      Jason Patric

      Jason

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      Lukas Haas

      Daniel

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      James Le Gros

      Metron

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      Claude Brooks

      Rabbit

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      Peter DeLuise

      Tug

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      Peter Kowanko

      Gavial

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      Adrian Pasdar

      Darstar

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      Sarah Douglas

      Shandray

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      Charles Durning

      The Warden

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      Frank Converse

      Greentree

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      Terrence Mann

      Ivor

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      Alexei Sayle

      Malice

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      Bruce Payne

      Dogger

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      Willoughby Gray

      Canis

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      Kelly Bishop

      Tutore Nover

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by GenerationofSwine

    10
    Written by GenerationofSwine on Thu Jan 12 2023
    Well, I don't know what to say...honestly. I guess I can say that I loved it as a child, and it's getting the 10 of 10 based on remembering when I watched it through a child's eyes. But there are certain tropes with this genre, and it hits the shortage of water trope, and the roller skate trope, but misses a lot of the others. So I do feel like it doesn't really sit well with the genre it's made to be a part of. But then, it's made to appeal to kids AND teens, and it certainly did. The magic glowing ball from outer space with it's feel good happy vibes does give it a very Disney inspired ...

    Media

    Videos 1Backdrops 15Posters 12

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    25000000.00

    Revenue

    1579260.00

    Keywords

    • dystopia
    • post-apocalyptic future
    • roller-skating
    • drought
    • gang violence
    • rebel gangs
    • hockey