Freejack (1992)
While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...
I was under the impression that Freejack has some sort of cult following and that a number of people consider it a film that’s “so bad it’s good”. I need to reconsider my sources. Dull, contrived and predictable, I won’t remember a thing about this movie within a week.
Just as Alex Furlong (Emilio Estevez) is about to crashnhis car, he is stolen from the year 1991 and transported to 2009 (!). In this futuristic dystopia, people from the past who were about to die - and therefore wouldn't be missed - have their minds wiped and replaced with that of clients who pay top dollars for a new body. Now on the run from mercenary Victor Vacendak (Mick Jagger), Alex searches for his girlfriend Julie (Rene Russo), but can he trust a woman who hasn’t seen him in 18 years?
You might spot a major hole in this premise but to give Freejack credit, it explains why the 1% of 2009 need to steal bodies from the past. To me, this only makes the movie worse. If there were holes in the future tech or logic of this 1992 action thriller (I think that’s what it’s supposed to be), it might stand out. Currently, the only noteworthy aspect of Freejack is the cast. Why Mick Jagger as the honor-bound mercenary? Why Anthony Hopkins as Julie’s boss (who definitely isn’t up to something)? I guess you can have fun pointing out the art direction’s obsession with jacks (not the car kind, but the metal thingies you grab after bouncing a rubber ball on the ground). Does that sound worth the time you’ll spend bored?
The film is full of missed opportunities. Alex is an ace Formula One driver. He's only goes on a single high-speed car chase. The idea of being displaced in time also doesn’t get mined as much as it should. There is merit to the concept if you put some thought into the plot. It seems neither director Geoff Murphy nor writers Steven Pressfield, Ronal Shusett or Dan Gilroy had any ambition to do so.
There’s little else to say about Freejack. It’s an unremarkable picture. The most interesting thing about it are it’s then-futuristic 2009 setting, trippy & dated special effects and seemingly random cast in a lame film. (February 9, 2018)
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