SCIENCE! Movie: "Freejack"
The touching story of a former hockey player (Emilio Estevez) forced to coach a peewee hockey team!
Wait, no.
The touching story of a racecar driver (Emilio Estevez) forced to have his brain replaced by Anthony Hopkins! In the Future! Also Mick Jagger is a decent actor.
Much better.
Freejack was a lot of fun. I always get a kick out of movies with some far-off future date that isn't so far off now. Apparently in a scant two years, rich people will transport people from the past near the moment of death, only to transplant their consciousnesses into the freejack (hey, we've got a movie title! WHOO!). Also the middle class will effectively disappear, and I think we're currently near the end of a ten-year depression. Who knew?
Emilio Estevez was... tolerable? I've never been too impressed with his acitng abilities, and sometimes he was a lot cockier than a person from the past ought to be. I will give them kudos for being one of the few movies I can recall where it made sense for the main character to jump into any random car and be able to drive it well (since he was a racecar driver in the past/present).
I don't think poofing up someone's hair is enough to make them look 18 years older. I'm talkin' to you, Rene Russo.
Did anyone else just crack up when they went inside Sir Hopkins' computer mind? They were flying through wormholes and crap! It looked like they blew their whole effects budget on that scene. But beyond some technical shortcomings and some cheesy Estevez dialogue, I had a great time. It was probably worth it for Mick Jagger's surprisingly capable performance. And you know, explosions and car chases and laser guns. And fast elevators.
Wait, no.
The touching story of a racecar driver (Emilio Estevez) forced to have his brain replaced by Anthony Hopkins! In the Future! Also Mick Jagger is a decent actor.
Much better.
Freejack was a lot of fun. I always get a kick out of movies with some far-off future date that isn't so far off now. Apparently in a scant two years, rich people will transport people from the past near the moment of death, only to transplant their consciousnesses into the freejack (hey, we've got a movie title! WHOO!). Also the middle class will effectively disappear, and I think we're currently near the end of a ten-year depression. Who knew?
Emilio Estevez was... tolerable? I've never been too impressed with his acitng abilities, and sometimes he was a lot cockier than a person from the past ought to be. I will give them kudos for being one of the few movies I can recall where it made sense for the main character to jump into any random car and be able to drive it well (since he was a racecar driver in the past/present).
I don't think poofing up someone's hair is enough to make them look 18 years older. I'm talkin' to you, Rene Russo.
Did anyone else just crack up when they went inside Sir Hopkins' computer mind? They were flying through wormholes and crap! It looked like they blew their whole effects budget on that scene. But beyond some technical shortcomings and some cheesy Estevez dialogue, I had a great time. It was probably worth it for Mick Jagger's surprisingly capable performance. And you know, explosions and car chases and laser guns. And fast elevators.
Comments
OK, and Renee Russo's character-- as far as I could tell, in the past she had no particular profession and basically was preparing for a future as a driver's wife a la Leslie Bibb in Talladega Nights. But 18 years later she has sprouted EXTREME BIG BUSINESS NEGOTIATING INSTINCT and fluent Japanese? I think she better watch out for Sylar.
Even though stealing bodies from the past at the moment before death for use as replacements is about as SCIENCE! as it gets. Who needs simplicity when you can have something over-wrought and stylish?