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Terminal City Ricochet (1990)

Terminal City Ricochet poster
Directed by
Zale Dalen
Genre
dystopian film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 47m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A dystopian comedy set in a future Vancouver. It mocks television and how it works with the government to control people through consumerism.

satiricaldarkly comicchaoticlow-budgetquirkycynicaldialogue-heavy

What happens

Terminal City Ricochet is a 1990 dystopian comedy film directed by Zale Dalen. The name was taken from a hockey team called the Terminal City Ricochets. Starring Jello Biafra (of the Dead Kennedys), Terminal City Ricochet satirizes television and its collusion with government and consumerism. The film was shown at film festivals and on pay cable TV. The DVD combo, which contains both the film and the CD soundtrack, has been made available through the Alternative Tentacles website. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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