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Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD EAN: 4006680018317 Format: PAL Languages: Region Code: 2 Theatrical Release Date: April 23, 1999 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Director David Cronenberg's eXistenZ is a stew of corporate espionage, virtual reality gaming, and thriller elements, marinated in Cronenberg's favorite Crock-Pot juices of technology, physiology, and sexual metaphor. Jennifer Jason Leigh is game designer Allegra Geller, responsible for the new state-of-the-art eXistenZ game system; along with PR newbie Ted Pikul (Jude Law), they take the beta version of the game for a test drive and are immersed in a dangerous alternate reality. The game isn't quite like PlayStation, though; it's a latexy pod made from the guts of mutant amphibians and plugs via an umbilical cord directly into the user's spinal column (through a BioPort). It powers up through the player's own nervous system and taps into the subconscious; with several players it networks their brains together. Geller and Pikul's adventures in the game reality uncover more espionage and an antigaming, proreality insurrection. The game world makes it increasingly difficult to discern between reality and the game, either through the game's perspective or the human's. More accessible than Crash, eXistenZ is a complicated sci-fi opus, often confusing, and with an ending that leaves itself wide open for a sequel. Fans of Cronenberg's work will recognize his recurring themes and will eat this up. Others will find its shallow characterizations and near-incomprehensible plot twists a little tedious. --Jerry Renshaw Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Confusing titlePlease note that this movie has nothing to do with those pills you see advertised on late night TV. :( ExtenZe Male Enhancement, 30-Count Box Rating:  - How did you know my name??What a weird, creepy, bit of fun this is! It is reminiscent of "Naked Lunch" (and why not? Cronenberg did THAT one, too!). The game within a game within a game was Excellent! I find it odd that it was a flop at the Box-Office. I first saw "ExistenZ" the year it first came out on VHS, and enjoyed it immensely. Of course, I'm biased, because I'm a HUGE fan of David Cronenberg's works. Where David Lynch uses a feather floating on air, David Cronenberg uses a sledgehammer (of course, AFTER he has given ... Read More Rating: - worth every pennyI'm a big fan of Jude Law, so I might just be saying this because he is in the movie, but eXistenZ is worth watching over and over. There are things I notice every time I watch it. If you love gaming, and you want something that is a little more edgy, and will keep you thinking about it long after the movie is over, this film is for you. If you like psychological thrillers, cute guys, and games, you can't go wrong with eXistenZ Rating:  - Fantasy Sci-Fi with a twistThis movie is out there but it is a classic Sci-Fi fantasy title with an eerie setting. Best watched in the dark after the sun has set. One of its tag lines; "... makes The Matrix seem like child's play"; may be a stretch, but it is definitely worth picking up if you love Sci-Fi and have not seen it yet. Rating: - I'm going to kill the Chinese WaiterVideodrone for the next generation. I loved this movie! Virtual Unreality. This is the kind of movie you'll have to watch again and again...each time you'll pick something else up! |
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