Review of Futuresport (1999) by James S — 04 Nov 2010

Wow....wouldn't it be awesome if all the problems in the world could be solved by a game of sport?

So goes the minuscule idea behind Futuresport and the results are anything but awesome. This dreadfully cheap looking excuse for a movie might have had a fighting chance were it not some kiddie friendly skateboarding game involved but as it is, this is a total waste of time.

Boring doesn't even begin to cover Futuresport. Dean Cain shows just why his post Superman career has been so awful with another bland performance as the ego driven star of the game Futuresport who puts together a rough and tough bunch to take on some Haiwain liberation front. It sounds bollocks, it is bollocks.

Wesley Snipes dons a bad wig and talks in a drawling, thoroughly bored voice as the creator of the game which was meant to solve problems on the streets. He at least knows he's been in better movies.

The sets are computer generated but look like they were done from the same paint box as early 90s kids show Knightmare and the action sequences are non-existent. Rather than actually showing Vanessa Williams rescue scene, it's merely just cut out.

Futuresport is actually painful to sit through. Tired, dull, lifeless and downright crap!