Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

GarnettTeenage The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

bensonmum2 In the future, law enforcement will essentially be out-sourced. These new police, known by the unimaginative acronym COPS, will not only arrest criminals, but also, in many instances, act as judge and juror. But the system can easily be manipulated. When a reporter threatens one of the owners of COPS, he has the reporter's name added to the wanted list with a sizable bounty and a message to kill. One of the COPS named Tucker (David Carradine) sees the system for the flawed mess it has become, decides to help the reporter, and is put on the execute list for his trouble.If I had to use only two words to describe Future Force, I'd say it's lazy filmmaking. As an example, Future Force is lazy in the sense that, even though the movie is set in the future, very minimal effort was taken to make it look like the future. The only real futuristic aspect is the all-powerful glove used by Tucker. And, the filmmakers were so lazy they used it sparingly. Tucker uses a regular old non- futuristic pistol in 99% of the movie. Another way Future Force is lazy can be seen in the acting. I can't remember one acting performance that stood out. Every one of them seems to be just going through the motions. The worst offender is Carradine. His performance is a fantastic example of an actor in it for the paycheck. It's easy to see he doesn't care at all about the finished product. Speaking of Carradine, he looks horrible in this movie. I can't remember ever seeing him look this out of shape. He doesn't look well. You can see Future Force's laziness in the writing. The film is full of filler. There are scenes that add nothing to the plot. In fact, there are scenes where literally nothing happens. There are a few example I could name (people driving cars with no purpose, people doing absolutely nothing while hiding out, etc) but my favorites are a couple of rather lengthy shots of a guy having a drink. That's all he does – he pours a drink, sips it, sets the glass down, and picks it up for another drink. And it happens at least twice in the movie. It's about as lazy a job of writing as I can remember. Future Force is another of those movies I could write about for days. The laziness extends to set-design, music, costuming, and on and on. But, as I always say, what's the point. It's a bad movie that doesn't deserve any rating higher than 2/10. In some ways it's not as bad as it is sad. Future Force is truly a depressing experience.

Idiot-Deluxe "Come on Tucker get up I want some more of your ass!"Warning: Look out for the airborn knuckle-sandwich an hour and eight minutes in!1989's Future Force is highly typical of the Derrick that David Carradine churned out throughout his career, in fact it's a textbook example of exactly what level of film-making one can expect to see when the name David Carradine shows up; another good/typical example of his work would Dune Warriors, which was made the year after Future Force.Carradine's a cop of sort's "the top-gun in his precinct", but more accurately he's a bounty hunter, he works for C.O.P.S. (civilian operated police systems) it's supposedly "the future", but you'd NEVER guess it by any of the visuals this movie has to offer. Filmed in and around L.A. and in "the future" nearly everyone is clad in denim from head to toe and they use the standard fire-arm's of today, why "Tucker" (that's Carradine's character) even uses an antique pistol, a type that dates back to the 1800's - again their supposedly depicting "the future" here. Never have I seen a lamer or lazier or less imaginative attempt to depict the future then what we see in this movie, again, that's FUTURE Force were talking about here. However there is one instance where they actually tried to convince the audience that what they were seeing was really "the future", it's their one attempt at hi-tech. Tucker has this special one-of-a-kind glove (that he keeps in the back of his Jeep Cherokee, yep those are his "futuristic" wheels, there are several old-beater station wagons used as well, I'm not kidding) that can do "all kinds of things", such as shoot laser beams, give him super-human strength and by use of a remote-control it can fly through the air and unleash a clench-fisted air-born assault against Tucker's enemies. This glove Tucker has pretty much looks like a glorified version of a Nintendo Power-Glove (which was brand-new on the market at the time)- yes, the cheese-factor of this lame action flick is pretty high times.Throughout the movie the action is completely standard-fare, except for the chase scenes which are well below average. Other than Carradine the only other actor of note (that anyone's familiar with) to be seen in Future Force is the distinctive character actor, the late Robert Tessier (Rob was unfortunately cut-down by cancer the following year), other than those two the cast is filled out with no-name/inter-changeable actor's. To his credit the guy who plays the lead-villain is pretty good, whoever he is. It's surprising that Carradine, a martial arts expert, would look and move the way he does in this movie, having a bit of a gut and he exerts the minimum amount of energy and effort throughout the movie - in other words, a very lazy and half-assed performance. You can plainly tell he's not interested in the movie and is merely there to pick up a check, which if you watch his movies, usually seems to be Carradine's MO (with maybe a few exceptions, Lone Wold McQuade is pretty good). If you can believe it they actually felt the need to make a sequel the very next year, yes they were highly motivated (Carradine returns, just for another paycheck) to churn out yet another generic, sub-par, quickly forgotten low-budget action film - in the form of 1990's "Future Zone", which is really no better or worse than Future Force.Ultimately this movie, Future Force, is a profoundly unremarkable and easily forgotten movie that has very little to offer, it is lazy, amateurish and uninspired - though I have seen worse.Note: I think you'll find the location photography to be just INSPIRED throughout, the crew did a real bang-up job capturing L.A. in all it's splendor. I wonder if thee iconic "Happy Burger" restaurant (there's this -ridiculous- shot an hour or so into the movie, where Happy Burger's garish outer facade fills nearly the entire shot!!) is still up is still up and going - if so I'd like to try one!Future Force would make a perfect double-feature with R.O.T.O.R. What would be the sale's pitch? Maybe, "Do you like Crappy Movies? Well hey, you're in luck - here's two more!"

