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Clubs of the Future with Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall, and Crazy Outfits!

I dare you to name a movie sillier than Freejack, a gooftastic flick from 1992 with Mick Jagger as a futuristic bounty hunter (in the year 2009!) who grabs people from the past and sells their bodies to dead rich people whose minds are stored in a giant mainframe. Too bad he messes with race car driver Alex, played with maximum slack by Emilio Estevez, demonstrating how far the poor guy had fallen since Repo Man. More »

5:41 PM on Mon May 5 2008
By Annalee Newitz
1,528 views, 22 comments

Latest by n/a: I've got Freejack beat: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, 1979. Miniscule theatrical release, near-universal scorn from reviewers, resurrected less than a year later as a TV series. One bright spot: Erin Gray in form-fitting costumes. more »

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Greatest Car Chases In Science Fiction (Part 1)

Emilio Estevez talks smack to Mick Jagger and manages to dodge 10,000 futuristic dune-buggies at the same time, in this huge car-chase from the movie Freejack. Car chases are a huge part of sci-fi movies. And with Knight Rider coming back next month, we want to pay tribute. After all, no matter how high-concept your plot may be (like time travel and brain-transplants) it always comes down to a bunch of cars zooming around trying to smush each other. Here's part one of our favorites, with clips. More »

11:20 AM on Tue Jan 22 2008
By charliejane
26,173 views, 67 comments

Latest by n/a: THX 1138 definitely has a car chase and it's pretty great. Should been on this list, altho I get the feeling this was more for laughs than anything else. more »