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Dark Star
Released in DVD by Vci Home Video (03 July, 2001)
Starring: Dre Pahich and Dan O'Bannon
The Dark Star's crew is on a 20-year mission to destroy unstable planets and make way for future colonization. The smart bombs they use to effect this zoom off cheerfully to do their duty. But unlike Star Trek, in which order prevails, the nerves of this crew are becoming increasingly frayed to the point of psychosis. Their captain has been killed by a radiation leak that also destroyed their toilet paper. "Don't give me any of that 'Intelligent Life' stuff," says Commander Doolittle when presented with the possibility of alien life. "Find me something I can blow up." When an asteroid storm causes a malfunction, Bomb Number 20 (the most cheerful character in the film) has to be repeatedly talked out of exploding prematurely, each time becoming more and more peevish, until they have to teach him phenomenology to make him doubt his existence. And the film's apocalyptic ending, lifted almost wholly from Ray Bradbury's story "Kaleidoscope," has the remaining crew drifting away from each other in space, each to a suitably absurd end. Absurd, surreal, and very funny. John Carpenter once described Dark Star as "Waiting for Godot in space." Made at a cost of practically nothing, the film's effects are nevertheless impressive and, along with the number of ideas crammed into its 83 minutes, ought to shame makers of science fiction films costing hundreds of times more. The DVD contains both the original 68-minute release and the director's full version. --Jim Gay
Average review score: 
Good movie, miserable DVD quality
For film and sci-fi buffsYes, this film is not for the general couch potato who wants to be given entertainment on a silver platter. Please rent Star Trek-Numbesis and ogle at the zillion dollar effects.
This movie is a must for film buffs and sci-fi buffs. Place yourself in the year 1974; Kubrick's "2001" had set the stage for sci-fi presentation, the Star Trek TV series for stories with meaning, 50s sci-fi flicks for kitsch. Carpenter and O'Bannon create an incredible parody to counter the established sci-fi genre with something unexpected.
Life in space isn't mysterious, it isn't majestic, it isn't noble. It's outright boring, boring, boring. People go loopy and act stupid when bored out of their skulls. Crew members don't die from defending our way of life, they die from equipment breakdowns. Aliens aren't big-brained morally righteous gods or armies of monsters, they're silly beachballs. Computers aren't soulless mechina, they're as snippy and neurotic as the rest of the crew.
The movie offers a view of things to come from both Carpenter and O'Bannon. By taking this work as a skills-in-progress snapshot, you can see how both are forming their craft in movie-making. Carpenter's penchant for dark shadowy scenes is obvious, and O'Bannon displays his evolving talents at storytelling. Then take into consideration that the entire film was created for under $60,000 and you can appreciate the accomplishment.
If you appreciate the history of cinema and science fiction, you'll appreciate Dark Star. Let there be light.
Movie - 5
Content - 3
DVD Quality - 2
Overall - 4
In Space, No One Can Hear You Yawn...DARK STAR is the most un-romantic, stark, hysterical vision of space exploration ever filmed. Carpenter and O'bannon capture the suffocating boredom perfectly! After floating around in deep space for 20 years, even blowing up entire planets has become dull routine. The crew are sick of space, sick of each other, and have turned into apathetic numbskulls. The ship computer is a female voice of monotony. The planet-destroying bombs (yep, they talk too) are loopy, cheerful drones. Only when pending disaster threatens everyone aboard is any excitement forced into these poor shmucks' lives! Watch for the beachball alien. He's a trip! Check this out if you're tired of all the meaningless outerspace spectaculars of our day...
