''Futuresport'' is a 1998 American

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directed by

Ernest Dickerson Ernest Roscoe Dickerson (born June 25, 1951) is an American director, cinematographer, and screenwriter of film, television, and music videos. As a cinematographer, he is known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Lee ever since they were c ...

, starring

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, and

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. It originally aired on ABC in October 1998, and was released on VHS and DVD in March 1999.

Plot

The film is set in 2025, and centers on a sport called "Futuresport" (a combination of basketball, baseball and hockey that uses

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s and rollerblades) created as a non-lethal way to reduce gang warfare. Tre Ramzey (

) along with his ex-girlfriend Alex Torres (

) and his old coach Obike Fixx (

) must prevent an all out war between the North American Alliance and the Pan-Pacific Commonwealth (The Com). At stake is who rules over the Hawaiian Islands—which are being terrorized by Eric Sythe (

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) and his gang the Hawaiian Liberation Organization (Hilo). It takes a revolutionary sport to stop a revolution.

Cast

as Treymayne "Tre The Pharaoh" Ramzey *

as Alejandra "Alex" Torres *

as Obike Fixx * Mikela Jay as Lorelei *

Bill Smitrovich William Stanley Zmitrowicz Jr. (born May 16, 1947), known professionally as Bill Smitrovich ( ), is an American actor. Personal life Smitrovich was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of Anna (née Wojna) and Stanley William Zmitrowicz, a ...

as Coach Douglas * Tara Frederick as "Anarchy" * Valerie Chow as "Jet" * Brian Jensen as Tom "Mayhem" Mayhew * Adrian G. Griffiths as Blake Becker * David Kaye as Ronnie Vance * Emanuelle Chriqui as Gina Gonzales *

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as Roger Willard * Lloyd Adams as Travis Middlebrooks *

as Eric Sythe * Francoise Yip as Keahi *

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as Jack "Hatchet Jack" Jamiston *

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as Otomo Akira * Lori Stewart as Carly "Kiwi" Madigan * Patrick Pfrimmer as Sebastian Krajenski * Matthew Walker as Neville Hodgkins * Gerard Plunkett as Edgar Computer Voice

References

External links

* * 1998 television films 1998 films American science fiction television films Films shot in Vancouver Films directed by Ernest Dickerson 1990s science fiction films Films scored by Stewart Copeland Films about terrorism in the United States Films set in 2025 Films set in New Orleans Films set in Los Angeles Films set in Hawaii Artificial intelligence in fiction Robots in television Politics in fiction Social reputation in fiction Sports television films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films {{1990s-sf-film-stub