PLANETFALL
One of those great rarities, the science fiction / western hybrid,
comes roaring out of Heretic with PLANETFALL, a movie as good as it is
rare. PLANETFALL is simple enough at its roots--basically, a handful of
factions are after the last known stockpile of Psylenol, a drug that
gives people psychic powers. Enough of this drug--which there just
happens to be in the stockpile--could give one of these factions
control over half a galaxy. We've got bounty hunters, like the machine
cultist Lux and her erstwhile partner Shark; we've got more hunters
like the fallen-from-grace Wendy and wanted criminal Gorton "Ugly" Hex,
and just for kicks, we've got a rogue unit of telepaths led by the
psychotic Lieutenent Jerik. There will be obvious and worthwhile
comparisons.
