Future Force (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Future Force

| image = Future_force_david_carradine_david_a_prior.jpg

| director = David A. Prior

| starring = {{plainlist| * David Carradine

Anna Rapagna}}

| writer = David A. Prior{{sfn|Lor.|1991}}

| producer = Kimberley Casey{{sfn|Lor.|1991}}

| music = {{plainlist|* Tim James

Steve McClintock
Mark Mancina{{sfn|Lor.|1991}}}}

| cinematography = Andrew Parke{{sfn|Lor.|1991}}

| editing = Paul O'Bryan{{sfn|Lor.|1991}}

| studio = Action International Pictures{{sfn|Lor.|1991}}

| released = {{Film date|1989|11||United States}}

| runtime = 84 minutes{{sfn|Lor.|1991}}

| country =

| language =

| budget =

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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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/reviews/movies|title=Movie Reviews|work=The New York Times |date=October 11, 2019|via=NYTimes.com}}{{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}}

Synopsis

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.[https://www.moriareviews.com/sciencefiction/future-force-1989.htm Moria]

Cast

David Carradine as Tucker
Robert Tessier as Becker
Anna Rapagna as Marion
William Zipp as Adams
Patrick Culliton as Grimes
Dawn Wildsmith as Roxanne
D.C. Douglas as Billy
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}}{{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}}

Reception and legacy

From contemporary reviews, "Lor." of 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}}

Creature Feature gave the movie 2.5 out of five stars, praising the performance of Carradine, but found little else likeable in the film.{{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}} The film has a score of 14% at Rotten Tomatoes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/future_force|title=Future Force (1989)|via=www.rottentomatoes.com}}

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

References

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{{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.}}