Gattaca (1997) Only Genetic Perfection To Fly To The Stars

The future is here. Eugenics will change the world! No more lottery on your unborn baby having some form of deformity, however minor. Or even lets say, a lesser intelligence! Why would you take a gamble on your child’s future? Why not have some genetic selection cross referenced to ensure the best quality hereditary traits are met. Why roll the dice with a high percentage of heart disease when a little tweaking of the DNA code could almost guarantee a piston like pump into old age. To be able to eradicate certain unthinkable horrific life changing disorders like Motor Neurone Disease before a child is even born. But wait! Then no Stephen Hawking or at least a different Stephen Hawking. Yeah I know, that is an extreme case.

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Retroactive (1997) Blues Brothers Brother Baddie Belushi Battles Back In Time

Wanted something pretty rubbish to add to my science fiction month of January. Something I hadn’t seen before. Retroactive popped up on a few lists. Umm what was I getting myself involved with? Well! Time travel on a dusty Texas dirt road with Jim Belushi looking more like Andrew Dice Clay. It’s a road movie with added murder, mayhem and a whole heap of bullets.

Soldier (1998) Kurt Russell Super Soldier & Blade Runner Connections

The year is 2036. A man lies in rubbish dump! A man with a brutal past. A soldier. No ordinary soldier. A boy plucked from his mother womb. Raised into this world nurtured on pain, discipline and conditioning. From birth to 40 long years of a brutal past. This man has never known anything other than the killing machine he’s been moulded to be.

The Heroic Trio (1993) Crazy Sexy Kickass Kung-fu Superheroes

Whatever reason did I have to watch The Heroic Trio do you think? Well it does feature three of the most beautiful Hong Kong action cinema stars in the same movie playing superheroes. Michelle Yeoh (Invisible Woman), Anita Mui (Wonder Woman) and Maggie Cheung (Thief Catcher), this movie should of been called The Heavenly Trio.

A Midnight Clear (1992) Stand By Me Goes To War

Finding films like these is the greatest buzz from doing this blog. If it wasn’t for a little digging I don’t believe I would have ever seen this. It’s a beautiful thought provoking and poignant film. An anti-war, a coming of age film, it has drama and mystery, it’s a gem and I really can’t recommend it highly enough.