Fantastic Planet
Released in DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment (19 November, 2002)
Starring: Barry Bostwick
Based on French science fiction novelist Stefan Wul's Oms en Serie ("Oms by the Dozen"), René Laloux's La Planète Sauvage (its title changed to Fantastic Planet for the U.S. release) paints an animated tale of humans kept as domesticated pets by an alien race of blue humanoid giants called Traags. The story takes place on the Traags' planet Ygam, where we follow our narrator, an Om called Terr, from infancy to adulthood, when he escapes his subjugation with a Traag learning device with which to educate the savage Oms and incite them to revolt. As a French-Czech coproduction, this story had much resonance for its makers as an allegory of Czechoslovakia's invasion by Soviet troops in the late '60s, and had to be completed in Paris due to political pressure. While the story does not distinguish itself in the annals of science fiction, the imagination invested in the surreal backdrops, with its eerie creatures and landscapes, does. The animation technique--moving paper cutouts across backgrounds--contributes to the overall feeling of other-worldliness. Fantastic Planet won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival in 1973. Included on the DVD are three early short subjects by Laloux showing his evolution toward Fantastic Planet. You have your choice of audio: French with English subtitles, or English with English subtitles. But choose the latter so you can see how much the subtitles are cheating you. --Jim Gay
Average review score:
A forgotten gem of the seventies....I saw this movie more than 30 years ago when it was current... there was a rash of Franco-Czech animation collaborations going around at the time...another one was "The Masque of the Red Death", done, I think, by the same people who did "Fantastic Planet", and a few others. "Fantastic Planet", (not to be confused with "FORBIDDEN Planet", a completely different sort of sci-fi movie,) is the story of the enslavement/domestication of the humanoid Oms by the larger, much more civilized Traags. One day, one of the Oms discovers the learning device of his owner, and, thus educated, proceeds to rally his people to rebel against the dominance of the Traags.
The animation style has that funky, artsy-fartsy, primitive quality that makes some foreign or artfully low-budget animations so charming in that certain way. Now, I don't own this DVD, and from what I've read, the subtitles on both the French and English sides are irritating to the extreme....the story, nonetheless, along with the music and general design, is a charming one dealing with oppression, rebellion and pathos. If you can get past what apparently is a MAJOR mini-bugaboo, enjoy this obscure, well done movie for what it is...Art!
makes you wonder about your own pet.....I became obsessed with seeing this movie after i saw the movie The Cell, since this is the movie that jennifer lopez is watching while trying to sleep. I was able to rent it from netflix.com, and i got the dvd with the option of the audio in either french or english, however the english subtitles are still there. So I know they make one! While the subtitles are annoying, and distrating, i still think this story is awsome, so i give it a 5! definitally worth seeing, maybe not worth buying until they fix the audio/subtitles.
This review is for the French with subtitles versionFantastic Planet remains one of my all-time sci-fi favorites. This movie shows all that was great in the world of sci-fi in the pre-Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind era known as 1973. This odd French/Czech film is stuffed with truly bizarre and psychedelic scenes, with a great '70s funky score. The movie was based on a book from French sci-fi author Stefan Wul called Oms en Série from 1957 (unfortunately the book was never published in English, as far as I know, which is too bad). Anyway, if you still collect VHS, the ultimate version is the Collector's Edition on Anchor Bay with clamshell packaging, in its original French language, with English subtitles. I have to admit the original French voices are quite superior to the American voices of the dubbed-in-English version. Also you get the Fantastic Planet trailer, which has endorsements from everything from the Los Angeles Times to Seventeen Magazine (which seems a bit odd, given the magazine at the time was more for the Brady Bunch, Patridge Family, and the Osmonds type of teen audience). And the trailer also mentioned the awards the film received (especially the Grand Prix award at the infamous Cannes Film Festival in France). And then there are three shorts included, Les Dents du Singe (Monkey's Teeth) (1960), Les Temps Morts (Dead Times) (1964) and Les Escargot (The Snails) (1965). These were the only animateds René Laloux had done prior to Fantastic Planet. I would only give the three animateds a three star rating, they are fascinating to watch, and you get to see the evolution of the animation that lead up to Fantastic Planet, but they simply pale in comparison to Fantastic Planet itself. But regardless, the subtitled VHS version on Anchor Bay is a total must, and if you like bizarre and unusual sci-fi, get this.
