Word: emilios
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Another science fiction story set in a futuristic wasteland devoid of morals and any sort of acceptable ecology. The story starts off well and then descends in a spiral of miserable chase scenes. Mick Jagger is surprisingly good while Emilio Estevez is mediocre. Anthony Hopkins is also present here, in his first role since his wonderfully chilling portrayal of Hannibal Lechter in Silence of the Lambs...
Freejack tells the story of Alex Furlong (Emilio Estevez), a highly successful race car driver whose nearly perfect life is abruptly cut short in a tragic racing accident. But Furlong doesn't die in 1991. He and the rest of the film are transported to 2009, where bounty hunter Vacendak (Mick Jagger) awaits Furlong's arrival to take his body to its new owner, corporate mega ruler Ian McCandless (Bob Hopkins...
...Emilio Estevez's performance as the hero of Freejack also deserves a considerable share of the blame for the film's failure. The cockiness and wide-eyed apprehension of Estevez undermine any sympathy the audience might feel for the "freejack...
Freejack Directed by Geoff Murphy Starring Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger & Rene Russo A Morgan Creek Picture
...commercialized; when a mogul or a movie star wants to enjoy untainted American spaces, what's left? Try Montana. For members of the names-in-bold-print set, from Ted Turner to Tom Brokaw, from Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan to Mel Gibson and Kiefer Sutherland, from Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen to Oakland A's owner Walter Haas, the Big Sky State has become the hottest of hideaways. Says Russ Francis, a former San Francisco 49er football star who recently joined the rush to Big Sky Country: "This is the last best place in America...