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6 movies set in 2019 that look way different than our actual reality
2019-12-24T20:35:40Z
- There are several older movies that take place in the year 2019.
- Most of them imagined a future that looks nothing like our own.
- Some of these plots include deadly game shows and characters developing telekinetic abilities.
- Here are six films that were set in 2019 and looked way different than our actual reality over the past year.
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"The Island" is a 2005 film set in 2019 where residents live in a confined indoor community. They believe the entire outside world is too contaminated for humans to live in, except for one island.
Source: The Guardian
The movie imagined a world where cloning is real and wealthy people harvest the clones' organs. Cloning isn't quite at that level yet, but scientists are taking steps towards growing organs in a laboratory.
Source: IMDb and Smithsonian Magazine
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Scarlett Johansson and Ewan McGregor starred in the movie. It was not well-received by critics or fans.
Source: IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes
The 2009 movie "Daybreakers" takes place in a futuristic 2019. The storyline revolves around a plague that transformed humans into vampires.
Source: IMDb
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Claudia Karvan, Hawke, and Willem Dafoe starred in the sci-fi movie. Audience and critic reactions were mixed.
Source: IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes
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"Blade Runner" is a 1982 film set in a dystopian 2019. Its plot centers around synthetic humans that are bioengineered.
Source: Insider
The movie imagined that we would have flying cars, realistic humanoid robots, and would be colonizing other planets. We're still a far cry from all three.
Source: Insider
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"The Running Man" is a 1987 film that is set in 2019. The plot is about a deadly game show where contestants are convicted criminals who must run for their lives as they're hunted by professional killers.
Source: IMDb
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Although the film was right about reality TV and competition shows existing today, the deadly game imagined in the movie would never be allowed.
Source: IMDb
"The Running Man" starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Conchita Alonso. It was a satire on other sci-fic movies.
Source: IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes
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The 2017 film "Geostorm" is set in 2019 and centers around a satellite that can control the weather. This satellite eventually starts causing deadly weather disasters in various locations around the world.
Source: IMDb, Screenrant
In 2019, satellites obviously can't control the weather. That said, climate change is causing weather disasters to become more common.
Source: Business Insider
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Gerard Butler was the lead actor in "Geostorm." It was critically panned.
Source: IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes
The 1988 anime film "Akira" is set in 2019. The movie follows the leader of a bike gang who tries to save his friend who developed the ability to move objects using the power of his mind after a motorcycle accident.
Source: IMDb
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