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Good David Carradine Movie, November 30, 2009
Future Force features David Carradine as a high-achieving bounty-hunter policemen who becomes unknowingly involved in a police corruption plan to eliminate a newswoman who supposedly has information against the new police commander Jason Adams. The sexiness of Anna Rapagna and Dawn Wildsmith is displayed well, and there is energetic and effective vocal rock music as well as some pulsing techno sounds. The barren industrial streets are perfect and attractive for the action-driving scenes. Carradine deviates from the formula hero by avoiding the killing of the pursuing policemen (who don't know they're being wrongly used by commander Adams) when he can and by stepping out of the way so the policemen can blast Adams at the end. Because of budget limitations, Future Force cannot be more than what it is, which is a good David Carradine movie, but I would much rather watch this movie than typical television police shows.
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You Have The Right To Die, October 7, 2009
I enjoyed this movie. It's far from a classic, but it had a lot of action, a pretty good plot, stereotypical characters acted just about right, and, importantly, did not take itself too seriously, but just seriously enough. David Carradine realized his character just about perfectly. The story in a nutshell: Police function has been privatized and there is a motley crew "association" of bounty hunters, C.O.P.S., that compete with each other for the payoff. The association is rather odd as it's pretty much every man for himself, but probably necessary as a front for legitimacy. Tucker (Carradine) is the best of them, partly due to his secret computer genius partner who is also his adopted child due to an unfortunate accident that left him paralyzed as a result of being mistakenly shot by Tucker when he was six. Tucker is a gun-slinging urban cowboy guy who cruises around in a Jeep Cherokee apprehending fugitives from justice who have been sentenced by the courts. Surrender or die(usually) is the choice the fugitives have as their Miranda rights have been reduced to "You have the right to die if you choose". C.O.P.S. is one rowdy bunch of guys and gals. They spend their leisure time at the DMZ, a stripper bar so named because they don't kill each other there. There are lots of chases that cover the underbelly of the city (appears to be L.A.); underneath the freeway, alleys, junkyards, etc. There are lots of western style shoot-outs. Tucker has a high-tech clamp-on hand weapon that is so ridiculous it provides great camp. There are badder than bad guys who kill gleefully for personal wealth and power, shifting alliances and betrayals, a rocket-propelled-grenade wielding clergyman, and a 70's/80's West Coast pop-culture sensibility. Enjoy this one. I did. Enough to desire to check out the sequel.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
You Have The Right To Die, October 7, 2009
This review is from: Future Force (DVD)
I enjoyed this movie. It's far from a classic, but it had a lot of action, a pretty good plot, stereotypical characters acted just about right, and, importantly, did not take itself too seriously, but just seriously enough. David Carradine realized his character just about perfectly. The story in a nutshell: Police function has been privatized and there is a motley crew "association" of bounty hunters, C.O.P.S., that compete with each other for the payoff. The association is rather odd as it's pretty much every man for himself, but probably necessary as a front for legitimacy. Tucker (Carradine) is the best of them, partly due to his secret computer genius partner who is also his adopted child due to an unfortunate accident that left him paralyzed as a result of being mistakenly shot by Tucker when he was six. Tucker is a gun-slinging urban cowboy guy who cruises around in a Jeep Cherokee apprehending fugitives from justice who have been sentenced by the courts. Surrender or die(usually) is the choice the fugitives have as their Miranda rights have been reduced to "You have the right to die if you choose". C.O.P.S. is one rowdy bunch of guys and gals. They spend their leisure time at the DMZ, a stripper bar so named because they don't kill each other there. There are lots of chases that cover the underbelly of the city (appears to be L.A.); underneath the freeway, alleys, junkyards, etc. There are lots of western style shoot-outs. Tucker has a high-tech clamp-on hand weapon that is so ridiculous it provides great camp. There are badder than bad guys who kill gleefully for personal wealth and power, shifting alliances and betrayals, a rocket-propelled-grenade wielding clergyman, and a 70's/80's West Coast pop-culture sensibility. Enjoy this one. I did. Enough to desire to check out the sequel.
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