ジョニーは、通常のネットワークに晒すことのできない機密情報を記録して運ぶ不正取引人である。彼は、脳に埋め込まれた記憶装置によって情報を運ぶことができるが、自身にもその内容が判らないように、複数のキーによって暗号化されている。 ある日、彼は装置の安全許容値を超える情報を運ぶことになる。それは、彼にとって想像を超える金銭的価値のある機密情報であり、全てのキーを使って時間内に取り出さなければ、彼の死を意味することにもなる。 そして、期限内に情報を運ばなければならない彼は、情報の持ち主である企業の殺し屋に追われる身となり、同時にキーの一部を奪われ、また別のキーを破壊される。
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製作費: $25,000,000 (38億円)
興行収入: $19,075,720 (29億円)
推定収支: $-5,924,280 (-9億円)
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監督: Robert Longo
脚本: ウィリアム・ギブスン
音楽: ブラッド・フィーデル / Mychael Danna
制作: Staffan Ahrenberg / Victoria Hamburg / Don Carmody
撮影監督: François Protat
制作会社: TriStar Pictures / Don Carmody Productions / Alliance Films
Decent watch, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend past a Bad Movie Night. What a trip in the way back machine to see the inspiration for "The Matrix", maybe more of an homage to "Lawnmover Man", but very clearly they didn't have the capability to what they actually wanted to do with the movie. The best things are clearly Dina Meyer ("Starship Troopers": Dizzy) and the "Hot Garotte" lazer whip thing, why haven't more movies used that? Clearly Keanu Reeves did his best to try to hold this thing together, but the writing isn't that great, despite have a pretty good story and world to it. It's really dated, but it's good enough I would actually like to see a reboot of this. There isn't a lot to say: the production and execution fell short and it's just not worth going back to watch this one.
Perhaps back in 1995 the year 2021 did seem like it was an aeon away, but now that we are all actually here, this film really does struggle to resonate on just about every level. Keanu Reeves is a good looking star, but that's about the height of it. The scenario is nothing new - mankind is dependent on technology and about to be subject to a criminally backed corporation's attempts to dominate us. This time, it falls to our hero and his semi-luddite pals to access a micro-chip embedded in his brain to save humanity from oblivion. It's quickly paced, to be fair, and the star does an adequate job trying to keep one step ahead of his deadly, if not terribly effective, Yakuza pursuers but the dialogue is flat (and not terribly audible) and the supporting cast - drawn from a collection of B-listers, musicians and featuring the discobolus-like Dolph Lundgren as baddie-in-chief just follows a join the dots pattern. Maybe it's unfair to look back on it after 25 years with today's eyes - but sadly, like so many of these films, neither the talent not the visuals really stand the test of time at all well. It wasn't great then, it certainly isn't now
