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'''''Future Force''''' is a 1989 [[science-fiction film]] written and directed by David A. Prior and starring [[David Carradine]]. A 1990 sequel to the film was made called ''[[Future Zone]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/reviews/movies|title=Movie Reviews|date=October 11, 2019|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nhjsnWfFoiAC&pg=PA225&lpg=PA225&dq=future+force+carradine&source=bl&ots=rPeBSY6WTH&sig=XMiecghlMCCXSZhM9pnAQD3n42Y&hl=en&ei=do4STeqgLI2CsQPTupinDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=11&ved=0CD4Q6AEwCjgK#v=onepage&q=future+force+carradine&f=false|title=The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film|first=Michael|last=Weldon|date=October 15, 1996|publisher=Macmillan|via=Google Books}}</ref>
'''''Future Force''''' is a 1989 [[science-fiction film]] written and directed by [[David A. Prior]] and starring [[David Carradine]]. A 1990 sequel to the film was made called ''[[Future Zone]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/reviews/movies|title=Movie Reviews|work=The New York Times |date=October 11, 2019|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nhjsnWfFoiAC&q=future+force+carradine&pg=PA225|title=The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film|first=Michael|last=Weldon|date=October 15, 1996|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=9780312131494|via=Google Books}}</ref>


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
At some point in the near future (around 2020), law enforcement has become so ineffective that the only real hope for justice is an organization of bounty hunters known as C.O.P.S (Civilian Operated Police Systems) John Tucker (David Carradine), a Los Angeles bounty hunter sporting a metal arm piece capable of shooting lasers , is hired to protect a woman reporter ( Anna Rapagna) from a gang of renegade cops. While Tucker is more interested in right defeating wrong than in payment for his services, he has become a bitter, washed up, drunken man due to all the corruption he has seen. The reporter has uncovered proof of the corruption and ineffectiveness of the police. Unfortunately, the bounty organization is run by a man who is also corrupt, and the C.O.P.S turn against the duo as well. Tucker does have an ally, Billy, who is a wheelchair bound computer genius.
At some point in the near future (around 1993), law enforcement has become so ineffective that the only real hope for justice is an organization of bounty hunters known as C.O.P.S (Civilian Operated Police Systems) John Tucker (David Carradine), a Los Angeles bounty hunter sporting a metal arm piece capable of shooting lasers, is hired to protect a woman reporter, Marion Sims (Anna Rapagna), from a gang of renegade cops.
While Tucker is more interested in right defeating wrong than in payment for his services, he has become a bitter, washed up, drunken man due to all the corruption he has seen. Reporter Sims has uncovered proof of the corruption and ineffectiveness of the C.O.P.S system. Unfortunately, the bounty organization is run by a man, Adams, who is also corrupt, and who turns the C.O.P.S organization. Tucker works to save Sims, but many of the bounty hunters from C.O.P.S are after her. When it becomes apparent that Tucker is now helping Sims, a bounty is put on his head as well.

Aiding Tucker and Sims is their ally, Billy, who is a computer genius who utilizes a wheelchair.<ref>[https://www.moriareviews.com/sciencefiction/future-force-1989.htm Moria]</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[David Carradine]] as Tucker
* [[David Carradine]] as Tucker
* [[Robert Tessier]] as Becker
* [[Robert Tessier]] as Becker
* Anna Rapagna as Marion
* Anna Rapagna as Marion
* William Zipp as Adams
* [[William Zipp]] as Adams
* Patrick Culliton as Grimes
* [[Patrick Culliton]] as Grimes
* Dawn Wildsmith as Roxanne
* Dawn Wildsmith as Roxanne
* [[D.C. Douglas]] as Billy
* [[D.C. Douglas]] as Billy
* [[Kimberley Casey (producer)|Kimberley Casey]] as Alicia
* [[Kimberley Casey (producer)|Kimberley Casey]] as Alicia


==Release==
''Future Force'' was released direct-to-video in the United States by A.I.P. in November 1989.{{sfn|Lor.|1991}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81142451/future-force-release/|title=New on Videocassette|date=November 3, 1989|newspaper=[[The Miami Herald]]|accessdate=July 9, 2021|page=E3|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception and legacy==
From contemporary reviews, "Lor." of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' reviewed the AIP video cassette on November 12, 1989.{{sfn|Lor.|1991}} "Lor." noted that the film "offers some offbeat social commentary in its sci-fi approach to the future of law enforcement" and that the film "is low-tech but scores high in imagination."{{sfn|Lor.|1991}}


