''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, Dickerson is known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Lee ever since they ...

, starring

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Vanessa Williams Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963) is an American singer, actress, model, producer and dancer. She gained recognition as the first Black woman to win the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984. She would later Vanes ...

, and

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. It originally aired on

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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 on May 16, 1947, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of Anna (married and maiden names, née ...

as Coach Douglas * Tara Frederick as "Anarchy" *

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as "Jet" * Brian Jensen as Tom "Mayhem" Mayhew * Adrian G. Griffiths as Blake Becker * David Kaye as Ronnie Vance *

Emanuelle Chriqui Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui ( ; born 10 December 1975) is a Canadian actress. She is known for playing Sloan McQuewick on HBO's ''Entourage'' (2004–11), Claire Bonner in '' Snow Day'' (2000), Dalia in ''You Don't Mess with the Zohan'' (2008 ...

as Gina Gonzales *

Brad Loree Bradley Clifford Roy Loree (born July 5, 1960) is a Canadian actor and stuntman. He is a member of Stunts Canada. He played Michael Myers in '' Halloween: Resurrection'' (2002). Loree was born in Burnaby. He is 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) tall.

as Roger Willard * Lloyd Adams as Travis Middlebrooks *

as Eric Sythe * Francoise Yip as Keahi *

Ken Kirzinger Kenneth Kirzinger (born November 4, 1959) is a Canadians, Canadian actor and stuntman best known for his portrayals of Jason Voorhees in ''Freddy vs. Jason'' (2003), Pa in ''Wrong Turn 2: Dead End'' (2007), and Rusty Nail in ''Joy Ride 3: Roadki ...

as Jack "Hatchet Jack" Jamiston *

Hiro Kanagawa is a Japanese-Canadian actor and playwright based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has appeared in numerous high-profile films and television series shot in the Vancouver area, including ''The X-Files'', ''Smallville'', ''Caprica'', ''Godzil ...

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 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 Fiction about artificial intelligence Robots in television Fiction about politics Sports television films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films 1998 science fiction films English-language science fiction films {{1990s-US-film-stub