TC 2000

TC 2000 (1993)

The year is 2020. He's mostly human, and totally invincible...Until now

Somewhere in the future the environmental overkill had come. Many people had died. The rich were able to build the underworld, the poor had to stay on the surface building gangs to survive. Jason Storm, an underworld guard gets knowledge of a conspiracy to kill all people on the surface. He needs to flee to the surface, and wins Sumai, a respected martial arts master, as his ally to stop the dirty plot.

Date of release
1993-08-18
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (71)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Action, Science Fiction
Director
T.J. Scott

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Toronto

TC 2000 is a 1993 science fiction action film written and directed by T. J. Scott and starring Billy Blanks, Jalal Merhi, Bolo Yeung, Bobbie Phillips and Matthias Hues. Its plot takes place in a dystopian future, where an elite cop (Blanks) tries to reconnect with a fallen comrade (Phillips) turned into a cyborg by the government, while trying to protect his underground city from the surface rebels whose leader (Merhi) is responsible for her death. Some aspects of TC 2000 serve as product placement for an eponymous brand of martial arts equipment.

Production

Following Merhi's breakthrough with Tiger Claws, a successor was immediately financed on the strength of pre-sales. TC 2000 started as a sequel to Tiger Claws, but evolved into an unrelated science-fiction picture. This was the first feature project offered to director T.J. Scott.

Principal photography took place in the Toronto metropolitan area in November 1992, and parts of the shoot took place under frigid conditions. Much of the film's underground city was represented by the lower levels of a government complex located on Wellesley and Bay Street. Villain Niki Picasso's headquarters are represented by another public building, the Mississauga Civic Centre. The climactic scenes were filmed at a Toronto power plant.

U.S. backer Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment was dissatisfied with the original cut of TC 2000 and ordered it retooled to emphasize action. Merhi suffered the brunt of it and lost around 15 minutes of screen time, which included some fighting as well as character moments that reflected his desire for a more dramatic film. This contributed to rising tensions between himself and SGE, and his departure from their partnership soon after.

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