Battlestar Galactica: Razor

Battlestar Galactica: Razor centres on the Battlestar Pegasus, a warship that crosses paths with the Galactica in the months after the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies. The story moves between two periods: the weeks surrounding the attack itself, when Admiral Helena Cain takes brutal measures to keep her ship and crew alive, and a later mission to destroy a Cylon weapon discovered decades earlier. Much of the film unfolds through the experience of Kendra Shaw, an ambitious officer who joins the Pegasus shortly before the attack and is shaped by Cain's ruthless command.

The film is a television special set within the wider Battlestar Galactica series, released in 2007 and running 88 minutes. It is directed by Félix Enríquez Alcalá, whose earlier feature Fire Down Below (1997) precedes it in his filmography. Ronald D. Moore and Michael Taylor wrote the screenplay. Michelle Forbes plays Helena Cain, with Stephanie Jacobsen as Kendra Shaw, Graham Beckel as Jack Fisk, and Jamie Bamber, Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell appearing as Lee Adama, William Adama and Laura Roslin.

On IMDb it holds 7.6/10 from around 25,000 votes, and on TMDB 7.2/10 from roughly 480 votes, indicating solid approval from a substantial audience on the first and a smaller, slightly more reserved group on the second.