Subgenre Sampler
Futurism: 144 Films to Buy & Rent
- Judge Dredd (1995)
- Dir. Danny Cannon
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante
- Hollywood again turns wine into water with this adaptation of the British cult comicbook. No underground cultural icon here, instead Sly Stallone is…
- Screamers (1995)
- Dir. Christian Duguay
Feat. Peter Weller
- Devastating economic bloc–wars have led to out–of–control self–mutating weaponry – a complex story held together by…
- Strange Days (1995)
- Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis
- Ralph Fiennes runs into all sorts of bother as a low–rent dealer of subversive pleasures encoded on diskettes.
An ambitious,…
- Tank Girl (1995)
- Dir. Rachel Talalay
Feat. Lori Petty, Malcolm McDowell, Ice-T…
- Lori Petty is well cast as the rumbuncious heroine of Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett's subversive comic strip. Purists may cry foul but though its…
- Virtuosity (1995)
- Dir. Brett Leonard
Feat. Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington
- Russell Crowe plays a computer–generated composite of 200 serial killers who escapes cyberspace and proves a formidable opponent for…
- Timecop (1994)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mia Sara, Ron Silver…
- Big–budget sci–fi film disabled by a banal script and a leaden leading man. Jean Claude Van Damme plays a 21st Century cop who tracks…
- Demolition Man (1993)
- Dir. Marco Brambilla
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock…
- Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes are cryogenically thawed in a totalitarian, crime–free L.A. in 2032 where their cop/villain…
- Robocop 3 (1993)
- Dir. Fred Dekker
Feat. Robert Burke, Nancy Allen, Rip Torn…
- Replacing Peter Weller in this final installment is Robert Burke.
- Fortress (1992)
- Dir. Stuart Gordon
Feat. Christopher Lambert, Loryn Locklyn
- Christopher Lambert winds up in a high–tech penitentiary where one can't even dream without being brutally reprimanded, except when it suits…
- Split Second (1992)
- Dir. Tony Maylam
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall
- It's 2008, and Rutger Hauer must use his devastating machismo to rid a flooded London of the ultimate alien killing machine.