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Synopsis: Marshal W.T. O'Niel is assigned to a mining colony on Io, one of Jupiter's moons. During his tenure miners are dying - usually violently. When the marshal investigates he discovers the one thing all the deaths have in common is a lethal amphetamine-type drug, which allows the miners to work continuously for days at a time until they become "burned out" and expire. O'Niel follows the trail of the dealers, which leads to the man overseeing the colony. Now O'Niel must watch his back at every turn, as those who seek to protect their income begin targeting him...
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Peter Hyams
Production: Warner Home Video
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
58%
R
Year:
1981
112 min
724 Views


that's for sure.

You can't fall into an airlock

and then an elevator.

You have to open hatches,

press buttons, close hatches.

It's the only explanation.

Thank you.

Yes, sir.

Okay. Fanning.

- What about the pump station?

Just a fight.

We took them both in

to cool off. They straightened out soon.

Gil?

GIL:
Pretty quiet.

Couple of calls about noise.

Nothing much.

Who ordered all these pressure

packs? This is a mine, not a war.

- You did, doctor.

- I said 100...

- ...not 1000-

- You said 1000-

I said 100, which can't be mistaken

for anything except 100.

It doesn't sound remotely

like 1,000. Listen!

You'll hear what I mean.

One thousand.

One hundred.

Totally different.

You think they sound the same?

Who are you, anyway?

Are you Dr. Lazarus?

Two aspirins and call me in the morning.

Doctor joke. Are you the new marshal?

Yes. I'd like to talk to you.

I got an alibi. Four people will swear

we were playing poker.

I never heard that one before.

- That's really funny.

Sorry.

Yesterday, a man went into the

atmosphere without his pressure suit.

Yes.

A couple of days before, another

man cut his suit open on purpose.

It happens here.

How often?

- I don't know. It just happens here.

- Why?

I'm not a psychiatrist.

I can't tell you why.

Some people can't take it

here after awhile.

- Did you do autopsies?

- No.

Why not?

The Company wanted the bodies

shipped out quickly.

Secondly, when one exposes

himself to zero-pressure atmosphere...

...there isn't a lot to inspect.

In the third place,

you're becoming a nuisance.

Yes, l know.

Give me a report of all of the incidents

happening over the past 6 months.

I'd like it soon, or l might just kick

your nasty ass all over this room.

That's a marshal joke.

It's open.

I didn't know what you'd like to eat,

so I brought everything.

Listen, you got to eat something.

Can't catch crooks

on an empty stomach.

I know how you feel. L do.

The second time l did a tour,

my wife had skipped off...

...with some computer programmer.

I have two daughters.

They call the programmer "daddy."

My wife said she was happy.

I said, "Happy?

The guy looks so boring."

She said he was not Mr. Excitement,

but he was always home.

You can't argue with that.

Try the food, it's not bad.

I will.

The hookers are nice.

They can help when you're lonely.

I'm sure.

I get the feeling I'm bombing.

No, you're not. L appreciate

what you're doing. L really do.

No, it's just...

... I'd like to be on my own for now.

I understand.

Marshal...

...if you need anything...

...if you just want to talk...

...please call me.

Thank you.

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Peter Hyams

Peter Hyams (born July 26, 1943) is an American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer, known for directing Capricorn One, the 1981 science fiction thriller Outland, 2010 (the sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey), the 1986 action/comedy Running Scared, the comic book adaptation Timecop, the action film Sudden Death (both starring Jean-Claude Van Damme), and the horror films The Relic and End of Days. more…

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