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Freejack (1992): Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Anthony Hopkins; Champion race driver Emilio Estevez is rescued from death and beamed into 2009 where he soon sets about kicking the totalitarian asses of both Mick…
Lawnmower Man, The (1992): Dir. Brett Leonard
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Jeff Fahey, Jenny Wright; Tech–head Pierce Brosnan unwittingly transforms his simple–minded gardener into a megalomaniac. This first feature to explore 'Virtual…
Creator (1985): Dir. Ivan Passer
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Mariel Hemingway, Vincent Spano…; A charmingly absurd sci–fi rom–com from the 1980's starring Peter O'Toole as a madcap scientist who applies his eccentric methodology to…
Quiet Earth, The (1985): Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge; New Zealand's best attempt yet at the sci–fi genre. Bruno Lawrence wakes one morning to find himself apparently the only person left on earth.…
Tron (1982): Dir. Steve Lisberger
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner…; Jeff Bridges becomes trapped in an alternative computer universe where he is forced to combat evil pac–men and corporate corruption. Made at…
Altered States (1980): Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. William Hurt, Blair Brown; William Hurt plays a scientist with a penchant for mind exploration in his starring debut. Russell's overly talky but fascinating film has found a…
Crazies, The (1975): Dir. George Romero
Feat. Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan, Harold Wayne Jones; Underrated low–budgeter about germ warfare, a personal favourite of Romero's. Fast–paced editing creates some real excitement.
Westworld (1973): Dir. Michael Crichton
Feat. Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin; A theme–park where one experiences violent fantasies in perfect safety gradually goes haywire. Inspired idea would strike the big time for…
Andromeda Strain, The (1971): Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson…; Four experts undergo a rigid sterilisation program to identify a deadly virus that has wiped out a small town. Fascinating science parable adapted…
Omega Man (1971): Dir. Boris Sagal
Feat. Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash; Charlton Heston is the last man on earth in this passable screen version of Richard Matheson's classic novel 'I am Legend'.

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