Future World (2018)

A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.

Directors:

James Franco, Bruce Thierry Cheung

Writers:

Bruce Thierry Cheung, Jay Davis

Stars:

James Franco, Suki Waterhouse, Jeff Wahlberg

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
James Franco	...	Warlord
Suki Waterhouse	...	Ash
Jeff Wahlberg	...	Prince (as Jeffrey Wahlberg)
Margarita Levieva	...	Lei
Snoop Dogg	...	Love Lord
Twin Shadow	...	Ratcatcher (as George Lewis Jr.)
Method Man	...	Tattooed Face (as Clifford 'Method Man' Smith)
Lucy Liu	...	Queen
Milla Jovovich	...	Drug Lord
Carmen Argenziano	...	Grandfather
Scott Haze	...	Gutter
Rumer Willis	...	Rosie
Ben Youcef	...	Rico
Wilmer Calderon	...	Skinny
Lee Coc	...	Fatty (as Eliud Casas 'Lee Coc')

Storyline

Inside a desert oasis, a queen (Lucy Liu) lays dying as her son Prince (Jeffrey Wahlberg) travels across barren waste lands to find a near-mythical medicine to save her life. After evading violent raiders on motorbikes led by the Warlord (James Franco) and his enforcer (Cliff "Method Man" Smith), Prince meets Ash (Suki Waterhouse), the Warlord's robot sex companion-assassin who's in search of her own soul. As Prince is captured by the Druglord (Milla Jovovich), the Warlord's forces roar in - and Prince fights to save the remnants of humanity.

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Plot Keywords:

post apocalypse | robot | android | bare breasts | female nudity | 

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Taglines:

Welcome to paradise. It's closer than you think.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

16

Did You Know?

Trivia

Rumer Willis' father is Bruce Willis, whom Milla Jovovich starred alongside with in The Fifth Element.

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Connections

References Alien (1979)

User Reviews

It's pretty dumb.

James Franco really doesn't know how to direct and should probably stay away from attempting it in the future. There really aren't many ways to describe this movie other than plain dumb, it's just not that good. It seems like this was more a project for some actors and rappers to goof around and enjoy themselves, which can work, if the story and acting doesn't suck.

I was going to write out a movie summary but decided it's really not needed. The movie takes place in essentially 4 "sets", a beautiful grove filled with flowing water and trees, a shack decorated to look like a brothel, an abandoned church in the middle of nowhere, and an abandoned resort in the middle of nowhere. They didn't build any of this, it's clear they filmed in random places they found, they didn't even bother dressing them up. Franco hams it up as the evil bad guy Warlord, Suki Waterhouse is a sexy robot, Snoop Dogg is a pimp (shocker), and Mila Jovavich is a chemist? Or something. I dunno, she somehow makes drugs from the crappiest looking chemistry set I've seen. Another dumb thing that irked me, this movie takes place over several days but not ONCE do they show what people eat or drink or how they get any of their resources. There's NOTHING else but the filming locations and it's all in the middle of nowhere. It a dumb thing to bother me but...3-4 days in the desert without a sip of water and no sign of dehydration? That's just basic character development. Which there is absolutely none of in this movie.

So why did I rate it a 4? Two stars for the film because it was shot relatively well, and two stars for Suki Waterhouse and Mila Jovavich looking hot as hell. Honestly just a really amateurish movie. It wants to be campy and cult status invoking...it's not. It's just dumb.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 June 2018 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Ateities pasaulis

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$163,313

Company Credits

Production Co:

AMBI Group, Black Sparrow Films, Dark Rabbit Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1