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Monday, May 30, 2011

Freejack (1992)


A science fiction directed by Geoff Murphy, starring Emilio Estevez and Mick Jagger.
A man is teleported out of his crashing race car and 18 years into the future. He escapes custody when his captors try to lobotomize him and becomes a wanted man. He tracks down a friend who knows where his girlfriend is. She is in the upper management of a giant corporation.
It's interesting to see the past's idea of a future that is now the past. They got the corporation that "owns everything" right and the rich-poor separation, but the cars were a little comical. Another thing they got right is the total police state. Anyway, the characters and plot were crap for the first 3/4ths of the film, then this psychedelic CG took over and when the characters came back, they started doing things that made sense. The style had the same timeline, but the pacing was the opposite. I'm rating this o.k. (I'm getting a lot of those these days). I read a quick article on someone's website who was reviewing the future predictions, but I wouldn't recommend that you do the same. Not worth your time or mine.

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