Jumanji (Collectors' Edition)
Released in DVD by Columbia/Tristar Studios (02 September, 2003)
Starring: Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, and Bonnie Hunt
Based on the children's book by Chris Van Allsburg, Jumanji stars Robin Williams as a man who escapes his confinement within a devilish board game, only to be followed by all kinds of exotic problems: elephants, lions, zebras, monkeys, floods, giant insects, killer plants, and a big-game hunter. The computer-generated effects all wreak havoc through quiet streets, and while most of this is pretty fun, relationship conflicts and character development are weak and forgettable. The high point, in comic terms, is probably David Alan Grier's hilarious performance as a cop catching the worst of these various plagues--one at a time. The DVD release has a widescreen presentation, Dolby sound, optional French and Spanish soundtracks, optional Spanish and Korean subtitles.--Tom Keogh
Average review score:
It was the Never Ending Story.Movie started off good and held mine and the families interest for a while, but it went on and on and on. Most of the family had left the room by the end. Ol'dad stayed till the end, and it wasn't worth it. Good thing we only rented it.
Would u like a board game like this?I first saw this movie at the movie theatres when I was 7. Now I am 14 and I still like this movie. It is about a board game, when you play it real things from the jungle come to life from the game. Four characters must finish the game to make everything from the game go away. I am very impressed with the way the animals and the effects looked. The actors did an excellent job especially Bonnie Hunt and Robin Williams. The movie went by smoothly. I enjoyed the movie a lot. The movie may be a little dark because my little sister was scared the first time she saw it. Everytime she watches it more she gets less scared. I don't know why. I recommend this movie to anybody!
Fun but far-fetchedThis movie is about a board game gone wild (literally!). It's a fun fantasy-land in the "real world" that becomes frightening with a hunter that hunts people, rhinos that trample cars, and spiders that are almost human size (I still have to close my eyes at that part!). There is some element of romance, but it's primarily a comic adventure. Just stay away from any board games that play conga drums!
Invaders from Mars
Released in DVD by United American Video (02 September, 1997)
Starring: Helena Carter and Arthur Franz
The cold-war paranoia of the McCarthy era had America in its grip when the original Invaders from Mars was released in 1953, and this atmospheric, highly influential science fiction film--the first of its kind to be filmed in color--was perfectly in tune with the mood of its time. Jimmy Hunt plays the quintessential American boy of the post-war years--a freckle-faced kid named David who's curious, alert, and possibly prone to elaborate flights of fancy. Then, during a midnight thunderstorm, he witnesses the landing of a flying saucer that buries itself underground in a nearby field. David's father (Leif Erickson) indulges his son's urging to investigate... and thus begins a bizarre and chilling story of alien invasion, with David's cries of "Martians!" falling on deaf ears as more and more adults are abducted, probed, and placed under alien control.
Designed and directed by William Cameron Menzies (one of the greatest production designers of Hollywood's golden age, whose credits include Gone with the Wind), this eerie little thriller benefits from Menzies's skill at combining physical settings with psychological undercurrents of paranoid terror and resistance against the alien threat. It's still most effective for younger viewers, with Jimmy Hunt providing the story's youthful point of view. And although the malevolent aliens look campy now, with a leader who resembles a bubble-brained squid in a fishbowl, Invaders from Mars remains one of the seminal science fiction films of its time, paving the way for The War of the Worlds and the rapidly developing trend of alien-invasion thrillers. --Jeff Shannon
Average review score:
Mislabeled and MisleadingOn late night black and white tv, this movie scared me to blackout my bedroom windows (which didn't please my parents). William Cameron Menzies was a visionary. His stark style of design and tight storytelling still affects me as a designer and a writer. This past year I saw IFM on TCM and my imagination must have been at work because it wasn't the same movie. But then TCM's savvy host wised me up. The copyright was up for sale and some bozo bought it. He thought it needed more military action and inserted stock footage of tanks loading (to the tune of "Caissons" no less), and other footage of tanks coming to the rescue. In other words he reedited a classic. So if you buy the DVD and it says Original U.S. release. It's a lie. Send that warning to the FBI.
