This is prompted by an email I got from Kino Lorber about their current sale. (Not an affiliate link.)
One of the things they have on sale is “Goldengirl“, a movie I remember from the 1980s but never saw. Check out that cast: James Coburn! Robert Culp! Harry Guardino! Michael Lerner! And Susan Anton, who I also remember from the 1980s but never saw.
I got curious about the plot and went over to Wikipedia, which describes “Goldengirl” as a “American drama sci-fi sports film“.
Which got me to racking my brain. Perhaps I am getting senile, but: how many sci-fi sports films are there? “Goldengirl” and “Rollerball” are really the only two I can think of. (I don’t know that I’d call “Field of Dreams” sci-fi, though I think there’s a strong argument for it being fantasy.)
Gentle readers, what sci-fi sports films am I missing that will cause me to slap my forehead and say “Of course! How could I have forgotten about that one!”
“Death Race 2000”?
I was gonna say Death Race 2000.
Running Man, maybe?
Speed Racer?
Both of those are good suggestions, especially “Running Man”.
I had also forgotten the various robot boxing movies. And I think the “Space Jam” movies also technically count as sci-fi sports.
Battle Angel Alita, though based on a foreign work, was a US produced film, and very much science fiction and sport. I may be biased toward it because it was filmed in Austin and I got to be an extra in it.
The Hunger Games.
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, Escape from New York and Escape from LA; all feature sports (though they’re not the main focus).
The 10th Victim
Ready Player One?
And Rich forgot Redline.
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Also: Tron.