"Primetime Murder" director Alessandro Capone wastes a distinguished cast in his pedestrian futuristic thriller "2047-Sights of Death" that includes Danny Glover, Stephen Baldwin, Michael Madsen, Rutger Hauer, and Daryl Hannah. Danny Glover and Stephen Baldwin are the heroes, while Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, and Rutger Hauer are the villains. Captain Ryan Willburn (Stephen Baldwin of "The Usual Suspects") is a Green War rebel agent whose helicopter is shot down during the first combat scene, and he finds himself on foot in a contaminated area. Tuage (Neva Leoni) is a mutant survivor who resembles an Amazon warrior woman with a painted face who makes life tough initially for Willburn before she joins sides with him. As the villainous Colonel Asimov, Rutger Hauer is always fun to watch, but he does nothing significant here to elevate this lackluster opus. He runs an oppressive government with the help of mercenaries like Lobo (Michael Madsen of "Die Another Day") who makes a big deal out of firing up his cigarettes. Asimov spends part of his time leering at Major Anderson (Darryl Hannah of "Splash") and eventually admits to her that he killed her father. Meanwhile, as resistance leader Sponge, Danny Glover is confined for the duration behind two computers where mumbles orders to Ryan. This loquacious thriller boasts a couple of amusing scenes, the best one concerns the treacherous Lobo who conducts a classified conversation on his cell phone while a hooker with braided hair performs oral sex on him. Afterward, an apprehensive Lobo decides that she may have heard too much and orders his associate Evilenko (Kai Portman) to terminate her with extreme prejudice. The low-budget thriller lets its characters talk far too much during its lackluster 89 minutes. About the only real action occurs early one with three CGI attack choppers blow Baldwin's helicopter out of the air. Compared to the grindhouse classics of the 1980s, this movie has little action. Occasionally shots are exchanged, but nothing really significant happens while the principals stand around a chew the fat. The action concludes with Willburn cruising away into the darkness uttering this inane dialogue: "My mission was successfully accomplished, but I am unable to explain what precisely happened in contaminated quadrant B-2 nor my length of time that I spent there. I can't say if the hallucinations I experienced there were actual hallucinations I'm not convinced it or if the surviving girl I met received help from was merely an illusion or a corrupted figment of my paranoia."
Review of 2047: Sights of Death