Comeuppance Reviews In the future, crime is so rampant that regular police are overworked. Enter C.O.P.S., a private firm that is like law enforcement/bounty hunters. It stands for Civilian Operated Police Systems. The big hotshot of the C.O.P.S. is one John Tucker (Carradine). With the help of his computer nerd buddy Billy (Douglas), he always gets his man. After it is thought that TV news reporter Marion Sims (Rapagna) has some incriminating dirt on corrupt Adams (Zipp), the head of the C.O.P.S., he frames her for, of all things, treason, and now all the bounty hunters are after her. Luckily (or perhaps not), Tucker gets to her first. Now Tucker and Sims are on the run from their former co-workers, who all shoot to kill. Adams and his sidekick Becker (Tessier) are ruthless, especially against someone who is "not on their payroll", i.e. Tucker. But Tucker has a secret weapon, a "power glove" that must be seen to be believed....Here, director David Prior steals from everything ranging from Death Race 2000 (1975) to The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) to The Gauntlet (1977) to Robocop (1987), and it all has an especially junky feel. Even the cartoon COPS, which debuted on TV in 1988 (in that case it stood for Central Organization of Police Specialists), and the "original reality show" Cops, which debuted in 1989, might have been reference points for Prior, as they were contemporary shows in the general consciousness.But the filmmakers must have had problems with the timeline, as even though Future Force was released in '89, the "far off future time" was a full two years later, 1991! Couldn't they do just a bit better? Then again, they could have been aping yet another 80's classic, Max Headroom, which takes place 23 minutes into the future. But this seems like it could have been a potential Ron Marchini vehicle, as it has the same cheap, "futuristic", garbagey scenario, you know it's the future because all the baddies wear baseball caps, and Carradine gives a flat, unlikable performance. Even "John Travis" (one of Marchini's characters) and "John Tucker" are not far off, and Zipp's portrayal of Adams is kind of D.W. Landingham-esque. Was this originally meant for Marchini, but Carradine was used instead? Carradine seems bored/tired/uninterested/perturbed in his role as Tucker, and even though he was 53 years old at the time of shooting, it is said he is 40. We're not saying all action stars have to be young guys - look at Eastwood (an obvious influence on this film) - but come on. If the main star is not up for it, it can drag the movie down. While Carradine can do better, perhaps the influence of Marchini was just too strong. We know they know each other, at the very least, because they did a movie together, Karate Cop (1991). It's almost funny how much Carradine openly seems like he doesn't even want to be there. But on the bright side, he has an awesome vest.As far as the baddies, William Zipp gives the best performance we've seen of his to date. He sinks his teeth into his villain role. His sidekick Becker (interestingly also the name of his sidekick in Jungle Assault (1989), but played by Ted Prior), is a good heavy, and the actor that played him, Robert Tessier has a long career which contains everything from One Man Force (1989) to Beverly Hills Brats (1989) to No Safe Haven (1987).All of Tucker's C.O.P.S. co-workers are goofy-looking dudes (except for genre stalwart Dawn Wildsmith) and they hang out at a strip club called the Demilitarized Zone, but in the movie, they misspell "demilitarized"! Come on. Little things like that go to illustrate the sloppiness of the overall production.It may seem we've been a bit hard on Future Force, and Carradine's perhaps-uncaring performance has something to do with that (even though he's credited as a co-producer, so you'd think he'd care more, or at least put on that face), but if you take into account everything we've said so far, you could still have a grand old time watching this movie. It's "cheap and cheerful" as they say, and there are plenty of fun and funny moments. Plus it has some memorable Steve McClintock music, as is common for AIP, and has a short running time of less than 80 minutes.Seemingly one of the more popular AIP titles, you might be able to find this at closing video stores or thrift shops. If you do, pick it up...but don't get on John Tucker's bad side.For more insanity, please visit: comeupppancereviews.com

HaemovoreRex A bevy of curiously pot bellied actors (including an especially out of shape David Carradine) feature in this mildly enjoyable romp from the ever prolific, David A Prior. Well, first things first - it has to be said that this is cheap with a capital 'C' - and by gum, it shows! Nonetheless, as with most of Mr Priors other offerings, the fun factor here makes up for the budgetary shortcomings as we are treated to a plethora of shoot outs, fights and scenes featuring topless, gyrating dancers.....um.....OK. As other reviewers have quite rightly noted, the doubtless highlight in this though involves Carradine's robotic glove which is a pretty nifty bit of kit, for not only can it punch through solid doors and fire laser beams(!) but it is also fully, independently operational via a remote control(!) (a control which bears an uncanny similarity to one of those used to open an electronic garage door in fact.....) Suffice to say that you can not really say to have lived until you have witnessed the bloody thing flying through the air and attacking someone!Yes indeed, this is simple, daft fun and will go down a joyous treat with friends over and a large amount of alcohol.