History Film / AlienCargo

* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:"I think I want to be with you for as long as possible."]]

* TwoDSpace: Averted. The ship has drifted off to a location far above our solar system's ecliptic plane.

* ScifiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Averted. Even with major advances in technology interplanetary travel takes months or longer, long-distance communication hours or days, and resource and fuel limits are a constant concern. Interstellar travel also seems to still be out of reach.

The film is probably most notable for its atmospheric soundtrack.

%%* DiabolusExMachina

* SecretRelationship: As it’s against company regulation, Chris and Theta have to keep their relationship secret from their colleagues. They're delighted that by chance they get to spend their shift together, but later find out that [[spoiler:this has exposed them to the virus]].
** It wasn't really by chance. Before each trip, they do the equivalent of pulling straws for shifts. Chris pulls rank on the crewmember whose turn it is to hand out the pieces of paper in order to put himself on the same shift as Theta.

'''''Alien Cargo''''' is a 1999 science-fiction film.

* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: Chris and Theta manage to save most of their crewmates by transporting them over to the Dolphin, but they can’t be rescued themselves due to the severity of the contamination threat. They mark the ship as a biohazard threat, and drift off to die]].

* [[spoiler:DiabolusExMachina]]

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters[=/=]AliensAreBastards: [[spoiler:The probe is definitely human-made, but it’s never quite confirmed whether the virus was manufactured by humans or aliens, although at least one character speculates the latter.(Although letting a random piece of space junk float around in the vastness of space is a ridiculously ineffective method of delivery if this were some sort of attack by a hostile civilization.)]]

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters[=/=]AliensAreBastards: [[spoiler:The probe is definitely human-made, but it’s never quite confirmed whether the virus was manufactured by humans or aliens, although at least one character speculates the latter.[[hottip:*:Although letting a random piece of space junk float around in the vastness of space is a ridiculously ineffective method of delivery if this were some sort of attack by a hostile civilization.]]]]

* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: Chris and Theta manage to safe most of their crewmates by transporting them over to the Dolphin, but they can’t be rescued themselves due to the severity of the contamination threat. They mark the ship as a biohazard threat, and drift off to die]].

''Alien Cargo'' is a 1999 science-fiction film.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The trance soundtrack composed by Patrick O'Hearn.

* HumansAreBastards[=/=]AliensAreBastards: [[spoiler:The probe is definitely human-made, but it’s never quite confirmed whether the virus was manufactured by humans or aliens, although at least one character speculates the latter.[[hottip:*:Although letting a random piece of space junk float around in the vastness of space is a ridiculously ineffective method of delivery if this were some sort of attack by a hostile civilization.]]]]

* ScifiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Averted. Even with major advances in technology interplanetary travel takes months or longer, long-distance communication hours or days, and resource and fuel limits are a constant concern.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Chris and Theta manage to safe most of their crewmates by transporting them over to the Dolphin, but they can’t be rescued themselves due to the severity of the contamination threat. They mark the ship as a biohazard threat, and drift off to die]].

* DiabolusExMachina

* TwoDSpace: Averted. The ship has drifted off to the far north of our solar system's ecliptic plane.

* ScifiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Averted. Travel between planets takes months or longer, long-distance communication hours or days, and resource and fuel limits are a constant concern.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The trance soundtrack composed by Patrick O’Hearn.

* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:“ I think I want to be with you for as long as possible.”]]

* HatePlague: The belligerence between the active humans is the result of a contaminant picked up from a space probe.

* KillItWithIce: The virus is successfully counteracted by exposure to subzero temperatures.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Lampshaded by one character; because people don’t age during cryosleep, they’ve technically been alive for much longer than their appearance would have you believe.

* SapientShip: Shoshoni, the ship’s computer.

* SecretRelationship: As it’s against company regulation, Chris and Theta have to keep their relationship secret from their colleagues. They’re delighted that by chance they get to spend their shift together, but later find out that this has exposed them to the virus.

* TwoDSpace: Averted. The ship has drifted off to the far north of our solar system’s ecliptic plane.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Pointed out by one character; because people don’t age during cryosleep, they’ve technically been alive for much longer than their appearance would have you believe.