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* HeAlsoDid: Anthony Doublin, the film's director, is primarily an effects artist specializing in both constructing and lighting miniatures, with credits including ''Film/NineteenFortyOne1979'', ''Film/TheBlob1988'', The ''Film/ReAnimator'' and ''Film/{{Carnosaur}}'' films and ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''. Unsurprisingly, this was the only film he directed.
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* FanNickname: ''Future Wax''. Due in large part to how the title scrolls onto the frame in the opening (left-to-center zoomed in, then pulled back so the title fills the frame) so that the "r" is the very last letter to be revealed. Due in larger part to the bots misreading the title as one of the jokes on the [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] episode.
** Daniel Bernhardt as “Jean Claude Gosh Darn”.
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** Daniel Bernhardt as “Jean Claude Gosh Darn”.

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* NoBudget: None. [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S10E04FutureWar See Mary Jo Pehl's comment]] about the ''cardboard TV camera''. Also, top billed Robert Z'Dar has a total of 30 seconds in the film.



* NoBudget: None. See Mary Jo Pehl's comment about the ''cardboard TV camera''. Also, top billed Robert Z'Dar has a total of 30 seconds in the film.

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** [[http://www.mst3kinfo.com/?p=5819 According to MST3KInfo]]: Filmmaker Dave Eddy revealed that this is another movie that kind of collapsed halfway through production and got taken over by another director (him). The original director, Tony Doublin, was battling with the movie’s producer, who felt the fight and action scenes weren’t being done correctly. (He might have been right!) Ultimately Doublin quit and Eddy and his team (dubbed the “Damage Control Unit”) was hired to salvage the movie as best they could. This is the result. He also noted that, while they did so, he and some of the crew remarked that it would be great if some day their movie would show up on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''!


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* TroubledProduction: [[http://www.mst3kinfo.com/?p=5819 According to MST3KInfo]]: Filmmaker Dave Eddy revealed that this is another movie that kind of collapsed halfway through production and got taken over by another director (him). The original director, Tony Doublin, was battling with the movie’s producer, who felt the fight and action scenes weren’t being done correctly. (He might have been right!) Ultimately Doublin quit and Eddy and his team (dubbed the “Damage Control Unit”) was hired to salvage the movie as best they could. This is the result. He also noted that, while they did so, he and some of the crew remarked that it would be great if some day their movie would show up on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''!
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* OrphanedReference: A possible example: When the Runaway gets arrested, Captain Polaris remarks that he "won't get away this time". The problem, this is the ''first'' time we see him get arrested, and there's no dialog or anything implying he ran away before. Most likely this refers to some scene that didn't make it in to the final product.
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* ActorInspiredElement: Daniel Bernhardt, who played The Runaway, is actually a skilled martial artist.

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* ActorInspiredElement: Daniel Bernhardt, who played The Runaway, is actually a skilled martial artist. He choreographed the fights himself.

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* ActorInspiredElement: Daniel Bernhardt, who played The Runaway, is actually a skilled martial artist.



* StarMakingRole: It launched the career of the film's star Daniel Bernhardt. He used the film as a demo reel to win a part in the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' television series, and later landed supporting roles in both ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' and ''Film/JohnWick''. He was and is a stunt performer as well.

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* StarMakingRole: It If there's one good thing that came from this film, surprisingly enough, it's that it launched the career of the film's star Daniel Bernhardt. He used the film as a demo reel to win a part in the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' television series, and later landed supporting roles in both ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' and ''Film/JohnWick''. He was and is a stunt performer as well.

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** [[http://www.mst3kinfo.com/?p=5819 According to MST3KInfo]]: Filmmaker Dave Eddy revealed that this is another movie that kind of collapsed halfway through production and got taken over by another director (him). The original director, Tony Doublin, was battling with the movie’s producer, who felt the fight and action scenes weren’t being done correctly. (He might have been right!) Ultimately Doublin quit and Eddy and his team (dubbed the “Damage Control Unit”) was hired to salvage the movie as best they could. This is the result. He also noted that, while they did so, he and some of the crew remarked that it would be great if some day their movie would show up on ''Mystery Science Theater 3000''!

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** [[http://www.mst3kinfo.com/?p=5819 According to MST3KInfo]]: Filmmaker Dave Eddy revealed that this is another movie that kind of collapsed halfway through production and got taken over by another director (him). The original director, Tony Doublin, was battling with the movie’s producer, who felt the fight and action scenes weren’t being done correctly. (He might have been right!) Ultimately Doublin quit and Eddy and his team (dubbed the “Damage Control Unit”) was hired to salvage the movie as best they could. This is the result. He also noted that, while they did so, he and some of the crew remarked that it would be great if some day their movie would show up on ''Mystery Science Theater 3000''!''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''!