I Remember When!I Think I was five years old when this came out. When I saw it , it scared me to death. I'am really glad to have this is my collection. However, I am disapointed that the film wasn't cleaned up better before the transfere. All and all it is all there and not really bad but there is alot of scratches that are noticeable and some jumping around that is present when you run old film. It even has the old reel transfere dots in the upper right corner. It is still worth having and really one of the better done old Sc- Fi Flicks. Thanks For Reading This Review. I hope it helps. This is for the DVD.
50's Sci Fi at it's Best!This is a classic 1950's film. A spaceship lands at night and only a young boy knows what is really going on. The special effects may not be up to par with modern films but it is a fun and exciting film that the whole family can enjoy. Put on the popcorn, pop a cola, turn down the lights and pretend you are at the drive-in!
Robocop 2
Released in DVD by Image Entertainment (21 July, 1998)
Starring: Peter Weller
With the surprise success--both critical and commercial--of Robocop, it was inevitable that a sequel would emerge (actually, two sequels). But this follow-up lacked the dyspeptically funny vision of filmmaker Paul Verhoeven and wound up skimming the surface to repeat only the most superficial elements of the original: the big, clunky hero (played by Peter Weller), the ultra-violence (minus a dark sense of humor), and the plethora of action sequences. What plot there is deals with the corporation that runs the cops and its two-pronged attempt to squeeze every dime out of the populace and the city: create a new drug crisis (with an incredibly addictive synthetic drug the corporation manufactures, spread by a charismatic drug lord) and then attack with a bigger robot, one that eliminates Robocop at the same time. Would that they had. --Marshall Fine
Average review score:
Mediocre SequelThe first Robocop is credited with helping revolutionize the sci-fi genre. This one is a far cry from the original. Robocop 2 (Cain) looked extremely out of place compared to Murphy's Robocop. However, Cain was an excellent villain. You could feel the evil every time you looked at him. The kid villain was horrible. To think that a 12 year old kid could be a criminal mastermind is un-realistic. Irvin Kershner definitely screwed up by putting the kid in this movie. Also, what happended to Basil Poulodoris's great theme song? This movie's real downfall was the end scene. Johnson, (OCP V.P.) tries to pin the Cain/Robocop 2 disaster on Dr. Faxx. However, The Old Man is having a love affair with her so he rejects the plan. They should have ended the movie with Robocop arresting Dr. Faxx.
Robocop 2In the same setting as the last film, Robocop (Peter Weller) must fight a drug dealer Cain that eventually becomes Robocop 2, a powerfully brutal upgrade of Robocop that will not relent from killing sprees until it receives the drugs it needs. At the same time, Robocop is attempting to comprehend his true identity, disrupting his activities.
This exciting sequel to Robocop is filled with more intense action than anyone can think of. It is only marred by a slightly deranged performance by the child actor.
If you like this film, I also recommend "A Clockwork Orange".
Overall rating: 4.6 stars (rounded to 5)
Rated R for extreme violence, language, and drug-use.
Robocop 2...more darker and funnier than the first.People must be on CRACK to think this movie was any tamer than the first. Insane violence, that it was overboard...into the waters of satire. The last line sums up this movie's subtle genius "After all, Lois...we're only human". I love the old theme, but it's too heroic. This theme sounds more satirical. The villain was also much better in this movie. The 12 year old kid was nothing but more satire. There were tons of great one-liners...this wasn't just satire by itself this was RoboCop at his best. "Cain! Let's step outside." Peter Weller's voice is the best cyborg voice EVER.
