With Earth virtually destroyed, Bran Marshall flees to the Rhea, a planet hostile to Earthlings. Escaping onto a Rhean supply ship, he finds the crew slaughtered, with the only survivor a female warrior named Ohsha. As the two try to kill one another, the ship is damaged by meteorites. Bran (Moyer) and Ohsha must join forces to salvage the craft before it impacts the planet below — and the humans that live there.
G-LOC stands for “G-force induced loss of consciousness” and transpires from excessive and continuous g-forces. The movie takes place in the distant future, where the earth has all but been destroyed, a baron, frigid wasteland with only a few stragglers left behind. Most of mankind has made their way to a habitable planet named Rhea where they can begin again. After the death of his wife and daughter, Bran Marshall (Stephen Moyer) decides to try his luck on Rhea but when he encounters a Rhean supply ship floating through space, and all the crew has been murdered, along with his trusty sidekick Edison (voiced by Mike Beckingham), an AI companion, he tries to restore power to the ship, only to be attacked by a female Rhean passenger named Ohsha Rainer (Tala Gouveia).
He gains the upper hand and manages to lock himself in the pilot compartment and as he tries to turn the power back on, Ohsha begs him not to, but he ignores her pleas. As soon as he activates the power, the ship takes off at supersonic speed, headed straight for a human refugee spaceship orbiting Rhea. We soon discover that another passenger on the ship, a human named Decker (Casper Van Dien), who is comatose, thanks to Ohsha, set the ship on a collision course to deliberately impact the refugee ship as he lost his family to the Rhean government, who we learn despise humans and are doing everything in their power to prevent any more of them from inhabiting their planet.
In order to try and save the ship and their lives, and to prevent a catastrophic disaster, Bran and Ohsha learn to put their differences aside and work together to prevent the impending carnage but in the midst of their plan, Decker awakens and as he quickly realizes what their intention is, he races against time to thwart their plans. With nowhere to go and time almost out, Bran and Decker face off against each other, where only the strongest will survive.
“G-LOC” is a well-worn story that borrows heavily from far superior sci-fi films and while it is not a complete waste of time, Stephen Moyer and Tala Gouveia manage to save it because of their onscreen chemistry and camaraderie. Initially reluctant to work together, they do so because neither wants to die but when push comes to shove, they are willing to sacrifice themselves so that a refugee ship filled with innocent people will not have to suffer the consequences. Director Tom Paton infuses the film with an inordinate amount of dialog and as a result, some will want to switch channels and find something more interesting to watch. When you are making a science fiction movie, it’s important not to let conversational exposition take over, you can successfully add the right amount of dialog and sci-fi, watch “The Vast of Night” for proof of that, then your audience will want to stay tuned.
While Stephen Moyer and Tala Gouveia steal the spotlight, the film also advertises Casper Van Dien and John Rhys-Davies in starring roles but sadly, this is untrue. Both men appear in the movie, separately, and have a combined length of about five minutes onscreen each and then they are never seen again. I get it though, low-budget filmmakers rely on big names to help get their films made, it’s just a pity they didn’t have more to do.
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