Planetfall (2005)

Director
Michael J. Heagle

Main cast
Heidi Fellner; Leitha Matz; Alan Struthers; Elijah Drenner; Chaz Truog

Genres


Description
A spaghetti western in science fiction clothing. Competing female bounty hunters track down the ultimate treasure on a planet wracked with turmoil. A drug named psylenol has hit the streets, stolen from a secret military program and reconditioned to be an over-the-counter psychedelic. When the general populace starts developing telekinetic powers, the corrupt government of Zita declares martial law. When the film starts, a confiscated shipment of the drug has been stolen. Now the race is on to obtain the last supply of the most powerful drug in the universe!


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