See also: http://forum.rpg.net/archive/index.php/t-234949.html http://hiddengrid.com/forums/index.php?topic=12.0
We're working on reviewing and more carefully cataloging these old videos and movies for hints of fiction or reality that was "ahead of its time" in the 20th Century.
Big Trouble in Little China (includes magic...)
Dresden Files (TV)
Akira
Aliens
Avalon (VR wargames, played for money...)
Babylon AD
Bladerunner
Children of Men
Cherry 2000
Collateral
Eraser
Escape From New York
Gattaca
Gamer (AR/VR and so on...probably move-by-wire type stuff -- via remote control)
Ghost In The Shell
Grosse Point Blank (one of the most realistic hand to hand fights I've ever seen on film)
Hard Boiled
Hardware
Heat
Johnny Mnemonic
La Femme Nikita (the original French film is much better than Point of No Return)
Minority Report
Nemesis
Ocean's Eleven (& sequels)
Robocop
Romeo Must Die
Ronin
Sneakers
Spartan
Strange Days
The Corruptor
The Crow
The Cube
The Killer
The Man from Nowhere (The Man could be an Adept. For certain.)
The Matrix
The Professional
The Replacement Killers
The Running Man
The Transporter
The Usual Suspects
Torchwood (TV)
Way of the Gun
Clear and Present Danger
The Rock
Predator
Con Air
Full Metal Jacket (snipers take note of the ending)
Platoon
Apocalypse Now