Subgenre Sampler
Futurism: 144 Films to Buy & Rent
One Point 0 (1.0) (2004)
- Dir. Jeff Renfroe, Marteinn Thorsson
Feat. Jeremy Sisto, Deborah Kara Unger, Udo Kier…
- An inventive science–fiction speculation, set in a delapidated future world in which a computer programmer (Sisto) begins to get mysterious…
Starship Troopers 2 (Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation) (2004)
- Dir. Phil Tippett
Feat. Richard Burgi, Lawrence Monoson, Colleen Porch
- Sequel to Paul Verhoeven's satirical futuristic sci–fi, which achieves much of the same thing on a fraction of the budget. The plot this time…
Code 46 (2003)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton
- A cerebral, provocative 'future shock' thriller in which Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton try to conduct a forbidden affair in a politically…
Equilibrium (2003)
- Dir. Kurt Wimmer
Feat. Christian Bale, Taye Diggs, Emily Watson
- Modest, but intelligent sci–fi thriller, where a policeman misses his daily dose of emotion–lowering drug Prozium and realises the…
It's All About Love (2003)
- Dir. Thomas Vinterberg
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Sean Penn…
- A wacky, overambitious, though not unendearing flop for dir. Vinterberg (FESTEN), in which young couple Danes and Phoenix attempt to resolve the…
Masked and Anonymous (2003)
- Dir. Larry Charles
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, Bob Dylan…
- In a near–apocalyptic future America, a popular singer (Bob Dylan) sets out on a nationwide tour to revive his career before heading into a…
Matrix Revolutions (2003)
- Dir. Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving…
- The 'Matrix Trilogy' concludes in a green–tinged maelstrom of CGI–enhanced action and conceptual confusion.
Trinity (Moss) and…
Natural City (2003)
- Dir. Byung-chun Min
Feat. Ji-tae Yoo, Jae-un Lee, Rin Seo
- A stylised high–tech thriller set in 2080 – after global war has destroyed much of civilisation – where an isolated metropolis has…
Paycheck (2003)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman…
- Action–orientated version of a typically complex Phillip K Dick sci–fi story, in which hero Affleck must contend with wiped memories,…
Planetes (TV Series) (2003)
- The year is 2075 AD. The dream of working and living in the vast openness of space is now a reality. However, a new threat has arisen and if left…