Saturday, November 18, 2023

Freejack (1992)

 In 'Freejack' Emilio Estevez is a racecare driver killed in a racing accident in 1991. At the moment of impact Estevez's body is abducted through time ("freejacked") to the year 2009, with the intent to implant the consciousness of a dying billionaire into his bod. Complications arise in that it turns out Estevez is only "mostly dead", he escapes, pursued by Mick Jagger and seeks help from old manager David Johansen and old love Renee Russo. While not unwatchable this movie is really bad, cliché, corny and clunky. Within 10 minutes of screen time two separate villians pull the exact same trick on the good guys, who semi fall for it each time. The movie wants to make out Jagger and Estevez as near evenly matched rivials with mutual respect, but I just can't buy Emilio as anyone's nemesis. Russo's complete lack of aging in 18 years isn't even commented on in the film. Even Anthony Hopkins, who has a mid sized role in the film, felt is was quote "terrible". *1/2

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