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The Lawnmower Man
1992
Jobe, the church gardener known as the Lawnmower Man, is an adult with a six-year-old's mind. At Cybertech, a nearby research centre, Dr Angelo uses his technological breakthrough, an advanced virtual reality computer system, to accelerate the intelligence of laboratory chimps. Ater a chance meeting with Jobe, Dr Angelo begins .. Read more
| Starring | Jeff Fahey, Pierce Brosnan, Jenny Wright, Geoffrey Lewis |
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| Director | Brett Leonard |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller |
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The Lawnmower Man
Jobe, the church gardener known as the Lawnmower Man, is an adult with a six-year-old's mind. At Cybertech, a nearby research centre, Dr Angelo uses his technological breakthrough, an advanced virtual reality computer system, to accelerate the intelligence of laboratory chimps. Ater a chance meeting with Jobe, Dr Angelo begins experiments to advance Jobe's intelligence... with amazing and disturbing results. Based on a short story by Stephen King.
| Starring | Jeff Fahey, Pierce Brosnan, Jenny Wright, Geoffrey Lewis |
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| Director | Brett Leonard |
| Studio | FIRST INDEPENDENT VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 44 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 43 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Released | Production year: 1992 On LOVEFiLM Instant: LOVEFiLM Instant: 29 Dec 2011 To Rent: DVD: 08 May 2000 |
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Some impressive special effects, simulating 'virtual reality' Ð a computer-created world Ð enliven an otherwise drab and predictable science fiction movie.
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- Halliwell's Film Guide
- 02 Mar 2006 at 15:38
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Really bad
Being a Stephen King story and staring Brosnan, I thought it might have something to it. It has: the privilege of being one of the worst movies I?ve ever seen. ... read more »
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- 13 Feb 2004 at 18:47
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You had to be there to enjoy this one.
Back when I first watched this film there was much hype about VR and there were various places you could go for this experience. As it turned out this was just ... read more »
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Limited to its era
Interesting concept for its time, very loosely based on a Stephen King short story which actually has nothing to do with computers or VR. In that sense the ... read more »
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- 21 Jan 2012 at 21:47
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So Boring and dated
Its on our TV now and I'm sat on the computer that tells you how interesting it is. We rented this as a friend said it was the best film he'd ever seen... read more »
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- bestdriver
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- 03 Dec 2009 at 22:40
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The Lawnmower Man
Jobe, the church gardener known as the Lawnmower Man, is an adult with a six-year-old's mind. At Cybertech, a nearby research centre, Dr Angelo uses his technological breakthrough, an advanced virtual reality computer system, to accelerate the intelligence of laboratory chimps. Ater a chance ...
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