''Velocity Trap'' is a 1999

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directed by Phillip J. Roth and starring

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, and Ken Olandt.

Plot

The main character, Ray Stokes (

) is a down-on-his luck police officer on a distant, corruptly-ruled mining colony. He has already lost his wife Dana ( Anna Karin) to his corrupt boss, John Dawson (

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), not from any failure in romantic rivalry, but as part of a deal to pay off their dead daughter's medical bills: making her Dawson's "Contract Wife". Samuel Nelson ( Harry Wowchuk), an Enforcement Division chief of security, is sent to clean up the colony's local Enforcement Division, but is killed in the course of his investigation. Stokes is framed for the murder of another ED officer (

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), also killed by Nelson's assassin. However, Dawson is implicated in Nelson's death and wants to avoid any inquiry. He sends Stokes on a six-month trip to Earth, protecting a cargo of cash. Meanwhile, the crew of ''The Endeavour'' has planned to intercept the money ship while the crew are in hibernation. The interception occurs, leaving Stokes and Beth Sheffield (

), the attractive female navigator, the only survivors of the ensuing gun battles; they steal the money and buy the mining colony. Dawson is arrested for his part in Nelson's death.

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* * 1999 films American space adventure films American science fiction television films 1990s English-language films Films directed by Phillip J. Roth 1990s American films 1999 science fiction films English-language science fiction films {{1990s-US-film-stub