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Future Sport | Year: 1998 Directed: - Ernest R.Dickerson Actors/Actresses: - Dean Cain - Vanessa L.Williams - Wesley Snipes A Nice Surprise I'll be honest, like many of you Dean Cain fans (namely the women)I rented this movie because Dean is the most beautiful man alive. So I went into this movie with a very open mind. To tell you the truth, I really enjoyed the movie. It's a very cool sci-fi, sport, action movie and it's not that bad. At first, it's a little hard to follow, (especially if you're just staring at Dean), but it really makes sense. I guess the plot is a little out there, but so's the future. I mean who knows?-someday the world might be like that. It was good to see Dean play someone other than the sweet and innocent Clark Kent. He's a very talented actor who shouldn't just be remembered as Superman. Vanessa Williams was very good, playing the sassy heroine that knew how to take care of herself. A very believable character. And Wesley Snipes, the comic relief, helped the movie by adding a dash of humor to all the action. If you like, sci-fi, Future Sport is perfect for you-there is more to it than Dean Cain. No Future for this "Futuresport" I was being kind to give this DVD a 3 rating. I was disapointed in the actors and the plot was so over-used that I fell asleep a few times. So you've got your "futuresport", a combination of hocky, rollerball, and anti-grav boards. What started out as a means of stopping street gangs from fighting has turned into a multi-million dollar world-wide event. The future holds nothing new - we still have primadona atheletes who want megabucks for doing their thing. It boils down to the good guys, lead by Dean Cain, fighting the bad guys for world domination or was it freedom? All I know is it's supposed to stop the terrorist attacks by the "freedom fighters" who want to make their point and in the meantime it will make a lot of money for somebody. Wesley Snipes plays a fading hero with a Rastaman hairdo and accent, who is supposed to have been Dean Cain's mentor, which he was, but now he's in it for the money with the bad guys. Confused yet? Just remember that the good guys always win and Good will always triumph over Evil. Hey, where's my Rum Raizon ice cream? The way of the world... 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. Buy Future Sport at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Future Sport Search with the Priority Search Engine on Future Sport This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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