* StarMakingRole: It launched the career of the film's star Daniel Bernhardt. He used the film as a demo reel to win a part in the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' television series, and later landed supporting roles in both ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' and ''Film/JohnWick''. He was and is a stunt performer as well.

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* StarMakingRole: It launched the career of the film's star Daniel Bernhardt. He used the film as a demo reel to win a part in the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' television series, and later landed supporting roles in both ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' and ''Film/JohnWick''. He was and is a stunt performer as well.well.
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* NoBudget: None. See Mary Jo Pehl's comment about the ''cardboard TV camera''.

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* NoBudget: None. See Mary Jo Pehl's comment about the ''cardboard TV camera''. Also, top billed Robert Z'Dar has a total of 30 seconds in the film.
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* StarMakingRole: It launched the career of the film's star Daniel Bernhardt. He used the film as a demo reel to win a part in the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' television series. He was and is a stunt performer as well.

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* StarMakingRole: It launched the career of the film's star Daniel Bernhardt. He used the film as a demo reel to win a part in the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' television series.series, and later landed supporting roles in both ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' and ''Film/JohnWick''. He was and is a stunt performer as well.
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* StarMakingRole: It launched his career of the film's star Daniel Bernhardt. He used the film as a demo reel to win a part in the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' television series. He was and is a stunt performer as well.

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* StarMakingRole: It launched his the career of the film's star Daniel Bernhardt. He used the film as a demo reel to win a part in the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' television series. He was and is a stunt performer as well.

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** The film's star Daniel Bernhardt plays one of the upgraded agents in ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' (the one who fights Morpheus on the truck), and plays Kirill in ''Film/JohnWick''. It's both frightening and uplifting to know that this movie didn't kill his career.
*** It launched his career. Bernhardt used the film as a demo reel to win a part in the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' television series. He was and is a stunt performer as well.
** Robert ''Kabuki Cop'' Z'Dar, who is an [=MST3K=] [[Film/{{Soultaker}} repeat offender]].
** The old guy with the Hawaiian shirt is legendary science fiction fan and ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'' creator Forrest J. Ackerman. He was apparently too distracted reading a copy of "Famous Monsters of Filmland", the magazine he edited for 25 years, to notice the dinosaur that killed him.
** Max, the kid playing with the Home Alone talkboy, is played by Matthew Sakimoto, who played [[TimeShiftedActor young Adam]] in the "Rangers Back in Time" and "Alien Rangers" arcs in ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' and was an editor on the American version of ''Series/TheXFactor''.
* NoBudget: None. See Mary Jo Pehl's comment about the ''cardboard TV camera''.

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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** The film's star Daniel Bernhardt plays one of the upgraded agents in ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' (the one who fights Morpheus on the truck), and plays Kirill in ''Film/JohnWick''. It's both frightening and uplifting to know that this movie didn't kill his career.
*** It launched his career. Bernhardt used the film as a demo reel to win a part in the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' television series. He was and is a stunt performer as well.
** Robert ''Kabuki Cop'' Z'Dar, who is an [=MST3K=] [[Film/{{Soultaker}} repeat offender]].
** The old guy with the Hawaiian shirt is legendary science fiction fan and ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'' creator Forrest J. Ackerman. He was apparently too distracted reading a copy of "Famous Monsters of Filmland", the magazine he edited for 25 years, to notice the dinosaur that killed him.
** Max, the kid playing with the Home Alone talkboy, is played by Matthew Sakimoto, who played [[TimeShiftedActor young Adam]] in the "Rangers Back in Time" and "Alien Rangers" arcs in ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' and was an editor on the American version of ''Series/TheXFactor''.
* NoBudget: None. See Mary Jo Pehl's comment about the ''cardboard TV camera''.camera''.
* StarMakingRole: It launched his career of the film's star Daniel Bernhardt. He used the film as a demo reel to win a part in the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' television series. He was and is a stunt performer as well.
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*** It launched his career. Bernhardt used the film as a demo reel to win a part in the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' television series. He was and is a stunt performer as well.
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* FanNickname: ''Future Wax''. Due in large part to how the title scrolls onto the frame in the opening (left-to-center zoomed in, then pulled back so the title fills the frame) so that the "r" is the very last letter to be revealed. Due in larger part to the bots misreading the title as one of the jokes on the MST3K episode.

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* FanNickname: ''Future Wax''. Due in large part to how the title scrolls onto the frame in the opening (left-to-center zoomed in, then pulled back so the title fills the frame) so that the "r" is the very last letter to be revealed. Due in larger part to the bots misreading the title as one of the jokes on the MST3K [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] episode.
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** Max, the kid playing with the Home Alone talkboy, is played by Matthew Sakimoto, who played [[TimeShiftedActor young Adam]] in the "Rangers Back in Time" and "Alien Rangers" arcs in ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' and was an editor on the American ''Series/TheXFactor''.

