21st Century detective Jake Cardigan is arrested for murdering the husband of his ex-wife. It seems like a frame up, yet Cardigan refuses to let the authorities investigate further or even deny any involvement in the killing.
Acting
Greg Evigan's commitment to Cardigan's baffling refusal to defend himself.
Production
Toronto standing in for 2044 with aggressive neon and leather jackets.
Writing
Shatner's source novel somehow made weirder by TV adaptation.
Director
Jerry Ciccoritti
Greg Evigan
Jake Cardigan
Eugene Clark
Sid Gomez
Torri Higginson
Beth Kittridge
William Shatner
Walter H. Bascom
Sandahl Bergman
Valkyrie
Von Flores
Sonny Hokori
Catherine Blythe
Centra
Maurice Dean Wint
Lieutenant Winger
Jacob Tierney
Eugene Leopold
Barbara Eve Harris
Thalia McKenzie
Ruth Marshall
Kylie Roman
Hrant Alianak
Judge Tsuruda
Michael A. Miranda
Det. Prosco
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the fourth and final TekWar TV movie before the series launched; Shatner reportedly micromanaged set design to match his vision of 2044.
TekWar represents peak 'author vanity project' era when actors could launch entire franchises from self-published novels—Shatner wrote eight of them.
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