a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title ger

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title fre

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title ita

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title spa

a Classification number DVD 000168

a Personal name Dickerson, Ernest R.

a Title Futuresport

h Medium DVD

a Place of publication, distribution, etc USA

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 1998

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Amen Ra Films

a Extent 1 DVD

a Playing time 91 min

a Creation/production credits note Steve De Jarnatt

a Summary, etc Shades of Rollerball! Director Ernest Dickerson and executive producer Wesley Snipes ponder the sport of the future and come up with... Futuresport, a combination of handball, ice hockey, and skateboard hot-dogging begun as an inner-city alternative to gang warfare and transformed into a glitzy media sensation. Dean Cain stars as the reigning Futuresport hero, a cocky glory hound who counts his cash and "popularity index" ratings with a smug grin until his narcissism costs him the championship game. As a ruthless terrorist group pushes the world to the brink of war, the suddenly altruistic Cain hatches a plan to bring Futuresport back to its roots. With the help of reporter (and former flame) Vanessa Williams and the game's creator (a rastah-inflected Snipes, who gives himself the film's best role), Cain proposes a winner-take-all game to settle the territorial dispute. Beefy former TV "Superman" Cain makes a better reformed hero than a snotty superstar and looks great in the game scenes, but Snipes steals the film with his funky turn as the inner-city guru with more on his mind than the game. Dickerson gives this TV film a handsome look and even injects a little grit into the otherwise bland screenplay, but apart from the zippy game scenes (which Dickerson films with an electrified energy), it's a familiar and rather flat bit of science fiction hokum. Footage containing violence and brief nudity has been added for home video

a Language note Languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish

a Language note Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element SciFi

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Sport

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Thriller

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Action

a Personal name Hughes, Adrian.

a Personal name Bill Smitrovich

a Personal name JR Bourne

a Personal name Valerie Chow

a Personal name Vanessa L Williams

a Personal name Wesley Snipes

a Personal name Dean Cain

u Uniform Resource Identifier http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0158409/

u Cover Images http://library.neu.edu.tr/uploaded-files/coverimages/Futuresport (1998) (TV) (1998) - 0158409.jpg