Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Futurism: 12 Films to Rent on VHS
- 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…
- Robocop 2 (1990)
- Dir. Irvin Kershner
Feat. Peter Weller
- Peter Weller returns as the cyber–policeman in this violent sequel.
- Club Extinction (Dr. M) (1989)
- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Alan Bates, Jennifer Beals, Jan Niklas…
- Chabrol’s re–examination of Fritz Lang’s DR MABUSE is set in a future Berlin saturated with Big Brother messages and a plague of…
- Max Headroom (TV Series) (1987)
- Feat. Matt Frewer, Amanda Pays, George Coe
- Edison Carter and his computer–generated alter–ego, Max Headroom, pursue justice in a corrupt, corporate future. Four episodes on two…
- Battletruck (Warlords of the 21st Century) (1982)
- Dir. Harley Cokeliss
Feat. Michael Beck, Annie McEnroe, James Wainwright…
- In the 21st Century oil wars have left civilisation verging on collapse. Lawlessness and anarchy are the order of this day in this…
- Deathwatch (1980)
- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton
- Cerebral drama set in the future about a media group who attempt to film the deaths of the terminally ill for public consumption.
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
- Dir. Daniel Haller
Feat. Gil Gerrard, Henry Silva
- Feature pilot from the TV–Series about the adventures of a 20th century astronaut who is time–warped into the 25th. Amiable revival of…
- Ultimate Warrior (1975)
- Dir. Robert Clouse
Feat. Max von Sydow, Yul Brynner
- Post–Armageddon tale with Max Von Sydow as a tyrannical dictator and Yul Brynner a rebel street–fighter.
- City Beneath the Sea (1970)
- Dir. Irwin Allen
Feat. Robert Wagner, Joseph Cotton, Richard Basehart…
- Originally a TV–Movie, this concerns a future oceanic metropolis populated by the likes of Robert Wagner, Joseph Cotton, Richard Basehart and…