Don "The Dragon" Wilson is a secret service agent in a future world where a corrupt CEO has successfully implemented robots into the Department of Justice, completely circumventing the need for the judicial system. Unfortunately for Don, the senator he is protecting is completely corrupt and backs the Cybercore corporation to the point he is … Continue reading Cyber Tracker (1994)
I was on the edge of my seat! Until I scooted back, because that was definitely a potential hazard. Maintain a safe living environment folks, otherwise that's how accidents happen in the workplace or home. Anyway, Cy Warrior is about a robot super soldier who gets accidentally activated during a poker game and escapes from … Continue reading Cy Warrior (1989)
There is cyberpunk film, and then there is Japanese cyberpunk film. While cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction film, Japanese cyberpunk borrows many of the themes of cyberpunk but ventures into extremity and generally eschews or defies traditional narrative interpretation. Blade Runner is just as much an influence as the likes of Videodrome and … Continue reading Death Powder (1986)
I have to get something off my chest: I HATE THIS MOVIE! Like A*P*E, this movie was a failure on every level. But this movie didn't even have the good grace to show me a man in a monkey suit giving me the finger. Everything about this film is bad: the acting, the narrating, the … Continue reading R.O.T.O.R. (1987)
In the future, we send probes into the past. Yet for some reason instead of trying to send small objects or things of that nature, we send faulty killbots. After sending one such killbot probe to the 1970s, Dr. Nicholas Sinclair decides to travel back in time to stop it from killing a family, only … Continue reading A.P.E.X. (1994)
Yes, this ad is meant to make you think of The Terminator. No, this movie is nowhere near as good. In the future, rich people live on the moon and make video games, while on Earth the rest of us play death sports, evil corporations harvest our body parts at a rate of like 1 … Continue reading Futurekick (1991)
The movie Westworld had a sequel, only instead of killer robots in a theme park, it's about killer robots in a theme park...with nonsensical dream sequences, an evil corporation replacing world leaders with robots, and eyeglasses that would make Elton John giddy. Oh, and a lot of talk about sex with robots because why not? … Continue reading Futureworld (1976)
