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SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Predrag It looks great, it's fast-paced, it has good actors, but it's a turkey. What went wrong? Firstly, one of those actors - Rene Russo - doesn't have her heart in it. And since she's the love interest, that kills the love story. There's been plenty of negative comment about Mick Jagger in this, but he's fine. It seems most people just can't get their heads around such a famous rock star being an actor. The major problem is the script, which probably had merit when written, but ended up after the rewrites making very little sense. You can watch this movie and enjoy the ride, but at the end you just ask yourself, "What the hell was that?".None of it makes much sense. Every scene has been designed as a photo opportunity to make the film's technicians look good on show reels - and they do. But the price paid is to alienate the audience from any identification or lasting enjoyment. So what's so great about this movie? Emilio Estevez. He carries this movie overall, and puts in a good performance. Sadly, his effort is not enough to keep this movie out of the $.99 cent bin. At the time Freejack came out, this cast was A-List. But even with Estevez putting In a solid job, and Jagger doing better than I expected, it could not offset the "phoning it in" performances from Russo and Hopkins. So in closing, it's no masterpiece. But, if you're wanting a throwback sci-fi that is fun to watch, here's your bet. Overall rating: 5 out of 10.

SnoopyStyle Auto racer Alex Furlong (Emilio Estevez) has a horrible crash in front of his girlfriend Julie Redlund (Rene Russo). He is kidnapped by Victor Vacendak (Mick Jagger) at the moment of impact and transported into the future known as a Freejack. The US is a dystopian crime-ridden world with McCandless Corp as the biggest and most powerful company. The head of the corporation Ian McCandless (Anthony Hopkins) had died and transferred his mind into a vast computer called the Spiritual Switchboard. Julie Redlund is now a high-power executive in McCandless. When criminals attack Victor's convoy, Alex manages to escape. Victor must hunt down Alex for Ian McCandless who has 36 more hours to transfer his mind into a body.This is one of those cheesy 90s sci-fi movies. Lots of money and effort had been spent on making the cars look futuristic. It mostly leaves them looking cheesy. The whole thing is a bit of cheese fest. Mick Jagger is interesting as a villain but he never stops being Mick Jagger. There is plenty of action and some car chases. It all adds up to something that isn't quite up to par but has some memorable cheese.

FlashCallahan Racer Alex Furlong is snatched by time travel, a split second before a fatal explosion, by Vacendak's 21st-century team of techies, who plan to sell his healthy body to an ailing rich man at McCandless Corporation, for a mind transfer. He escapes, but has no rights in this nightmare future of violence and sleaze. The story concerns his survival, and his attempt to revive his relationship with his fiancée Julie, now 15 years older and an executive at McCandless....Loved this movie when it was released in 1992, had doubts if I would like it nearly twenty years later with rose coloured specs, and while the film has many flaws, you cannot deny the stupid fun you have whilst watching it.Basically, Murphy has taken Estevez's Billy the Kid and made him into a sci-fi hero, thats plain and simple, as there are many connotations to young guns 2.Even though the story and narration is convoluted throughout, watching Mick Jagger spouting many a classic line is alone worth watching the movie.The swagger he has when saying every line, and the audience can physically see him trying to act so much, he just stops caring toward the end, and it's all the better for it.Emilio is good, but as i've already said, it's just Billy the Kid.The rest of the cast really support well, even if its obvious Hopkins did this for the cash. Characters go and go without any explanation, especially Frankie Faison, and the chap who appears to know Alex when he goes back to his apartment, why didn't Alex have a chat with him/Set pieces are fun even if the are cheesy, and the film is only semi-serious, nothing here to test the grey matter.It's a fun Friday night movie, never boring, always silly.

edwin_de_groen This is not a very good movie...but not a very bad one either.It's like Highlander: bad acting in a bad plot...but in a sloppy, ill decorated sci-fi way still quite amusing. Add a few interesting 'not often seen' ingredients like Mick Jagger and a hell raising nun...and it gets even more amusing...and with glamor icon David Johansen with his sandpaper voice the whole lot gets even digestible.If you enjoy seeing a semi-bad film more than once, if it, in spite of the sum of bad ingredients, still keeps you interested and has your sympathy...well...than it must be a CULT movie.And it is...