This Island Earth
Released in DVD by Image Entertainment (17 October, 2000)
Starring: Jeff Morrow and Faith Domergue
A mysterious, pilotless plane carries scientist Rex Reason to a colony of America's best and brightest minds. They've been kidnapped by a dying alien race, the Metalunians, to repair their defense shield before their enemies destroy their world completely, toiling under their spying eyes and futuristic security cameras (two-way TVs that dominate every room). Jeff Morrow, under a raised forehead, bronze tan, and snow-white hair, philosophizes as Exeter, the thoughtful Metalunian torn between his duty and his morals as he forces the plucky humans to labor in his race's defense. The moody mystery of the first half turns to pure pulp adventure when the humans are transported across the galaxy to the battle-scarred world of Metaluna, under the threatening watch of a monstrous bug-eyed monster with a giant brain for a head and massive claws for hands. There's a genuine sense of wonder to Joseph Newman's intergalactic adventure, one of the most ambitious science fiction films of the 1950s. The story is simple space opera, but the futuristic designs of glass and metal, the marvelous alien makeup, and grandstanding special effects invest the film with a Technicolor splendor. Faith Domergue co-stars as a nuclear physicist and Gilligan's Island's Russell Johnson makes his first professorial appearance as a scientist. Science fiction auteur Jack Arnold was an unbilled codirector. --Sean Axmaker
Average review score:
This Island Earth DVD: ...This is one of those classic 50's Sci Fi movies that you are just itching to add to your collection. The Time Machine, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, and Earth vs. the Flying Saucers have all been ported over to DVD format. What is taking so long for this marvelous film to reappear in the mass-market of Sci Fi movies?
Count me in: this film's a winner!!An impressive, imaginative early science-fiction thriller, in which Earth's best scientists are drafted to work for an imperiled alien civilization. The characters are all paper-thin, but the plot is reasonably dense, and the special effects -- particularly the sets and minatures used for the outer-space sequences -- are brilliantly ambitious and creative. A nice bridge between the hokey serial films of the 1930s and '40s and the 'Sixties era of "Star Trek" and "2001." Recommended!
[Cast notes: also-ran Jeff Morrow plays the too-butch lead, Faith Domergue (who specialized in this kind of role) plays his bullet bra-ed co-scientist. And check out young Russell L. Johnson (best known as The Professor on "Gilligan's Island") as one of their colleagues.]
Certainly a classic...I can say nothing about the merits of this film, as well as its landmark place in SciFi film history, that hasn't been said before. To buy this film at its going rate would involve hocking my first-born and mortgaging my life. With all the pure garbage that's available on DVD, I really want to know what's holding up the general release of this great classic. I don't get it. It's such a worthy film.
Species
Released in DVD by Mgm/Ua Studios (17 July, 2001)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, and Natasha Henstridge
There's a kind of perverse marketing genius at work in this cheesy sci-fi hit from 1995 in which scientists create a half-human, half-alien woman named Sil (Natasha Henstridge) who's capable of morphing from a slimy, tentacled creature into a blond babe with the body of a Playboy centerfold. This makes it easy for Sil to lure gullible guys who are only too willing to indulge her voracious mating urge, realizing too late that sex with Sil is anything but safe. As the body count rises, a handpicked team of specialists tracks the alien's killing spree, but their diverse expertise is barely a match for the ever-morphing Sil. Borrowing elements of the Alien movies (including bizarre alien designs by Swiss artist H.R. Giger) and spicing them up with some tantalizing nudity, Species is a wet dream for creature-feature fans--kind of like watching a sci-fi vampire fantasy while browsing through the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. --Jeff Shannon
Average review score:
THE THUMB SCENE......alien hottie kidnaps girl - ties her up in bed and decides to crash for the night next to her hostage. They both wake up in the morning - apparently kidnapped chick was tired too - however, at dawn she starts her whimpering because mean alien hottie is a tad bit threatening and is not a bit interested in hearing pleas of innocence. Alien babe hatches an idea and proceeds to cut her thumb off in front of tied up hostage who predicatively amps up the scarred voltage accordingly. Alien then cuts off hostage chick's thumb and leaves by herself. What is she up too? She dumps the kidnapped girl's severed thumb in the garbage. Later on: she ends up being chased in the Hollywood hills. The good guys are on the trail and with helo's too! After a few minutes of intense chasing the Specie drives randomly off the road and down an embankment with hostage tied in the passenger seat (we must assume that she went back to the house and got her). Remember creature-feature fans, that our Alien has never been to the Hollywood hills and does not know the land. Well well, as luck would have it there is and Explosive Box that the car is going to hit...alien dives out just in time and car explodes. Wow! So, thumb is taken back to HQ where (now, this isn't shown so I'm just guessing) they confirm that it was from the alien on the lamb - never mind that the fried corps was in the passenger seat. This movie is about as dumb as it gets, but still - it ain't too bad. Have fun and enjoy the crappy movies in life!
