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eXistenZ

Jude Law (Actor), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Actor), David Cronenberg (Director) | Format: DVD
3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (198 customer reviews)
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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

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Pure Cronenberg., April 18 2004
This review is from: eXistenZ (DVD)
Those who love "sci-fi" (i.e. puerile George Lucas ray-guns CGI bulls**t) should stay away from this film. It has an intelligent script, good acting (not wooden Hollywood posturing), clever dialogue, captivating visuals (not facile CGI effects), and a truly mindbending narrative that plays with our perceptions of reality and provides a great deal of cerebral entertainment. As one critic noted, eXistenZ "pulsates with a furtive fury that's pure Cronenberg." In other words, not to be missed.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Genuinely intelligent and unique Sci-Fi, Mar 1 2001
Where does one even begin to explain the genius of this film? David Cronenburg creates some of the most disturbing and controversial films ever put on celluloid. It's no wonder people have so many strong opinions about them. This movie grabs you, puts you in an uncomfortable position of a "where are we going, and where are you taking me to" feeling. It's only in the last three minutes of the film where you finally get the psuedo-assuredness of being halfway understanding when in the last few seconds you're thrown for a loop all over again. This movie is simply something you don't see in movies anymore. The story is dreamlike, the characters are peculiar and mysterious and the technology is frighteningly surreal under todays mesmerizing love of video game consoles. This movie taps into the principle and possiblities of how far big video game companies could really go in the near future. I actually loved this movie more than "The Matrix." Although both movies are completely different, for the sake of everyone comparing, this movie has a far more delicious story and a far more realistic probability presented by two very underrated movie actors. Which makes the comparison of the two sci-fi flicks no contest.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie!, Mar 7 2012
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Karen Evans "Katt" (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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I am Karen's daughter and I was the one she got this movie for. I watch this movie with my husband. I had first saw it when I was living at home, and thought it was a good sci-fi movie. Of course the end still stumps me.
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