I love the computer games world. I play games and write about them.
Plus, I have a site dedicated t...
I love the computer games world. I play games and write about them.
Plus, I have a site dedicated to PC and ZX Spectrum games, located at http://gamestage.topcities.com called GameStage.
More? Check my site! ;)
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Known for his great capacity on the development of crazy cinema works, David Cronenberg is responsible for titles such as “The Fly”, “Videodrome” and many others. This time, from his weird and darkly prolific mind, comes a totally allucinated version of a computed reality. Allegra Galler is a professional computer game designer, working for a huge company named Antenna Research. Her latest advanced software was named Existenz, probably because it allows the player to have total freedom INSIDE the game! So it is time to release it, and nothing better to make it sell than a real demonstration of it in front of the public, and so it is done! However, to play Existenz, a Bioport is required. And you ask me – “What the hell is a Bioport anyway?”. Well, have you ever heard of a hole in the base of your spine? No? Me neither, until I knew this wicked game! Only Antenna is legally authorized to implant a Bioport in every player who wants to be “upgraded” with the new invented interface, linking a person’s body to the game and giving anyone a better and more realistic gameplay! In the presentation of Existenz, a few people have been selected to try the game and play it for the first time, along with the critically acclaimed Allegra Galler itself!
That’s right here that the movie really starts, diving us into a strange world of a new reality, similar to a dream inside another dream! Confunsing? If you think so, wait until you see the movie! Inside the game the player can do everything in mind – talk to characters, kill them, pick up objects, use them and lots of other things. However, as the game goes far and far, we start doubting reality itself, since lots of apparently nonsense begin to happen. Is all this just a game, or is this a dream about an unreal game? Something is wrong with Existenz. Can it be a game bug or are the players true assassins and crazy characters forever lost inside a stupid software? - This was the idea David Cronenberg wanted to give us. A truely confusing and twisted vision of how dangerous can a computer game be. The film constantly takes us back in “time” to the “real” time when the game is paused, but by the way... where is the game and the REAL life and time? Creepy, isn’t it? Now add some computed actings on the characters of the movie and you’ll then doubt of everything else!
In my opinion, this is another disturbing cinematographic creation, with a fantastic resemblence to the characteristics of a computer game. The movie ends apparently in a normal way, but is it a real game over, or just the start of another new game? - If you’re interested in a weird ride to a computer game world, then give this film a try, otherwise forget it to avoid serious brain damages!
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Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith
Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Willow Smith, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Charlie Tahan, Salli Richardson, Alice Braga
Excellent op, I saw this at the cinema but wouldn't even know where to begin reviewing it! I loved the idea of this film, I was very curious about it but though it was too short and had a disappointing end...shame. Cheers, Jenny :)
Advantages: An intriguing plot effectively and intelligently executed; valid and relevant discussion of current ethical issues related to technology; visually striking and with good cast performances. Disadvantages: Will not reward a viewer who is impatient or in need of a very linear narrative; open to charges of repetition of ‘Videodrome’; are the faults a deliberate part of the simulation or just the result of bad filming?
B.Bligh 08.07.2001 ·
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Review of eXistenZ - DVD
Advantages: Excellent quality sound; inclusion of an interesting and relevant documentary; not one but three audio commentaries. Disadvantages: The print is not anamorphic (!); slight faults in reproduction of black space are occasionally noticeable, especially during credit sequences.
B.Bligh 03.07.2001 ·
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Review of eXistenZ - DVD
Advantages: An intriguing plot effectively and intelligently executed; valid and relevant discussion of current ethical issues related to technology; visually striking and with good cast performances. Disadvantages: Will not reward a viewer who is impatient or in need of a very linear narrative; open to charges of repetition of ‘Videodrome’; are the faults a deliberate part of the simulation or just the result of bad filming?
B.Bligh 08.07.2001 ·
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Review of eXistenZ - DVD
![Existenz [DVD] [1999]](http://picnica.ciao.com/uk/78529516.jpg "Existenz [DVD] [1999]")
Apr 18th, 2001
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