Fun, But Not Up To Its Potential.The main problem I saw with Species was the uneven plot. At the beginning of the movie, young Sil (played for 15 minutes by Dawson's Creek's Michelle Williams) is set up to be gassed. Sil is an alien life form caught by some secret company that monitors extra terrestrial activity. As the gas spews out, Sil jumps through the glass and escapes. At the beginning, she doesn't understand or realize why she is evil, and that was a potential interesting story arc. In several scenes, she questions the way she is and wants to know why. These parts of the film are thoughtful and rather interesting. Sil grows quickly into an adult alien who is in the body of the super hot Natasha Henstridge. When she feels like it, she morphs into an alien creature designed by none other than Alien's H.R. Giger (though not quite as impressive as that film's monster). After about 45 minutes, Sil's wonder for the way she is goes out the window and she just goes on a killing rampage, going home with horny men and slaughtering them in various ways. The movies still fun from this point, but Sil becomes less interesting as a character and just becomes a monster. The special effects are gooey and well done, the acting is fine (aside from the stupid psychic dude, who's character I hated) and Sil looks great without a shirt on (these scenes are much to short, though). Overall, Species had potential at the beginning to make Sil into the good guy and her hunters into the bad guys, but instead it took the easy way out and made her a bad girl hunted down by good guys. It's like two movies blended together: a well made, compelling one and a silly B-movie.
The DVD from MGM is good. It has an aspect ratio of 2:50:1 (or something like that) and it anamorphic for widescreen TVs. It is presented in 5.1 surround and features a trailer. I would have liked a commentary by Natasha Henstridge, but alas, the disc is bare boned.
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Johnny Mnemonic
Released in DVD by Columbia/Tristar Studios (06 March, 2001)
Starring: Keanu Reeves and Dolph Lundgren
You might be tempted to call it "Johnny Moronic" after you've seen this illogical and derivative adaptation of William Gibson's cyberpunk short story (available in his book Burning Chrome), which is all the more depressing since Gibson himself wrote the screenplay. First you have to ask yourself why valuable top-secret electronic data would be stored in the "wet-wired" brain of a human courier (played by Keanu Reeves), who then transports the data from China to New Jersey as part of his last, most dangerous assignment. Surely there are better ways to transmit sensitive information, but since this is really just a conventional thriller with near-future design and spiffy special effects, Gibson and New York artist Robert Longo (making his directorial debut) are more interested in surface gloss and cyberpunk atmosphere. On that level the movie's fairly engaging, and Japanese film star Takeshi Kitano makes a pretty good villain, tracking Reeves down for the information in his data-packed brain. The movie also boasts an eclectic gallery of supporting players including rapper Ice-T, performance artist and rocker Henry Rollins, beefcake actor Dolph Lundgren, and transcontinental oddball Udo Kier. They can't stop this trip through virtual reality from being botched up, but sci-fi fans will certainly enjoy the echo of Gibson's fiction that remains on the screen. --Jeff Shannon
Average review score:
"Johnny Mnemonic" has a better plot than anything else......Don't expect great acting, there isn't any. However this movie does dish up some good parts. The atmosphere of the movie is pretty cool. A very Techno Cyber Electronic Punk feel to the movie. The special effects are really sweet considering when the movie was made. Also the music is really cool. Such bands as "Stabbing Westward" and "KMFDM" really set the mood for the film. If you can look past the terrible acting you'll find an enjoyable movie. Techno-Industrial fans will be pleased. Everyone else, move along.
