Review of Future World (2018) by Anthony B — 21 Jul 2018

Should have been called James Franco: Fury Road. Future World kinda stars and was directed by James Franco who is also an uncredited writer. He made the film with his endless list of obscure hipster connections, somehow managing to slap together a B list cast and crew to make his passion project of week.

First off, I get the sneaking suspicious that this "film" was shot over a weekend... at Burning Man. Everything in this barely 90 min dystopian dud is stolen from better sci-fi flicks ranging from new to old and indie to mainstream.

The list includes: Road Warrior and Fury Road (obviously), the Bad Batch, Turbo Kid, and Automata. All of which are far better than Future World. Even the title was stolen from a 1976 sci-fi movie called Futureworld (no space), which is also about robots.

I will say that Milla Jovovich is a guilty pleasure at times, even if she doesn't exactly turn in her best performance. Overall, this movie sucked and I can't wait to forget about it, which fortunately shouldn't be too hard.

This is a D- tops because much like Franco, there is no reason for its existence.