Survival Code

Smart, Sensational Sci Fi

     

Formerly titled “Borealis,” this critically acclaimed, and award winning, Sci-Fi television pilot movie has been renamed and repackaged for home video. Do not let the cheesy box cover fool you: this was outstanding!

The year is 2045 and the ice caps have melted. The last oil and gas reserves on the planet are discovered in the Canadian North, and everybody wants their piece. At the center of a growing international fight for control is the “gold rush” frontier town of Borealis. Vic Carboneau, a former MMA champion turned entrepreneur, tries to keep the peace while running his own bar/hotel/brothel and acting as customs agent for the Canadian government. A murder mystery sets events in motion that threaten everything Vic has built, and the people he’s come to care for.

Well-written, politically savvy, action packed (including one of the most realistic-choreographed cage fights you’ve ever seen), “Survival Code” offers a possible glimpse of things to come in the wake of environmental disaster.

The cast is loaded with familiar Sci-Fi genre faces, including Ty Olsson (Supernatural, Battlestar Galactica), Patrick Gallagher (Night At The Museum, Glee), Terry Chen (Continuum, House Of Cards), Michelle Harrision (Continuum, Hit ‘n Strum), and Greyston Holt (Bitten, Alcatraz). Their chemistry (especially between Ty and Patrick) really shines on screen.

Please keep in mind this was a TV pilot, meant to continue in a series that, unfortunately, was passed on; as such, the ending can seem a bit abrupt. It’s a shame, really; “Borealis”/”Survival Code” would’ve made a magnificent series.