History Film / FutureWar

* 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.

* YourSizeMayVary: The dinosaur puppets never seem pinned down to a consistent size. In low shots they seem about the size of large dogs (the "Cuteasaurus"), while in high shots they loom over the cast. Handwaved by the opening narration, the nun does say the dinos come in all shapes, sizes, and ages, "and its masters". Doesn't explain the inconsistent size of a dinosaur ''in the same scene''.

Our heroes reunited, Anne calls in some favors and enlists the aid of her former clients/gangmates/customers to raise a small army to combat the dinosaur puppets. Since said puppets are known to congregate near water, the last half-hour or so of the film takes place in what is meant to be a water treatment plant, which the gang blows up after suffering heavy losses. At the end, Anne's final vows are interrupted by the second cyborg showing up for one last kickboxing match, but the good guys win, Anne becomes a nun, and her halfway house "scores" a new counsellor.

-->'''Mike:''' "This has got to be the ''last'' danger you think of when you're living in a dumpster."

* FlatEarthAtheist: Ann seems to heavily doubt the Runaway's story even after ''a dinosaur bursts into her house and kills one of her friends''.

-->"This has got to be the ''last'' danger you think of when you're living in a dumpster."

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Polaris completely vanishes from the film when the FBI forcefully take control of the case.

--> ''Ah, [[BigEater he's gonna fit right in!]]''

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Ignoring the lousy effects, let's face it, getting eaten by a dinosaur is not a pleasant way to go.

** Especially since we do get to see the rather gory aftereffects of one such dino-puppet attack about midway through.

* TakeOurWordForIt: The Slave Rebellion happens mostly off-camera, while the audience gets static shots of generic sci-fi sets with sci-fi sound effects in the background.
** That's because they used stock footage from a different movie which didn't star the lead actor.
* TakeThatUs: Legend has it that while working on the movie one crewmember said how fun it would be if their movie was aired on ''Mystery Science Theater.''

* NinjaPorateZombieRobot: This film crams dinosaurs, cyborgs from the future, martial arts, gang-bangers, and a nun into the story, albeit not particularly well.

* NeckSnap: The Cyborg does this to a female lab assistant when she falls from a air duct

* TimeTravel: Implied in the "backstory," never shown.

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Subverted. While the first death that we see involves Sister Anne's BlackBestFriend, the scene in question is actually a FlashForward to the film's ending, and so the black dude in question is actually the third-to-last person to die.

* DisposableVagrant: The first person we see a dinosaur kill is a homeless [[TheAlcoholic wino]].

The story concerns "[[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep the Runaway]]," a slave who escapes his cyborg masters' spaceship and crash-lands just off the coast of UsefulNotes/{{California}}. Two cyborgs and a pack of dinosaur puppets are dispatched to recapture him. The Runaway kickboxes one of the cyborgs to death and takes down a dinosaur puppet, but is then unceremoniously [[CrashIntoHello hit by a car]] driven by Sister Anne, a hooker/ganger/druggie-turned novitiate nun. Anne takes him back to her home, a half-way house inhabited by overweight men, and nurses the Runaway back to health. With him choking her and all, they seem to be hitting it off, but their growing bond is interrupted by a dinosaur puppet attack that claims one of Anne's friends.

The story concerns "[[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep the Runaway]]," a slave who escapes his cyborg masters' spaceship and crash-lands just off the coast of California. Two cyborgs and a pack of dinosaur puppets are dispatched to recapture him. The Runaway kickboxes one of the cyborgs to death and takes down a dinosaur puppet, but is then unceremoniously [[CrashIntoHello hit by a car]] driven by Sister Anne, a hooker/ganger/druggie-turned novitiate nun. Anne takes him back to her home, a half-way house inhabited by overweight men, and nurses the Runaway back to health. With him choking her and all, they seem to be hitting it off, but their growing bond is interrupted by a dinosaur puppet attack that claims one of Anne's friends.

-->'''Tom Servo''': Introducing new, faster seconds.

* FlatEarthAtheist: Ann, [[{{Irony}} a nun-in-training]], seems to heavily doubt the Runaway's story even after ''a dinosaur bursts into her house and kills one of her friends''.

* TheCameo: The bum attacked by a dino is none other than [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_J_Ackerman Forrest J. Ackerman]]. Sharp eyes will notice his holding a copy of ''Famous Monsters of Filmland''.

* TerminatorTwosome: As a film "inspired" (ahem) by ''TheTerminator'', this movie uses a variation of this. While there's one "good" person sent to Earth, there are three bad guys, plus an unclear number of dinosaurs. Also, TimeTravel may or may not actually be involved.

* TheNineties: The entire movie was clearly costumed by raiding [[Music/PearlJam Eddie Vedder's]] closet. The Bots call it "The Plaid Parade."

* FlatEarthAtheist: Ann seems to heavily doubt the Runaway's story even after ''a dinosaur bursts into her house and kills one of her friends''.

-->--''The OpeningNarration''

* NeckSnap: The Master does this to a female lab assistant when she falls from a air duct