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Subgenre Sampler
Robocop (1987)
- Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox… - Loaded with sweat–breaking violence and suspense, dir. Paul Verhoeven never surpassed this stunning dystopian satire about a prototype cyborg…
Robocop Trilogy, The (1987-1993)- Dir. Paul Verhoeven, Irvin Kershner, Fred Dekker
Feat. Peter Weller, Nancy Allen - Contains all three Robocop movies.
Running Man, The (1987)- Dir. Paul Michael Glaser
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto… - Schwarzenegger is in his element in this dystopian fantasy set around a televised game–show. The story has much in common with ROLLERBALL, but…
Dune (1984)- Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Jose Ferrer, Brad Dourif… - Ambitious but muddled adaptation of Frank Herbert's cult novel recouped less than half its $25 million cost. Still of interest to spotters of…
Dune (Extended Version) (1984)- Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Brad Dourif, Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen - Adds an extra 50 trimmed–minutes to this gargantuan, flawed adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel. Quality varies between the new footage…
Runaway (1984)- Dir. Michael Crichton
Feat. Tom Selleck, Cynthia Rhodes, Gene Simmons… - Micheal Crichton writes and directs this whimsical, entertaining cops and robots action–adventure starring Tom Selleck as a police officer who…
Battletruck (Warlords of the 21st Century) (1982)
- Dir. Harley Cokeliss
Feat. Michael Beck, Annie McEnroe, James Wainwright… - In the 21st Century oil wars have left civilisation verging on collapse. Lawlessness and anarchy are the order of this day in this…
Tripods, The (TV Series) (1982)- Dir. Graham Theakston
Feat. John Shackley, Jim Baker II, Peter Dolphin - One of the BBC's most expensive serials was this imaginative, if uneven, handling of John Christopher's Tripods trilogy. In 2089, the Earth is ruled…
Escape from New York (1981)- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine… - 1997 New York is a huge maximum–security prison where the President's plane just happens to crash! Futuristic actioner notable for its sardonic…
Voltron: Defender of the Universe (1981)- A quintessential retro import by way of Japan that found its way onto afternoon TV screens in the eighties, this gleefully pre–empted POWER…
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