Subgenre Sampler
Science Fiction > Futurism: 133 Films to Buy & Rent
- Starship Troopers (1997)
- Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer
- ROBOCOP man Verhoeven's 'ironic' take on Robert Heinlein's 1959 novel about a totalitarian future society whose perfectly toned young 'citizens' wage…
- Escape from L.A. (1996)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell
- Carpenter's belated follow–up sequel to his cult smash ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK revives Kurt Russell as a straight–faced, world–saving…
- Twelve Monkeys (12 Monkeys) (1996)
- Dir. Terry Gilliam
Feat. Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, Madeleine Stowe
- Ingenious time–travel epic is a long overdue shot in the arm to the sci–fi genre. Terry Gilliam (BRAZIL) notches up another beautiful and…
- Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
- Dir. Richard Longo
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Dina Meyer, Ice-T…
- Keanu Reeves as futuristic cyber courier, dude! Aimed well below the high–concept, author William Gibson gleefully cannibalizes much of his…
- 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…