Futuresport

Futuresport
DVD cover "In 2025, a revolutionary sport is the only way to stop a revolution."
Genre	Action Sci-Fi Sport Thriller
Written by	Robert Hewitt Wolfe Steve De Jarnatt
Directed by	Ernest Dickerson
Starring	Dean Cain Vanessa Williams Wesley Snipes
Music by	Stewart Copeland
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Deborah Raffin Michael Viner Ron Ziskin
Producers	Wesley Snipes David Roessell Ken Raskoff (co-producer) Victor McGauley (co-producer) Eric Cowger (associate producer)
Production location	Vancouver
Cinematography	Jonathan Freeman
Editor	Stephen Lovejoy
Running time	87 minutes
Production companies	Amen Ra Films New Star Media Inc.
Budget	$9 million
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	October 1, 1998 (1998-10-01)

Futuresport is a television film directed by Ernest Dickerson, starring Dean Cain, Vanessa Williams, and Wesley Snipes. It originally aired on ABC in October 1998, and released on VHS and DVD in March 1999.

Plot

The film is set in 2025, and centers on a sport called "Futuresport" (a combination of basketball, baseball and hockey that uses hoverboards and rollerblades) created as a non-lethal way to reduce gang warfare. Tre (Dean Cain) must save the world from Hawaiian Liberation Organization terrorists by winning in the game of futuresport.

External links

• Futuresport at IMDb
• Futuresport at AllMovie