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Future World: City of Mass Destruction
USA 2012
produced by Daniel E. Falicki, Joseph Scott Anthony for Flim Flam Films, Collective Studios
directed by Daniel E. Falicki
starring Chris Eddy, Jason Roth, Matt Simpson Siegel, Rachel Finan, Jacqueline Joy, Michael O'Hair, Joseph Scott Anthony, Joseph Charles McIntosh, Stephen Grey, Cassie Truskowski, Nano Paulson, Marco Riolo, Marci Stembol, Jay Harnish, Rick Reed, Doug Bowman, Josh Dunigan, Ruthie Paulson Gómez, Ryan Lieske, Joel Potrykus, Tim Motley
written by Matt Simpson Siegel, Juliet Bennett Rylah, Randy Wyatt, Daniel E. Falicki, music by Bowery, Lazy Genius, Four For Smoking, The Fainting Generals, The Jonz Boyse, LSDudes, UTO, Alicia Menninga, Sonitus, Chasing the Sky, Daktal, Militant Poet, Banshi, Head, 6 Prong Paw, Johnny B. and the Shy Guys, animation effects by NewBlueFX, masks & prosthetics by Jarrett Michael Taylor
review by Mike Haberfelner
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It's the year 30,000 AD, the world has in the meantime suffered four
nuclear holocausts and the second Ice Age, and with most of the world
destroyed, for some reason the only place that has been left comparatively
unscathed is Grand Rapids, Michigan, which is pretty much humankinds last
retreat. Grand Rapids is pretty much ruled/fought over by three, shall
we say, houses: On one hand there's the emperor Grugar (Joseph Charles
McIntosh), who likes to see himself as an iron-willed tyrant, then there's
the Filmore Collection, which was originally a mere chain of restaurants
but has since grown into an all powerful food company that doesn't even
shy away from turning humans into minced meat and experimenting with
artificial life. Finally there's DeVoZ Corps, a very powerful family
enterprise the leader of which, Deacon (Matt Simpson Siegel), considers
himself a god ... but at the same time suffers from a severe case of
agoraphobia and lives in relative isolation. Four stories from this
world:
- Sexy freedom fighter Ladynomous (Jacqueline Joy) has been captured
in the wastelands after erradicating half of the emperors army. Now
the emperor wants to see her suffer in the arena. Only Ladynomous
turns the tables on him ...
- Terence (Michael O'Hair) is a cop as crooked as they get - which is
why Jackson (Joseph Scott Anthony), possibly the only cop even more
crooked than him, thinks it's a good idea to hire him for a raid of
the Filmore Collection - a job he has been paid for by General DeVoZ (Matt Simpson
Siegel). Of course, Terence is not naive enough to for a moment
believe that Jackson wouldn't turn on him once the job is done ... so
he turns on Jackson first, with explosive results.
- Stoners Ziploc (Nano Paulson) and Moady (Stephen Grey) learn of the
hiding place of a legendary stash of space weed - but unfortunately,
Ziploc's sister Ziplex (Ruthie Paulson Gómez) learns about the stash
as well and not only beats them to it but also arranges for them to
have a run-in with DeVoZ police ...
- Deacon DeVoZ learns that Grand Rapids' atmosphere will run out in a
mere 4 years. So he wants a sort of underground bunker build for
himself and his closest loyals - but the only cave that would work as
a location for the bunker is guarded by the underground spider queen
(Marci Stembol), an extremely fierce fighters that kills all of
DeVoZ's miners in no time. So DeVoZ has to hire the Krennons (Cassie
Truskowski, Rachel Finan), two extremely fierce female fighters who
fight for the good of mankind - but whose tribe has been erradicated
by DeVoZ corporation when the two women were still children. Of
course, the Krennons eventually manage to defeat and kill the
underground spider queen - but was it a good idea to welcome one enemy
into your realm just to defeat another one?
On paper, Future World: City of Mass Destruction might not sound
like the most original film in the world - and on a plot level, quite
honestly it isn't: It's more of a loving hommage to science fiction pulps
and comics, and to post doomsday films especially from the 1980's, which
is mirrored in not only the story but also many of the props and costumes,
up to its very comicbook-like stylized look. And the look is what really
sets this film apart: Made on an apparently low budget, Future World:
City of Mass Destruction comes to life thanks to its very own style
that mixes live action and animation, was quite apparently mostly shot in
front of a green screen, and that couldn't only not pay less attention to
what one might consider realism, it actually embraces its unreal
appearance and heightens it with its very eccentric colour charts and the
like.
And that, and the fact that the movie approaches its subject matter
tongue-in-cheek without ever going moronic, make Future World: City of
Mass Destruction a very worthwhile movie.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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