a.k.a. Kickboxer 2025
(Whuuuuut? That’s the year we’re in!)
Tagline
A personal quest for vengenace
A high tech race for survival
Trailer
Info
Cast
Summary
In a future where Earth is a polluted, crime-ridden hellhole and the rich live on the moon passing their time with VR fantasies and organ upgrades (which is totally not going to happen, right? … RIGHT?), the last of the Cyberons is hired by the widow of a VR fantasy designer murdered by organ thieves to hunt down his killers on the deadly streets of New Los Angeles.
Opinion
The moment I saw the title “Future Kick”, I had to see it. Fans of the TV show Community will understand why.
https://community-sitcom.fandom.com/wiki/Kickpuncher
This Roger Corman-produced flick wisely gives the other actors most of the lines and lets Don kick. My first Don movie, and until I started browsing free streaming, I hadn’t realized just how many, many, many Don Wilson movies were out there!
Overall, a competent straight-to-video actioner with a few gonzo deaths yet still fails to enthuse. Meg Foster at least brings some humanity to the screen, but Chris Penn, the year before Reservoir Dogs, in particular seems wasted. (In hindsight, I should clarify I mean “underutilized”, not “intoxicated”.)
Movie
- https://tubitv.com/es-mx/movies/466817/future-kick
- https://watch.plex.tv/movie/future-kick
- https://mubi.com/en/us/films/future-kick
- https://www.justwatch.com/mx/pelicula/kickboxer-2025 (as so often, currently says it’s unavailable even though it is; I include it here in case it provides better results in future)
Screenshots
:D
Unfortunately, in Future Kick, the Cyberons are only cyborgy on the inside. So apart from repairing injuries they spend most of the movie looking completely human but with shades (excuse me, “visors”).
Just found out an alternate title for this movie is… Kickboxer 2025.
So I guess something went right for us at the housewarming party.