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** Max, the kid playing with the Home Alone talkboy, is played by Matthew Sakimoto, who played [[TimeShiftedActor young Adam]] in the "Rangers Back in Time" and "Alien Rangers" arcs in ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' and was an editor on the American version of ''Series/TheXFactor''.
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** Max, the kid playing with the Home Alone talkboy, is played by Matthew Sakimoto, who played [[TimeShiftedActor young Adam]] in the "Rangers Back in Time" and "Alien Rangers" arcs in ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' and was an editor on the American ''Series/TheXFactor''.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: For once, probably justified, considering that the original director turned in a cut that was 45 minutes long and consisted mainly of people sitting around and talking, with the occasional dinosaur thrown in here and there.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: The film's star Daniel Bernhardt plays one of the upgraded agents in ''Film/TheMatrix Reloaded'' (the one who fights Morpheus on the truck), and plays Kirill in ''Film/JohnWick''. It's both frightening and uplifting to know that this movie didn't kill his career.

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The film's star Daniel Bernhardt plays one of the upgraded agents in ''Film/TheMatrix Reloaded'' ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' (the one who fights Morpheus on the truck), and plays Kirill in ''Film/JohnWick''. It's both frightening and uplifting to know that this movie didn't kill his career.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: The film's star Daniel Bernhardt plays one of the upgraded agents in ''Film/TheMatrix Reloaded'' (the one who fights Morpheus on the truck). It's both frightening and uplifting to know that this movie didn't kill his career.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: The film's star Daniel Bernhardt plays one of the upgraded agents in ''Film/TheMatrix Reloaded'' (the one who fights Morpheus on the truck).truck), and plays Kirill in ''Film/JohnWick''. It's both frightening and uplifting to know that this movie didn't kill his career.
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** [[http://www.mst3kinfo.com/?p=5819 According to MST3KInfo]]: Filmmaker Dave Eddy revealed that this is another movie that kind of collapsed halfway through production and got taken over by another director (him). The original director, Tony Doublin, was battling with the movie’s producer, who felt the fight and action scenes weren’t being done correctly. (He might have been right!) Ultimately Doublin quit and Eddy and his team (dubbed the “Damage Control Unit”) was hired to salvage the movie as best they could. This is the result. He also noted that, while they did so, he and some of the crew remarked that it would be great if some day their movie would show up on ''Mystery Science Theater 3000''!
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* ExecutiveMeddling: For once, probably justified, considering that the original director turned in a cut that was 45 minutes long and consisted mainly of people sitting around and talking, with the occasional dinosaur thrown in here and there.
** An arguably less justified (or at least more conventional) occurrence; the film's original ending involved Sister Anne leaving the convent to team up with the Runaway and help deal with any more Cyborgs that might come back from the future. As it turned out however, one of the film's main backers was a devout Catholic, and he demanded that the ending be changed so that Anne did join the convent after all. This also resulting in the ending which shows the Runaway becoming a counselor.
* FanNickname: ''Future Wax''. Due in large part to how the title scrolls onto the frame in the opening (left-to-center zoomed in, then pulled back so the title fills the frame) so that the "r" is the very last letter to be revealed. Due in larger part to the bots misreading the title as one of the jokes on the MST3K episode.



** The old guy with the Hawaiian shirt is legendary science fiction fan and ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'' creator Forrest J. Ackerman. He was apparently too distracted reading a copy of "Famous Monsters of Filmland", the magazine he edited for 25 years, to notice the dinosaur that killed him.

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** The old guy with the Hawaiian shirt is legendary science fiction fan and ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'' creator Forrest J. Ackerman. He was apparently too distracted reading a copy of "Famous Monsters of Filmland", the magazine he edited for 25 years, to notice the dinosaur that killed him.him.
* NoBudget: None. See Mary Jo Pehl's comment about the ''cardboard TV camera''.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: The film's star Daniel Bernhardt plays one of the upgraded agents in ''Film/TheMatrix Reloaded'' (the one who fights Morpheus on the truck). It's both frightening and uplifting to know that this movie didn't kill his career.
** Robert ''Kabuki Cop'' Z'Dar, who is an [=MST3K=] [[Film/{{Soultaker}} repeat offender]].
** The old guy with the Hawaiian shirt is legendary science fiction fan and ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'' creator Forrest J. Ackerman. He was apparently too distracted reading a copy of "Famous Monsters of Filmland", the magazine he edited for 25 years, to notice the dinosaur that killed him.

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