Featured on [[Rifftrax]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rifftrax.com/future-force|title=Future Force|date=September 19, 2014|via=www.rifftrax.com}}</ref> Creature Feature gave the movie 2.5 out of five stars. praising the performance of Carradine, <ref>Stanley, J. (2000) Creature Feature:3rd Edition</ref> As of August 2019, the movie has a score of 14% at [[Rotten Tomatoes]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/future_force|title=Future Force (1989)|via=www.rottentomatoes.com}}</ref>
''Creature Feature'' gave the movie 2.5 out of five stars, praising the performance of Carradine, but found little else likeable in the film.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Stanley|first=John|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44924193|title=Creature features : the science fiction, fantasy, and horror movie guide|date=2000|publisher=Berkley Boulevard Books|isbn=0-425-17517-0|edition=Updated|location=New York|pages=205|oclc=44924193}}</ref> The film has a score of 14% at [[Rotten Tomatoes]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/future_force|title=Future Force (1989)|via=www.rottentomatoes.com}}</ref>

The movie was also spoofed by [[RiffTrax]] on July 27, 2012.<ref>[https://www.rifftrax.com/future-force RiffTrax]</ref>

==See also==
Films in similar vein:
*''[[R.O.T.O.R.]]''
*''[[Robocop]]''


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

===Sources===
* {{cite book|title=Variety's Film Reviews 1987-1988|volume=20|publisher=[[R. R. Bowker]]|isbn=0-8352-2667-0|year=1991|at=There are no page numbers in this book.|author=Lor.}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0099624|Future Force}}
*{{IMDb title|0099624|Future Force}}
*{{amg title|19011|Future Force}}


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Latest revision as of 22:01, 21 December 2024

Future Force
Directed byDavid A. Prior
Written byDavid A. Prior[1]
Produced byKimberley Casey[1]
Starring
CinematographyAndrew Parke[1]
Edited byPaul O'Bryan[1]
Music by
  • Tim James
  • Steve McClintock
  • Mark Mancina[1]
Production
company
Action International Pictures[1]
Release date
Running time
84 minutes[1]

Future Force is a 1989 science-fiction film written and directed by David A. Prior and starring David Carradine. A 1990 sequel to the film was made called Future Zone.[2][3]

Synopsis

[edit]

At some point in the near future (around 1993), law enforcement has become so ineffective that the only real hope for justice is an organization of bounty hunters known as C.O.P.S (Civilian Operated Police Systems) John Tucker (David Carradine), a Los Angeles bounty hunter sporting a metal arm piece capable of shooting lasers, is hired to protect a woman reporter, Marion Sims (Anna Rapagna), from a gang of renegade cops.

While Tucker is more interested in right defeating wrong than in payment for his services, he has become a bitter, washed up, drunken man due to all the corruption he has seen. Reporter Sims has uncovered proof of the corruption and ineffectiveness of the C.O.P.S system. Unfortunately, the bounty organization is run by a man, Adams, who is also corrupt, and who turns the C.O.P.S organization. Tucker works to save Sims, but many of the bounty hunters from C.O.P.S are after her. When it becomes apparent that Tucker is now helping Sims, a bounty is put on his head as well.

Aiding Tucker and Sims is their ally, Billy, who is a computer genius who utilizes a wheelchair.[4]

Cast

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Release

[edit]

Future Force was released direct-to-video in the United States by A.I.P. in November 1989.[1][5]

Reception and legacy

[edit]

From contemporary reviews, "Lor." of Variety reviewed the AIP video cassette on November 12, 1989.[1] "Lor." noted that the film "offers some offbeat social commentary in its sci-fi approach to the future of law enforcement" and that the film "is low-tech but scores high in imagination."[1]

Creature Feature gave the movie 2.5 out of five stars, praising the performance of Carradine, but found little else likeable in the film.[6] The film has a score of 14% at Rotten Tomatoes.[7]

The movie was also spoofed by RiffTrax on July 27, 2012.[8]

See also

[edit]

Films in similar vein:

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Lor. 1991.
  2. ^ "Movie Reviews". The New York Times. October 11, 2019 – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ^ Weldon, Michael (October 15, 1996). The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film. Macmillan. ISBN 9780312131494 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Moria
  5. ^ "New on Videocassette". The Miami Herald. November 3, 1989. p. E3. Retrieved July 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Stanley, John (2000). Creature features : the science fiction, fantasy, and horror movie guide (Updated ed.). New York: Berkley Boulevard Books. p. 205. ISBN 0-425-17517-0. OCLC 44924193.
  7. ^ "Future Force (1989)" – via www.rottentomatoes.com.
  8. ^ RiffTrax

Sources

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