Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Diagonaldi Very well executed

Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

jtwcosmos "The Good Lord says to turn the other cheek... but he never had to deal with dickheads like you."This is the story of a race driver who dies in an accident, but not exactly. The movie has good directing, good acting, and a script that could have been better.Director Geoff Murphy does a good job. The world of the movie is nicely done, with lots of detail. The camera work is excellent, the action scenes are entertaining and the special effects make one miss the '90s (and feel sorry CG was ever invented).The actors are young and pretty. Emilio Estevez is good, and his rather small body is well suited for the part. Rene Russo provides the perfect balance. Mick Jagger is fun to watch, even though he makes no effort to even pretend like his acting. He is just being himself. Amanda Plummer has a small funny role.The script could have been better. While it does a brilliant job of capturing the essence of Robert Sheckley's work - the chase, the hunt, the strange alliances and unusual loyalties - it is a bit slow, in places. There is not a lot of dialog and the main character rarely has anything to say.Freejack. Great fun. If you're looking for anything else, stay away. 9/10.

classicsoncall Usually these types of time travel stories wind up giving me a headache, but this one was pretty straightforward (no pun intended). The protagonist, Alex Furlong (Emilio Estevez) is transported into the future..., and stays there. No attempt to get back to his former 'present time'; no fooling around with time lines that might affect the history of mankind. What made the picture interesting watching it today was that Alex was 'sent' eighteen years into the future from 1991 to - 2009! That was sort of cool - but in the movie's 2009, the country was already in the tenth year of a major depression instead of the first, like many today would have us believe. And it brought a chuckle to imagine if the ten million dollar bounty on Freejack Alex might have been offered by a company using bailout funds. Just thinking outside the movie box.I got a kick out of that scene in the bar when Alex is threatened by the marmaduke looking moron with his weapon, and Alex puts his on the counter with that sly Billy the Kid grin he used in "Young Guns".The attraction back in the day of course was Mick Jagger headlining a theatrical release. His performance wasn't all that bad, even if over the top a few times, which the director might have actually called for. I liked that 'One Mississippi' bit, and the idea that he had a sense of fair play in balancing his job with consideration for Furlong's catching him a break in the alley.The best concept though was the 'spiritual switchboard' - don't you think we could all use one of those?

jordanvanklinken This movie was a pain in the ass. In particular, the long drawn out ending featuring the Windows Media Player visualization and the spiritual switchboard.Anthony Hopkins shouldn't have wasted his time with such bullshit. It's possible that Hopkins was not actually with the rest of the actors (Estevez, Russo, etc.) when the movie was being filmed. I suspect he might of filmed his parts separately, either before or after the rest of the filming out of disgust.I find it remarkable that Hopkins decided to act in such a horrendous film only a year after Silence of the Lambs, his masterwork.

webstergrayson This silliness is the sort of thing that you can sit down and enjoy without having to worry about paying close attention to what you're watching. There are some great action sequences, the stars are fun to watch, and the premise, which focuses on a New York race car driver(Emilio Estevez) who is kidnapped and brought to the year 2009 so that his body can store the mind of a terminally ill billionaire (Anthony Hopkins) is silly and done without much imagination. There really isn't any cleverness or novelty to be found here, but the movie really works as mindless entertainment and is never boring. Every member of this movie's cast fits his or her role very well (even Emilio Estevez, whom I don't typically care for), but Mick Jagger really steals the show as the bounty hunter, or "bonejacker," hired to catch Estevez after he escapes from his captors. He's never been much of an actor, and this was his first movie in twenty-one years, but he conveys an enormous amount charisma as the movie's smug villain. Another stand out cast member is Anothony Hopkins, who as usual, plays a very sophisticated bad guy and does an excellent job of it (however, it is all to clear that he was in this movie for the money alone, giving a good but very brief performance. Although the performers give it their all, they are unfortunately not provided with a script interesting enough to help make their appearances memorable. Most of the dialog is derivative and silly. One can't very well sit down to watch a movie like this and expect a good script, but it fair to hope for some memorable one liners, and this movie really didn't offer any. Another problem I had with this movie was the fact that it was set in 2009. If your going to set a movie in a desolate future, where the majority of New York City is crime infested hell-hole, make sure the future is far enough away to seem plausible. Having a world like this seventeen years after the movie was released just seems ridiculous. If you are in the mood for an undemanding, entertaining guilty pleasure, give this movie a look. The good performances, action, and special effects should be enough to keep you interested throughout the movie's hour and fifty minute running time, but probably won't make the movie stick with you for very long after you have finished watching it.