Dead Stop

Dead Stop

Year: 2011

Runtime: 82 mins

Language: English

Director: Jonas Stolpe

Horror

A group of teens, miles from civilisation and hopelessly off course, is pursued through the desert by a creature that craves their flesh.

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Timeline & Setting – Dead Stop (2011)

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U.S.S. Enterprise, automated repair station

The Enterprise travels to a distant autonomous repair facility after sustaining minefield damage. The space station reconfigures itself to service the ship and demands a steep price, leveraging advanced replication technology. Beneath its gleaming systems, the facility hides a stockpile of living beings used to augment processing power, signaling a darker operation.

🛰️ Space ⚙️ Repair 🧭 Mystery

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Main Characters – Dead Stop (2011)

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Captain Jonathan Archer

A pragmatic, decisive leader who puts crew safety above all else. He navigates deception and ultimately makes the hard call to destroy the station to prevent further harm.

🗡️ Leadership 🧭 Duty

T'Pol

The Vulcan science officer who remains calm under pressure and uncovers the station's secret stockpile, using logic to reveal the danger behind the repair facility's facade.

🗺️ Logic 🧠 Analysis

Trip Tucker

The Enterprise's chief engineer whose curiosity drives him to probe the station's advanced systems, sometimes clashing with command but yielding critical insights.

🛠️ Engineering 🧭 Curiosity

Ensign Hoshi Sato

The communications officer who initiates the distress call, staying calm and focused as she connects the crew to the outside world for help.

🛰️ Communications 🧩 Crisis

Ensign Mayweather

The pilot whose body is discovered on the station—an apparent casualty of a dangerous deception that motivates the crew to seek the truth.

🕯️ Courage 🛡️ Pilot

Dr. Phlox

The Enterprise's physician who quickly identifies the corpse as an artificial replica, raising the alarm about the station's manipulation and ethics.

🧬 Medicine 🩺 Diagnosis

Lt. Reed

A science officer who helps infiltrate the station's systems long enough to reveal its dark secret, risking crew safety in pursuit of the truth.

🧪 Analysis ⚡ Risk

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Major Themes – Dead Stop (2011)

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🧠 Deception

The crew confronts a counterfeit distress message and a replica corpse, revealing how trusted communications and technology can mask a hidden threat and erode trust in appearances.

🧬 Life-for-Power

The station’s reliance on living beings as computing power raises ethical questions about consent, exploitation, and the line between efficiency and humanity.

🔥 Sacrifice

Archer chooses to destroy the station to protect the crew, demonstrating harsh leadership and the cost of defending lives against an apparently unstoppable machine.

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