Alien Cargo

Alien Cargo is a 1999 science-fiction film.

In the future, Chris and Theta are pilots on the SSS (“Triple S”) 17 commercial transport ship travelling regular months-long trips between Mars and Titan. Most of the journey is spent in cryo-stasis, while two out of eight crewmembers remain awake in succeeding shifts. When they’re woken up by the ship’s computer they find the ship wrecked and abandoned, with no sign of the previous shift. To make matters worse, they soon discover that their ship has veered hopelessly off course, and has been adrift for over a year. As time goes on, they also find themselves growing increasingly aggressive…

The film is probably most notable for its atmospheric soundtrack.


 * Artifact of Death: The space probe,.
 * Commander Contrarian: Eichhorn, the first officer of the Dolphin.
 * Crowning Music of Awesome: The trance soundtrack composed by Patrick O'Hearn.
 * Famous Last Words:
 * Ghost Ship: The ship after the previous shift killed each other, and until Chris and Theta wake up.
 * Hate Plague:.
 * Heroic Sacrifice:.
 * A House Divided
 * Human Popsicle: Standard part of deep-space travel.
 * Humans Are Bastards/Aliens Are Bastards:
 * Kill It with Ice:.
 * Oh Crap:.
 * Older Than They Look: Lampshaded by one character; because people don't age during cryosleep, they've technically been alive for much longer than their appearance would have you believe.
 * Ontological Mystery
 * Sapient Ship: Shoshoni, the ship's computer.
 * Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale: Averted. Even with major advances in technology interplanetary travel takes months or longer, long-distance communication hours or days, and resource and fuel limits are a constant concern. Interstellar travel also seems to still be out of reach.
 * Secret Relationship: As it’s against company regulation, Chris and Theta have to keep their relationship secret from their colleagues. They're delighted that by chance they get to spend their shift together, but later find out that.
 * Space Is Noisy
 * 2-D Space: Averted. The ship has drifted off to a location far above our solar system's ecliptic plane.
 * Space Is Noisy
 * 2-D Space: Averted. The ship has drifted off to a location far above our solar system's ecliptic plane.