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Johnny Mnemonic
1995
Loosely based on a story by cyber-pioneer William Gibson, this futuristic thriller centres on a the title character played by Keanu Reeves, a courier who uploads vital data straight into his hard-drive of a brain for storage and safe transport. Johnny has given up brainspace that his childhood memories occupied in order to save .. Read more
| Starring | Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren, Ice-T, Dina Meyer |
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| Director | Robert Longo |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller |
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Johnny Mnemonic
Loosely based on a story by cyber-pioneer William Gibson, this futuristic thriller centres on a the title character played by Keanu Reeves, a courier who uploads vital data straight into his hard-drive of a brain for storage and safe transport. Johnny has given up brainspace that his childhood memories occupied in order to save space for his chosen profession. He wants to pull one last job before he retires, and the one he gets is particularly perilous. He's got 48 hours to transport a large load of data from Beijing to the United States--and some futuristic samurai don't want him to make it to his destination! The directorial debut of conceptual artist Robert Longo is full of arresting visuals painting a bleak, yet eye-popping, vision of the future.
| Starring | Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren, Ice-T, Dina Meyer, Henry Rollins, Udo Kier, Barbara Sukowa, Takeshi Kitano, Tracy Tweed |
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| Director | Robert Longo |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 33 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 19 Apr 2004 Production year: 1995 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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Director Robert Longo's turgid sci-fi thriller, based on William Gibson's cyberpunk short story, is cyber junk. Keanu Reeves sleepwalks through the title role as a 21st-century hi-tech messenger who carries top-secret information thanks to a computer chip in his brain allied to bio-enhanced memory cells. Unfortunately, his latest employers have overloaded his cranial capacity to such an extent that his head will explode unless he downloads fast. Empty, flashy and incredibly dull, Longo's unpleasant movie fails to generate any suspense and, worse still, is lamely tarted up with incomprehensible surf-cowboy jargon, gratuitous violence and second-rate special effects.
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A cyberpunk thriller that, like every other movie that has attempted to cash in on virtual reality, crashes and leaves only confusion behind.
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5 out of 7 people found this review helpful
An acceptable film
Of all the films i have seen this rates as moderate. The story is somewhat funny, the effects cost more than a fiver but I am sorry to say that Keanu can and has done better than this. The priest however makes this movie watchable just for its comedy value, the man is so camp and plays the role so well. The movie is also a summer job for the music industry with Henry Rollins (rollins band) and rapper friends in tow.
On the whole as i say its medle of the road in all aspects. Only see this if you are a fan of Keanu and need to tick it of the movie list, otherwise its one to avoid. -
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Actually, its not bad
As a pre cursor to the Matrix this is an interesting exercise for Keanu Reeves, the man who's played Neo and the Buddha in his brief career so far. Based on the short story by William Gibson, inventor of cyberpunk, this film expands the general idea into a full length movie and it does so rather well.
Its stylish, in a way which does seem a tad dated already but nevertheless remains not so distant futuristic and an interesting commentary on present day technology, the gap between the haves and have nots, corporate world domination etc etc.
It lacks a few of the more subtle touches of Gibson's writings and makes me slightly relieved that Neuromancer has yet to be made.
But it also has a kooky appearance by Dolph Lundgren, Henry Rollins and Ice T.
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