"Cyber-Thriller"?... Definately Techno-Thriller...This movie is a very good one, if your looking to get into the Gibson style of "Cyberpunk", stories and movies. After all William Gibson started it. Though the future is sure to turn out differently, this movie could be considered a forewarning of what melding men and machine will do. Especially when wealth and power is stuck in-between.
UPS vs. chinese mafiahe's like a robutt because he has a computer part in his brain and he's like the UPS man except they let him wear long pants. i think keanu probably has nice knees but you don't see them in this film. he's very pale. they shot a lot of asian men in this movie which doesn't bother me one way or the other. i'm not prejudust.
iced tea acts better when he's wearing his sunglasses. when he takes them off you forget that he can act. maybe he reads q cards?
then he gives the computer chip and what's left of his brain to a good guy. keanu does. not iced tea who gets murdered.
i like this movie better than matrix because my coke tasted like windex when i saw the matrix movie and i rented this movie and had cranberry apple juice which i like without ice.
iced tea acts better when he's wearing his sunglasses. when he takes them off you forget that he can act. maybe he reads q cards?
then he gives the computer chip and what's left of his brain to a good guy. keanu does. not iced tea who gets murdered.
i like this movie better than matrix because my coke tasted like windex when i saw the matrix movie and i rented this movie and had cranberry apple juice which i like without ice.
Johnny Mnemonic
Released in DVD by Columbia/Tristar Studios (25 November, 1997)
Starring: Keanu Reeves and Dolph Lundgren
You might be tempted to call it "Johnny Moronic" after you've seen this illogical and derivative adaptation of William Gibson's cyberpunk short story (available in his book Burning Chrome), which is all the more depressing since Gibson himself wrote the screenplay. First you have to ask yourself why valuable top-secret electronic data would be stored in the "wet-wired" brain of a human courier (played by Keanu Reeves), who then transports the data from China to New Jersey as part of his last, most dangerous assignment. Surely there are better ways to transmit sensitive information, but since this is really just a conventional thriller with near-future design and spiffy special effects, Gibson and New York artist Robert Longo (making his directorial debut) are more interested in surface gloss and cyberpunk atmosphere. On that level the movie's fairly engaging, and Japanese film star Takeshi Kitano makes a pretty good villain, tracking Reeves down for the information in his data-packed brain. The movie also boasts an eclectic gallery of supporting players including rapper Ice-T, performance artist and rocker Henry Rollins, beefcake actor Dolph Lundgren, and transcontinental oddball Udo Kier. They can't stop this trip through virtual reality from being botched up, but sci-fi fans will certainly enjoy the echo of Gibson's fiction that remains on the screen. --Jeff Shannon
Average review score:
"Johnny Mnemonic" has a better plot than anything else......Don't expect great acting, there isn't any. However this movie does dish up some good parts. The atmosphere of the movie is pretty cool. A very Techno Cyber Electronic Punk feel to the movie. The special effects are really sweet considering when the movie was made. Also the music is really cool. Such bands as "Stabbing Westward" and "KMFDM" really set the mood for the film. If you can look past the terrible acting you'll find an enjoyable movie. Techno-Industrial fans will be pleased. Everyone else, move along.
"Cyber-Thriller"?... Definately Techno-Thriller...This movie is a very good one, if your looking to get into the Gibson style of "Cyberpunk", stories and movies. After all William Gibson started it. Though the future is sure to turn out differently, this movie could be considered a forewarning of what melding men and machine will do. Especially when wealth and power is stuck in-between.
