Johnny Mnemonic (DVD)

...no exception. Keanu Reeves is Johnny Mnemonic, a courier that delivers via an implant in his head. Trouble is he has just downloaded dodgy goods, and people are after him for various reasons. If this sounds deliberately vague it is meant to be. The story is different in some places to the book, and some characters have been added or changed. To be really sure of what is going on you need to suspend disbelief and immerse yourself in the incredible ...
...The film is visually good, and Reeves is not as bad an actor as eveyone makes out. I also enjoyed Dolph Lundgrens 'Preacher' and thought it was a shame we didnt see more of him. Most of the ideas that Gibson introduced in the book are here; the laser wire embedded into the bad guys thumb tip, the idoru in the net, the dolphin and the bridge community... My advice is to read the novel first and then you will appreciate the vision that Gibson has, ...

sarahwilliams 07.10.2001 · Read full review
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...data out is destroyed, meaning johnny will die within three days. trying to get the data out, and also being hunted down, johnny meets a woman who will help him, but who also has the deadly disease. by the end of the film i was bored, and wanted it to hurry up and finish, it wasnt a great ending considering all of his problems were solved by a dolphin. all in all i wish i hadnt wasted my money. daz x ...

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...known as the Black Shakes. Johnny Mnemonic is a film set in the near dark future - you can almost see that the future is possible, with the power now wielded by massive companies and the criminal fraternity turning to more legitimate business. Johnny himself, played by Keanu Reeves (acting as woodenly as usual) is a mnemonic courier. He has had part of his memory replaced by a silicon implant enabling him to smuggle information undetected. He is ...
...can fax off the details. Johnny gets one image, one is taken by the Yakuza and the other is destroyed. The rest of the film involves Johnny trying to reach his destination to download the data - which turns out to be a cure for the Black Shakes - he is chased by the Yakuza and a mad cyborg monk. He is aided in his quest by Dina Meyer and Ice T. The theory of the film has promise, but doesn't come through with the goods. Keanu Reeves is no different ...

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Johnny Mnemonic - Starring Keanu Reeves - with a memory chip inside of his skull. This film made me stop and think about the growing trend of technology towards bio tech integration. It's already happening just look at the medical advances in the news. Anyway, I found this film to be very entertaining and I felt sorry for the character having to give up his childhood memories in order to have the memory storage chip installed. The plot was also good ...
...Man's ability to overcome the odds, and win in the nick of time. I would love to own this film on DVD but it hasn't been released on this format yet. When it is I shall definatley be buying it as soon as I see it on the shelves. If you haven't seen this film yet, I recommend that you do so as soon as possible. Keanu Reeves in a great film. ...

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THIS IS A GOOD FILM! I apologise for the use of capitals above, but I had to get this point across. This film has received some extremely harsh criticism, but it is a very good film. Keanu Reeves is very good. Ice-T is excellent, as is Dina Meyer. Dolph Lungram makes an appearance too, as a somewhat unorthodox preacher, or mad murderous mostly non-human psycho! What a cast! The story line is something a little different. Its set in the future ...
...securely via the Internet so some humans, act as couriers, carrying the information in their head, on implanted chips. It all sounds a little far fetched, but it really does work. Keanu Reeves plays one of these carriers, and exceeds his memory capacity. As it starts to leak, he nneds to get the information out of his head before it kills him, while some want to get the information themselves, and some just want it destroyed, Keanos head and all. ...

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Johnny Mneumonic is a ideal film for anyone who is into scifi films,it centers around couriers who carry info in there heads for high paying firms,with johhny offering to carry a little more info than is normally sae.Keanu reeves stars as the hero and the action keeps you watching all the way through the film.It isnt a complicated film to grasp,anyone who has appreciated total recall,the running man or blade runner should enjoy this. Its a fairly ...

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...to be the most safe. Johnny overloads his memoy banks with information which is encripted so that he cant get it out. Hoever if he doesnt get it out of his head within 24 hours then he will die. To complicate matters his employers are killed, taking with them the encription codes. OOps The film follows his endevours to get the information out of his head whist he tries to stop Dolf Lundren (amongst otheers) from killing him. This film comes from ...

northernalex 29.08.2000 · Read full review
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...At the magazine said: Johnny Mnemonic- The ''sign'' of Matrix Trilogy. I said no way. When I saw it I changed my mind said: They were right, it is the "sign" of Matrix Trilogy. I was so excited, that in one year I have seen this DVD at least 10 times... And I will see it again... Buy it, watch it, and themm buy the Matrix Trilogy. You will remember me... ...

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