Space Warriors (2013 film)

Space Warriors
Directed by	Sean McNamara
Screenplay by	Jeff Philips Sean McNamara Ronald Bass Stan Chervin Jim Strain
Story by	Jeff Philips Sean McNamara Ronald Bass Stan Chervin Jim Strain
Produced by	Jason Netter
Starring	Thomas Horn Mira Sorvino Dermot Mulroney Josh Lucas Danny Glover Ryan Simpkins
Cinematography	Robert Hayes
Edited by	Jeff Canavan
Music by	Larry Brown
Production company	Walden Media
Distributed by	ARC Entertainment
Release date	April 26, 2013 (2013-04-26) (DVD)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Space Warriors is a 2013 American film directed by Sean McNamara and starring Thomas Horn, Josh Lucas, and Danny Glover. The film was released in the United States on 26 April 2013.

Plot

The movie begins with a narrating by Jimmy who tells his story why he wants to go space and be an astronaut. In the movie Jimmy Hawkins (Thomas Horn) is a young boy who dreams up becoming an astronaut, just like his father: Andy (Dermot Mulroney). His dream comes true when he wins a scholarship to space camp led by Commander Philips (Danny Glover) given by Col. Roy Manley (Josh Lucas). Col. Manley travels around the world recruiting young cadets. However Jimmy's mother: Sally (Mira Sorvino) refuses because of an incident at NASA, that Andy got fired over a big fight. So Jimmy fakes a voice recorder to make it sound like his father let him to space camp, then lies to Sally that he's going on a fishing trip with Andy.

When he arrives at Space Camp, he becomes a member of Warriors, the group includes Rusty (Grayson Russell) the mechanic, Bao Yuen (Michael Zhang) the rocket scientist, Dani (Savannah Jayde) the Robotic Engineer, Sergi (Nicholas Lobue) the computer wiz, and Lacey Myers (Ryan Simpkins) the Pilot. Together they compete against the Titans led by Hunter (Thomas Kasp), and the winning team goes up to the space station the following year, the games are to test their skills. During Jimmy's stay at the camp, he speaks with Andy about NASA, during the talk Andy revealed that Manley fire Andy when he went for the bat for him until he got killed by the brass for suggesting abort. Despite this, Andy gives Jimmy about listening to others and learn humility. One night, while Jimmy is on a date with Lacey and camping out, Lacey knows about his lie, which Jimmy feels bad about lying to them. Lacey then tells him her secret, that she's actually 14 and lie on her application she doesn't turn 15 until tomorrow.

Meanwhile in outer space, a Russian Space Shuttle is strike by debris, the shuttle begins to lose pressure and head to the escape pod. However the escape pod is design to only carried 3, which 3 are left behind. Houston Control is then alert about the situation, they contact NASA control in Alabama about it. Things started going well for the Warriors as they're in second place now. Then things started going down for the warriors, Col. Manley is inform about Lacey's lie about her age, which gets her expel from space camp. Meanwhile, Hunter not wanting to lose the final completion, so he sabotaged the Warrior's space buggy.

With Lacey expelled, The Warriors used their robotic dummy to help, but one of their wheels come loose causing them to lose and the champions win. At Jimmy's house, Sally calls Jimmy, but doesn't answer and then calls Andy, During the called they discover that Jimmy lie to them, believing Jimmy runaway and Sally feels bad for being hard on him. They then discovered he went to Space Camp and go pick him up. Back at camp, Conway and Chandra are remorseful for letting Hunter sabotage the Warriors' Buggy decided tell Col. Manley that Hunter cheated, Col. Manley confronts him for cheating and expels Hunter from camp. Jimmy is then called in, discovers his parents at the camp and furious at him for lying to them, which also gets Jimmy expelled.

Upon learning about that the Russian Astronauts are in trouble and losing air, Jimmy and Lacey go tell Col. Manley, despite both expelled. He decideds to let them, Andy and Sally decided to help.

Cast

• Thomas Horn as Jimmy Hakwins
• Mira Sorvino as Sally Hakwins
• Dermot Mulroney as Andy Hawkins
• Josh Lucas as Col. Roy Manley
• Danny Glover as Commander Philips
• BooBoo Stewart as Conway
• Ryan Simpkins as Lacey Myers
• Grayson Russell as Russell'Rusty'Riggs
• Savannah Jayde as Dani Davis
• Thomas Kasp as Hunter
• Chris Ashworth as Cosmonaut Yuri
• Rico Ball as Astronaut Michael
• Natasha Pavlovich as Russian Tech #1