Futuresport

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Summary: THE OTHER DEAN CAIN
Review: Apart from us remembering the adorable and dream man Clark Kent, Futuresport satisfied the hunger of some anxious fans... WE were waiting for DEan. Even though Dean is adorable and fantastic in the movie, it does not really change the fact that the plot was not realistic. Dean did his part, along with the stunning Vanessa Williams. But as earlier said the plot was not something likely to happen, though we all wish it could. One of the only things that upheld that movie were the dazzling looks of our #1 guy , Dean Cain...

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Summary: A story with action is better than just action.
Review: Fun to watch with the stars and Snipes. A sport that settles and replaces war is needed now. North America is playing this game to save many lives. Real thrilling movie.

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Summary: The way of the world...
Review: Futuresport is an electrically charged combination ice hockey-basket(hand)ball game that is invented to prevent gang violence - territory disputes are settled by which team wins the game. Ten years after its world-wide exploitation, Futuresport is THE game on the planet and Tre Ramsey its #1 star. But it is only utilized as a sporting event, until Tre Ransey gets the idea the world could return to its basic premise for the game, at least for now: settling land disputes. The land under dispute is the Hawaiian Islands, which North America wants to retain, yet the HLO - Hawaiian Liberation Organization - wants to reclaim as independent. HLO's method of liberation is through acts of terrorism, and their current target of assassination is Tre Ramsey and his former girlfriend, the journalist who first brought Futuresport to the world's attention. The climax of the film is the "street rules" - no hold's barred - game of Futuresport between the North American team vs. the Pan Pacific team. The plots and numerous characters make this film worth watching more than once, then you can sit back and enjoy the ride. The performances are uniformly good; the technology intriguing and fun; Futuresport itself so fast-paced and skillful you can see why it would be THE world's sport. Vanessa Williams plays the journalist, and does a fine job: a quibble is the peculiar yellow juandiced look to her skin and orange-tinted hair, evidently the epitome of chic in the future. Oddly, in Tim Burton and even Ron Howard (WILLOW) films the heroine will sport a fanciful orange dye job. Dean Cain is Tre Ramsey, and he's well-built for Futuresport, and attired in expensive-casual and a permanently unshaven look. Other members of the cast look like gen-Xers or punks. The movie is too short at 90 minutes to do the characters and plot true justice, and the only extra on the DVD is the trailer, as fast-paced and image-laden as the movie.

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Summary: The way of the world...
Review: Futuresport is an electrically charged combination ice hockey-basket(hand)ball game that is invented to prevent gang violence - territory disputes are settled by which team wins the game. Ten years after its world-wide exploitation, Futuresport is THE game on the planet and Tre Ramsey its #1 star. But it is only utilized as a sporting event, until Tre Ransey gets the idea the world could return to its basic premise for the game, at least for now: settling land disputes. The land under dispute is the Hawaiian Islands, which North America wants to retain, yet the HLO - Hawaiian Liberation Organization - wants to reclaim as independent. HLO's method of liberation is through acts of terrorism, and their current target of assassination is Tre Ramsey and his former girlfriend, the journalist who first brought Futuresport to the world's attention. The climax of the film is the "street rules" - no hold's barred - game of Futuresport between the North American team vs. the Pan Pacific team. The plots and numerous characters make this film worth watching more than once, then you can sit back and enjoy the ride. The performances are uniformly good; the technology intriguing and fun; Futuresport itself so fast-paced and skillful you can see why it would be THE world's sport. Vanessa Williams plays the journalist, and does a fine job: a quibble is the peculiar yellow juandiced look to her skin and orange-tinted hair, evidently the epitome of chic in the future. Oddly, in Tim Burton and even Ron Howard (WILLOW) films the heroine will sport a fanciful orange dye job. Dean Cain is Tre Ramsey, and he's well-built for Futuresport, and attired in expensive-casual and a permanently unshaven look. Other members of the cast look like gen-Xers or punks. The movie is too short at 90 minutes to do the characters and plot true justice, and the only extra on the DVD is the trailer, as fast-paced and image-laden as the movie.

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Summary: The way of the world...
Review: Futuresport is an electrically charged combination ice hockey-basketball game that is invented to prevent gang violence - territory disputes are settled by which team wins the game. Ten years after its world-wide exploitation, Futuresport is THE game on the planet and Tre Ramsey its #1 star. But it is only utilized as a sporting event, until Tre Ramsey gets the idea the world could return to its basic premise for the game, at least for now: settling land disputes. The land under dispute is the Hawaiian Islands, which North America wants to retain, yet the HLO - Hawaiian Liberation Organization - wants to reclaim as independent. HLO's method of liberation is through acts of terrorism, and also through the targeted assassination of the most famous part-Hawaiian in the world - Tre Ramsey - someone who has been vocally against the methods utilized by the HLO. Tre is targeted as a "traitor." The #2 target of assasination is Tre's old girlfriend, a journalist who's politically active against HLO and had originally promoted Futuresport and Tre Ramsey into prominence years earlier. The climax of the film is a North American Alliance game of Futuresport against the Pan Pacific Alliance to settle the territory dispute of the Hawaiian Islands, foregoing an all-out war. The plots and intersecting - and numerous - characters are worth watching more than once, just to make sure you get it all. If you're not paying attention, you're going to miss something. The performances are uniformly good; the technology intriguing and fun; Futuresport itself fast-paced. Vanessa Williams is the journalist, and does a fine job, but has a peculiar jaundiced look to her skin, as well as orange-tinted hair, presumably representing the super-chic style of the time. Dean Cain is Tre Ramsey, attired in casual-expensive and sporting a permanently unshaven look. The only real problem with this movie is it's too short at ninety minutes to do the characters and the complexity of the plot the service it deserves. As far as the DVD is concerned, the only extra is the trailer, which is also fast-paced and image-laden.

