Habitat (1997)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

Rene Daalder

Writer:

Rene Daalder (writer)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Fantasy

Tagline:

It'll Grow On You!

Plot:

In a future world where Earth's ozone layer has been completely destroyed, a brilliant but obsessed scientist...

Plot Keywords:

Switchblade | Male Nudity | Female Nudity | Skinny Dipping | High School Romance

Cast

Balthazar Getty	...	Andreas Symes
Tchéky Karyo	...	Hank Symes
Alice Krige	...	Clarissa Symes
Kenneth Welsh	...	Coach Marlowe
Laura Harris	...	Deborah Marlowe
Brad Austin	...	Blaine
Christopher Heyerdahl	...	Eric Thornton (as Chris Heyerdahl)
Kristen Holden-Ried	...	Daryl (as Kris Holdenried)
Daniel Pilon	...	Strickland
Lynne Adams	...	Tara Fisher
Susan Almgren	...	Ellen Bark
Amanda Blitz	...	Chris
Gouchy Boy	...	Soldier #2
Daniel Gautier	...	Soldier #3
Terri Hanauer	...	Myra Johnson

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality, language and some violence/gore.

Runtime:

USA:103 min (Cinémathèque Québécoise print) | Canada:120 min (including commercials)

Country:

Canada | Netherlands

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Germany:16 | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | USA:R

Company:

August Entertainment

Trivia:

This is the only theatrical movie filmed in Sony's early analog High Definition format. Sony donated the equipment and technical support in an attempt to popularize the format. The High Definition video was then transferred to film for release.

Quotes:

Coach Marlowe: You ever heard of hygiene? Even animals lick themselves clean! I spend a lot of time with my boys in the shower, and I teach them that even body odour isn't just smell: it's bacteria, it's germs.

Soundtrack:

Tradedy

If you are not looking for Star Wars on Elm Street this is for you

Based on the promotional picture with the tag line "Welcome to a living Hell" you might be led to believe this is a horror. Don't be fooled. Habitat is a science fiction/thriller movie and much more like an Outer Limits story than a Dead Zone one. The story is one we have heard before: "We are killing Mother Earth". Hank Symes (Tcheky Karyo) has radical plans to put an end to this destruction. His plans "accidentily" include his family. This was not a box office hit. It is not a faced paced action movie like Running Man or Total Recall. It is a movie trying to highlight an underlying issue. It is very enjoyable. The acting is mostly solid with very good performances by the older performers. The story moves along quite well and the special effect are believable with some "Hollow Man"-like tricks. Habitat does contain some nude scenes, mostly topless, and some swearing. This is mostly not out of place or out of character but does limit the audience the movie's message could have reached. The movie carries a message that we all should start taking notice of. Overall an enjoyable movie for me and that is why a 7 out of 10.