The Awesome Emelio Estevez was the reason i originally looked for this on video back in the late 90's, I'm an Estevez fan but not from what he's most famous for flicks, not his "Brat Pack" films but his other underrated Genre greats such as the fun sci-fi Horror Maximum Overdrive" & the Cop Comedy Thriller Classic Stakeout & it's excellent sequel Another Stakeout & most of all for the best film of his Career, the Brilliant Urban Survival Thriller Judgment Night now to me Estevez is definitely an underrated actor & movie star, he was huge during the 80's & into the 90's with his Western flicks Young Guns 1&2 which i like, but somehow towards the end of the 90's he vanished as a leading actor & done a little bit of directing. I haven't forgotten Estevez as he's one of my all time favourite actors & some of his films like I've mentioned I've been loving & watching since i was a young teen & still love his films!!!
Estevez is good here too in "FreeJack" an action packed sci-fi Thriller that puts Estevez on the run in a dark, bleak futuristic setting & that's what appealed to me & whan i caught this late at night on the sci-fi channel i totally enjoyed it, to me at times it felt a little bit like Judgment Night in a way with Estevez on the run & being chased & hunted in a gloomy urban setting, i love him on the run.
Anyway this is a fun sci-fi chase Thriller with a well created dark & dreary futuristic world where Estevez is transported there through some new strange technology to steal his healthy body just before he crashes in a race car, now Estevez as Alex Furlong is trying to stay alive in this new Dangerous & Apocalyptic New York City. The look of this film is actually Awesome & well designed, it's no different than say Demolition Man or The Running Man it's that type of fun sci-fi action Thriller, infact it's got a similar feel & look to Running Man & Escape from New York with it's dirty, gritty & dark look & cinematography. Estevez is good here in an Action hero role & does alot of Cool action scenes & THAT'S another thing is the Action is good as is the special fx & we have Bounty hunters & a dangerous City that Furlong must keep running from. I love Chase films & sci-fi Thriller's so i enjoyed this fun flick.
Director Geoff Murphy has made a nice slice of dark sci-fi here with his FreeJack film, he also directed Estevez in Young Guns 2 in 1990 & they seem to work well together on screen. Like I've already mentioned above that i really like the look of this film with it's dark & Smokey cinematography that feels very set in gritty realism & this fun sci-fi Chase Thriller definitely fits into the Genre perfectly & is a very underrated movie, it never gets mentioned & i don't think many people have seen it or even heard about it?
I love 90's Estevez best as i loved & lived the 90's as my teenage years & watched Estevez's 90's flicks the most like Judgment Night & Another Stakeout & Mighty Ducks & Young Guns 2 so Estevez was a big part of my movie watching world. To me Estevez was the Action Hero for the ordinary guys out there as he was very different from Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Van Damme & Seagal as Estevez wasn't a big tall muscled guy & wasn't a martial arts fighter, he was this averages dude that was Cool, funny & handsome & charming but always grounded & down to earth.
Estevez doesn't get the recognition he deserves & that's a shame because he was a huge part of Cinema & movies back in the day. Estevez remains one of my favourite movie stars & i still watch his films lots!!!
FreeJack is very 90's fun & pure sci-fi pulp entertainment & nothing too serious or over an thinking type of film, the cast are ok nothing special & Mick Jagger is weird choice & not a great actor but he's only there to hunt Estevez as a bounty hunter, but his character is actually quite good & is not a total scum bag!!!
Rene Russo is fine as Furlongs long lost lover now living in the upper class side of the futuristic New York City & Anthony Hopkins is ok as the main villain but i couldn't care less about them as i just wanted to see the Cool Estevez in another chase Thriller!!!
Estevez made the excellent Judgment Night the next year in 1993.
Estevez is good here too in "FreeJack" an action packed sci-fi Thriller that puts Estevez on the run in a dark, bleak futuristic setting & that's what appealed to me & whan i caught this late at night on the sci-fi channel i totally enjoyed it, to me at times it felt a little bit like Judgment Night in a way with Estevez on the run & being chased & hunted in a gloomy urban setting, i love him on the run.
Anyway this is a fun sci-fi chase Thriller with a well created dark & dreary futuristic world where Estevez is transported there through some new strange technology to steal his healthy body just before he crashes in a race car, now Estevez as Alex Furlong is trying to stay alive in this new Dangerous & Apocalyptic New York City. The look of this film is actually Awesome & well designed, it's no different than say Demolition Man or The Running Man it's that type of fun sci-fi action Thriller, infact it's got a similar feel & look to Running Man & Escape from New York with it's dirty, gritty & dark look & cinematography. Estevez is good here in an Action hero role & does alot of Cool action scenes & THAT'S another thing is the Action is good as is the special fx & we have Bounty hunters & a dangerous City that Furlong must keep running from. I love Chase films & sci-fi Thriller's so i enjoyed this fun flick.
Director Geoff Murphy has made a nice slice of dark sci-fi here with his FreeJack film, he also directed Estevez in Young Guns 2 in 1990 & they seem to work well together on screen. Like I've already mentioned above that i really like the look of this film with it's dark & Smokey cinematography that feels very set in gritty realism & this fun sci-fi Chase Thriller definitely fits into the Genre perfectly & is a very underrated movie, it never gets mentioned & i don't think many people have seen it or even heard about it?
I love 90's Estevez best as i loved & lived the 90's as my teenage years & watched Estevez's 90's flicks the most like Judgment Night & Another Stakeout & Mighty Ducks & Young Guns 2 so Estevez was a big part of my movie watching world. To me Estevez was the Action Hero for the ordinary guys out there as he was very different from Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Van Damme & Seagal as Estevez wasn't a big tall muscled guy & wasn't a martial arts fighter, he was this averages dude that was Cool, funny & handsome & charming but always grounded & down to earth.
Estevez doesn't get the recognition he deserves & that's a shame because he was a huge part of Cinema & movies back in the day. Estevez remains one of my favourite movie stars & i still watch his films lots!!!
FreeJack is very 90's fun & pure sci-fi pulp entertainment & nothing too serious or over an thinking type of film, the cast are ok nothing special & Mick Jagger is weird choice & not a great actor but he's only there to hunt Estevez as a bounty hunter, but his character is actually quite good & is not a total scum bag!!!
Rene Russo is fine as Furlongs long lost lover now living in the upper class side of the futuristic New York City & Anthony Hopkins is ok as the main villain but i couldn't care less about them as i just wanted to see the Cool Estevez in another chase Thriller!!!
Estevez made the excellent Judgment Night the next year in 1993.