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A typical "action sequence" consists of men riding motor bikes over hills or a poorly choreographed fight. Despite the number of times I've been burned by James Franco's directorial efforts (check out my review of "The Institute," a movie stolen by. Future World does include some appealing images, some of which actually match the score by Tindrum.

Future World

It's somewhat surprising that the production landed Liu and Jovovich. Future World may be intended as an art film masquerading as an action movie -- or vice versa -- but it succeeds as neither. This is a movie in which one character says, "I wish I could see a tree" while trees are actually visible in the shot. Yes, they're out of focus, but come now. It stars James Franco, Suki Waterhouse, Jeffrey Wahlberg, Margarita Levieva, Snoop Dogg, George Lewis Jr., Method Man. Future World Movie Review & Showtimes: Find details of Future World along with its showtimes, movie review, trailer, teaser, full video songs, showtimes and cast.

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Milla Jovovich, James Franco, Lucy Liu, Margarita Levieva, Suki Waterhouse, Snoop Dogg, Method Man, Scott Haze, Wilmer Calderon. Director: Bruce Thierry Cheung, James Franco. A drug lord struggles in a post-apocalyptic world that is plagued with heat, ravaged by disease and crippled by chronic war.

Yet Future World falls short of even those modest standards, as Franco and Cheung's unorthodox approach of directing almost the entire film in random, nomadic Steadicam shots with wobbly zooms alienates the simplistic plot. Starring: Milla Jovovich, Snoop Dogg, Lucy Liu and others. A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother. Director: James Franco, Bruce Thierry Cheung.