Rating:
Summary: The way of the world...
Review: Futuresport is an electrically charged combination ice hockey-basketball game that is invented to prevent gang violence - territory disputes are settled by which team wins the game. Ten years after its world-wide exploitation, Futuresport is THE game on the planet and Tre Ramsey its #1 star. But it is only utilized as a sporting event, until Tre Ramsey gets the idea the world could return to its basic premise for the game, at least for now: settling land disputes. The land under dispute is the Hawaiian Islands, which North America wants to retain, yet the HLO - Hawaiian Liberation Organization - wants to reclaim as independent. HLO's method of liberation is through acts of terrorism, and also through the targeted assassination of the most famous part-Hawaiian in the world - Tre Ramsey - someone who has been vocally against the methods utilized by the HLO. Tre is targeted as a "traitor." The #2 target of assasination is Tre's old girlfriend, a journalist who's politically active against HLO and had originally promoted Futuresport and Tre Ramsey into prominence years earlier. The climax of the film is a North American Alliance game of Futuresport against the Pan Pacific Alliance to settle the territory dispute of the Hawaiian Islands, foregoing an all-out war. The plots and intersecting - and numerous - characters are worth watching more than once, just to make sure you get it all. If you're not paying attention, you're going to miss something. The performances are uniformly good; the technology intriguing and fun; Futuresport itself fast-paced. Vanessa Williams is the journalist, and does a fine job, but has a peculiar jaundiced look to her skin, as well as orange-tinted hair, presumably representing the super-chic style of the time. Dean Cain is Tre Ramsey, attired in casual-expensive and sporting a permanently unshaven look. The only real problem with this movie is it's too short at ninety minutes to do the characters and the complexity of the plot the service it deserves. As far as the DVD is concerned, the only extra is the trailer, which is also fast-paced and image-laden.

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Summary: EXELLLLLLENT WORTH EVERY DOLLAR
Review: FUTURESPORT IS THE BEST FILM EVER BUT IT NEEDS MORE ACTION AND BLOO

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Summary: Being A Good Sport About It
Review: Futuresport is the kind of movie that has no business being any good. Somehow despite my preconcieved notions, after reading information about it before I rented it, the film is better than I imagined it would be.

The year is 2025, traditional sports and atheletic games are obsolete. The only competition left is a backstreet cross between handball and Ice Hockey, played on a skateboard. Created by Obike Fixx (Wesley Snipes), the game has been glamorized and glitzed up for the world. When a terrorist group puts the world on the edge of war, the game's best player, Tre Ramzey (Dean Cain) deciedes to take the terrorists on in a winner take all match. Ramzey is aided in his efforts by media reporter and old flame Alexandra Torres (Vanessa L. Williams)

Futureport never had a theatrical release and instead was edited and shown on the Sci-Fi Channel. While I never watched it on TV, I must say that director Ernest Dickerson made a fun actioner. Sure the plot is very similar to Rollerball and The Running Man, but if you just go with it, the film is worthwhile. It's great seeing actor and executive producer Wesley Snipes total get into his role and have some fun. Cain is ok as Mr. Muscle and Williams is as lovely as ever. The story by Steve De Jarnatt and Star Trek TNG/DS9 alum Robert Hewitt Wolfe falls into a few traps. But the action goes by so fast and is so well put together that you won't care. This is a case where the director found a way to make the script seem better than it is.

The DVD inserts a few more moments of adult content that never made it on broadcast TV. My guess would be that the more fleshy scenes are the sequences that were added back into the film. A theatrical/TV trailer is the disc's only other extra.

The film has its issues...But that didn't stop this cynic from having some fun. ***1/2 stars


Rating:
Summary: SWEEEEEET
Review: HEY IF YOU LIKE DEAN CAIN THIS MOVIE IS FOR YOU CAUSE YOU SEE HIM TOPLESS AND IT WILL MAKE YOU ( LIKE IT DID TO ME )DROOL I ALREADY DID ONE OF THESE BUT I CAN'T HELP MYSELF LOVING IT I ONLY SEEN THE M15+ AND I REALLY WAN'T THE R18+ AND (WESLEY) SNIPES SAYS THE FUNNIEST THINGS

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Summary: Are you paying attention?
Review: I am pretty much interested in technology and Dean Cain. When you combine the two, you get one great show. But whose paying attention to the plot when I was going "WoW! what a high tech gadget." and "Oh, wow! He's is sure handsome." All in all the show was okay, with two very nude female scenes, I just skipped over that part.

But half the time I wasn't even watching, just in a daze looking at that gorgeous man and noticing how it relates to "Lois and Clark. The new adventure of Superman." Oh, the twist in the plot was nice too. Dean getting killed by his best jamacian friend from down under...or not.