UPS vs. chinese mafiahe's like a robutt because he has a computer part in his brain and he's like the UPS man except they let him wear long pants. i think keanu probably has nice knees but you don't see them in this film. he's very pale. they shot a lot of asian men in this movie which doesn't bother me one way or the other. i'm not prejudust.
iced tea acts better when he's wearing his sunglasses. when he takes them off you forget that he can act. maybe he reads q cards?
then he gives the computer chip and what's left of his brain to a good guy. keanu does. not iced tea who gets murdered.
i like this movie better than matrix because my coke tasted like windex when i saw the matrix movie and i rented this movie and had cranberry apple juice which i like without ice.
iced tea acts better when he's wearing his sunglasses. when he takes them off you forget that he can act. maybe he reads q cards?
then he gives the computer chip and what's left of his brain to a good guy. keanu does. not iced tea who gets murdered.
i like this movie better than matrix because my coke tasted like windex when i saw the matrix movie and i rented this movie and had cranberry apple juice which i like without ice.
Johnny Mnemonic (Superbit Collection)
Released in DVD by Columbia/Tristar Studios (09 October, 2001)
Starring: Keanu Reeves and Dolph Lundgren
You might be tempted to call it "Johnny Moronic" after you've seen this illogical and derivative adaptation of William Gibson's cyberpunk short story (available in his book Burning Chrome), which is all the more depressing since Gibson himself wrote the screenplay. First you have to ask yourself why valuable top-secret electronic data would be stored in the "wet-wired" brain of a human courier (played by Keanu Reeves), who then transports the data from China to New Jersey as part of his last, most dangerous assignment. Surely there are better ways to transmit sensitive information, but since this is really just a conventional thriller with near-future design and spiffy special effects, Gibson and New York artist Robert Longo (making his directorial debut) are more interested in surface gloss and cyberpunk atmosphere. On that level the movie's fairly engaging, and Japanese film star Takeshi Kitano makes a pretty good villain, tracking Reeves down for the information in his data-packed brain. The movie also boasts an eclectic gallery of supporting players including rapper Ice-T, performance artist and rocker Henry Rollins, beefcake actor Dolph Lundgren, and transcontinental oddball Udo Kier. They can't stop this trip through virtual reality from being botched up, but sci-fi fans will certainly enjoy the echo of Gibson's fiction that remains on the screen. --Jeff Shannon
Average review score:
"Johnny Mnemonic" has a better plot than anything else......Don't expect great acting, there isn't any. However this movie does dish up some good parts. The atmosphere of the movie is pretty cool. A very Techno Cyber Electronic Punk feel to the movie. The special effects are really sweet considering when the movie was made. Also the music is really cool. Such bands as "Stabbing Westward" and "KMFDM" really set the mood for the film. If you can look past the terrible acting you'll find an enjoyable movie. Techno-Industrial fans will be pleased. Everyone else, move along.
"Cyber-Thriller"?... Definately Techno-Thriller...This movie is a very good one, if your looking to get into the Gibson style of "Cyberpunk", stories and movies. After all William Gibson started it. Though the future is sure to turn out differently, this movie could be considered a forewarning of what melding men and machine will do. Especially when wealth and power is stuck in-between.
UPS vs. chinese mafiahe's like a robutt because he has a computer part in his brain and he's like the UPS man except they let him wear long pants. i think keanu probably has nice knees but you don't see them in this film. he's very pale. they shot a lot of asian men in this movie which doesn't bother me one way or the other. i'm not prejudust.
iced tea acts better when he's wearing his sunglasses. when he takes them off you forget that he can act. maybe he reads q cards?
then he gives the computer chip and what's left of his brain to a good guy. keanu does. not iced tea who gets murdered.
i like this movie better than matrix because my coke tasted like windex when i saw the matrix movie and i rented this movie and had cranberry apple juice which i like without ice.
iced tea acts better when he's wearing his sunglasses. when he takes them off you forget that he can act. maybe he reads q cards?
then he gives the computer chip and what's left of his brain to a good guy. keanu does. not iced tea who gets murdered.
i like this movie better than matrix because my coke tasted like windex when i saw the matrix movie and i rented this movie and had cranberry apple juice which i like without ice.
What I must mention is the DVD quality: On a scale from zero to ten it would rank minus 25! It is letterbox format and so poor that no amount of fiddling with my projector settings could make a difference. Grainy picture, lots of artifacts, washed out colours.. you name it, this edition has it. What a pitty.