Rachel's Dream (1992 TV Movie) User Reviews

Techo-electronica dystopia

[MovieJunkie1976 · 6/10 · 6 October 2022]

Kate Beckinsale is Rachel. Rachel is like all other twenty somethings , living and drifting through life. Dreaming of what can be and brutally facing what is.

Rachel's dreams are reflected in her video monitors. They reflect her desires and her contempt. Her desires take shape in the form of a nameless fantasy man conjured by her imagination. At the same time her contempt surrounds a man named Mc Cloud. Vicky , Rachel's older sister is attempting to set her up with Mc Cloud , whom Rachel knows is the wrong type. After dinner goes wrong , Rachel leaves her sister and reports Mc Cloud leaving her uncertainty behind.

Interesting ....

I wonder if Kate knew the significance of this?

[bendickson1979 · 7/10 · 29 September 2011]

Vicki wants her sister to dress as Marilyn and floozy with bad company guy Ridley. This is in the future, when Ridley's chemicals have helped destroy the environment. But Rachel would rather hang out with her imaginary friend from the Acid Terrain poster on her wall. He is human, but also more than human. He is burnt as he finds the skull and crossbones warning on a chemical container, but he later manages to change polluted water into clean water. Vicki, complete with Egyptian snake headband, ends up at a party with Rachel, who fights off a male aggressor dressed as a Blues Brother. The film is probably inspired by Blade Runner, whose poster is found on Rachel's wall (along with a Star Trek III poster). This short telefilm was part of Kate's rise to fame. The path was laid down for her, and she trod it with blood squelching out either side of the carpet! Someone had inside info...perhaps!