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It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

First, let me make this clear: I'm giving this good marks as a fun, B movie, NOT as quality cinema.You have to remember that William Gibson wrote novels about technology while admittedly knowing absolutely nothing about technology himself, so yes, the movie starts with an absurd premise and runs with it, but parts are at least a fun ride. First and foremost, it's fun nostalgic to catalog the ubiquitous post-apocalyptic sci-fi tropes from the era: Rich people wear suits and live in high rises, while poor people dress in rags and wear face paint. People in between hang out in nightclubs and wear lots of makeup.Trash can fires! Lots and lots of trash can fires.There's no daytime. Everything happens at night - in every time zone.Asians run everything.Interaction with computers and the internet is done through virtual reality. Ice-T, Henry Rollins, and Dolph Lundgren give great, campy performances, while Keanu Reaves delivers a Keanu Reaves-like performance a role which was almost certainly written with Keanu Reaves in mind. There's an interesting mix of weaponry, including high-power automatic weapons, and this weird light-saber laser whip thingy that for some reason only one person gets to have. One the other hand, these are no match for cross-bows, throwing stars, and knives - and of course, there's the magic (spoiler redacted). So crack a beer, sit back, and enjoy what people once thought now would look like.

A data courier (Keanu Reeves), literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza.Author William Gibson said, "Basically what happened was it was taken away and re-cut by the American distributor in the last month of its pre-release life, and it went from being a very funny, very alternative piece of work to being something that had been very unsuccessfully chopped and cut into something more mainstream." That is a fairly understanding position from the author.Truthfully, this is not that bad of a movie. While maybe not as great as it could be, it works well as a 1990s futuristic thriller. The ideas are interesting, and it is even more interesting considering that Reeves went on to star in "The Matrix", which has a similar feel in many ways.Interesting note: This was Dolph Lundgren's last theatrically released film until 2010's "The Expendables". What an unfortunate 15 years that was for all the cinema fans.

In a dystopian world where half the people of the world suffered from an incurable disease, a highly trained agent must deliver one last package of information stored inside his brain before it gets into the wrong hands.It's a movie which displays a futuristic story of an agent who could store vast amount of data into his brain, data that must be delivered safely to the recipient before complete neuronal damage and of course, irreversible data loss. It has an interesting idea, one that maintains a good level of interest and suspense, but unfortunately doesn't stand up as much as it could due to its implementation. It might have been due to technological limitations, taking into consideration the production year, but you cannot miss the final product which simply doesn't provide a credible and truly dramatic atmosphere. The dialog also doesn't do much service to this movie, as its lack of complexity and average sound prove to be quite a letdown. In terms of plot, it is pretty coherent, but also simplistic and predictable, leaving almost no room for any interpretation. Thus, it is linear and doesn't do much to lift the quality of the movie. The actors did a decent job but also nothing out of the ordinary, while the characters portrayed are on par with the rest of the movie, being basically described and unsympathetic, their fate leaving little to care for from the viewer. Overall, it's a movie set in a futuristic world, one which could have provided a lot more, but failed to do so from every point of view. It leaves the impression that it was rushed, that it wasn't given enough time to fully accomplish what it had proposed to do, thus the result leaves much to desire.

In a future where data is power, protagonist Johnny makes a living smuggling the data in his own brain. The upgrades enabling him to do this meant removing some of his own memories and now he is ready to retire and wants them back… inevitably he must do just one more job first. The job involves carrying stolen data from Beijing to Newark, New Jersey. There are two problems though; firstly there is more data than he is equipped to handle so he will die if it isn't extracted in forty eight hours and secondly the original owners of the data want it back and have sent Yakuza killers after him to retrieve his head! Once in Newark he learns that his employer has double-crossed him; he is forced to go on the run with cybernetically enhanced bodyguard Jane to find somebody else capable of extracting the data and delivering it to those who need it.This film had promise but unfortunately ends up fairly average. The world shown is a cliché dystopia; the corporate elite live the good life and dress in sharp suits while everybody else seems to live in a wasteland in rough clothes and sporting facial tattoos. Keanu Reeves is okay as Johnny, and Udo Kier is amusing as his agent but Takeshi Kitano is wasted as the corporate bad guy. The computer special effects are fairly dated now. If you can ignore these flaws or even enjoy their cheesiness the film isn't too bad. Overall I'd say it is an okay way to kill an hour and a half but if you want a really good cyberpunk film from that era watch 'Ghost in the Shell' or 'The Matrix'.