Author William Gibson, a Leader in the "Cult of Cyber-Punk" World, Wrote the Screen-Play from His Own Story.
Kneau Reeves, in an Exercise Exploring the Possibilities of Becoming a Better Actor,
Shouts Lines with Over Gesture.
More Lessons in the Art of Acting Needed Forth-With.
The Computer Graphics, circa 1995, are State of the Art, and Look Like Painting with an Electric Brush.
It has a Sort of Retro-Charm Today.
The Story is a Simple One.
Reeves Mnemonic, has a Brain that has been "Wet-Wired" with a Device to Store Memory.
This Makes Him a Cyber-Courier.
He Overloads on the Data Causing Him Impending Death and Immediate Convulsions.
The Yakuzi have been Hired to Retrieve Reeves' Head (literally), because the Information is in High Demand from "Take Over the World" Types.
The Info Contains a Cure for a Current Spreading Virus NAS, that was Caused by Electronic Pollution from all of Society's Plug-In Demands.
Dolph Lundgren Shows Up as an Apocalyptic Preacher Stereotype and Almost Steals the Show from the Real-Life Actors,
Chanting "Come to Jesus" as He Ministers Death and Destruction.
An Underrated, Little Appreciated Stab at Turning the Quickly Evolving Internet and Computers that was Very New in 1995.
Certainly Not as Good as the Sum of its Parts. Some Things Resonate and are Prophetic.
But Some Things Miss the Mark of Predicting the Future Technology.
It's Loads of Fun and Stuff and Tries Hard at its Dystopian Vision.
It Smacks of too Much Hollywood and Not Enough from the Emerging Silicon Valley.
As an Entertainment, a Relic Worth a Watch.
Kneau Reeves, in an Exercise Exploring the Possibilities of Becoming a Better Actor,
Shouts Lines with Over Gesture.
More Lessons in the Art of Acting Needed Forth-With.
The Computer Graphics, circa 1995, are State of the Art, and Look Like Painting with an Electric Brush.
It has a Sort of Retro-Charm Today.
The Story is a Simple One.
Reeves Mnemonic, has a Brain that has been "Wet-Wired" with a Device to Store Memory.
This Makes Him a Cyber-Courier.
He Overloads on the Data Causing Him Impending Death and Immediate Convulsions.
The Yakuzi have been Hired to Retrieve Reeves' Head (literally), because the Information is in High Demand from "Take Over the World" Types.
The Info Contains a Cure for a Current Spreading Virus NAS, that was Caused by Electronic Pollution from all of Society's Plug-In Demands.
Dolph Lundgren Shows Up as an Apocalyptic Preacher Stereotype and Almost Steals the Show from the Real-Life Actors,
Chanting "Come to Jesus" as He Ministers Death and Destruction.
An Underrated, Little Appreciated Stab at Turning the Quickly Evolving Internet and Computers that was Very New in 1995.
Certainly Not as Good as the Sum of its Parts. Some Things Resonate and are Prophetic.
But Some Things Miss the Mark of Predicting the Future Technology.
It's Loads of Fun and Stuff and Tries Hard at its Dystopian Vision.
It Smacks of too Much Hollywood and Not Enough from the Emerging Silicon Valley.
As an Entertainment, a Relic Worth a Watch.