eXistenZ (1999)

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6.8	IMDB rating

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Directed by

David Cronenberg

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Jennifer Jason Leigh
Allegra Geller

Jude Law
Ted Pikul

Ian Holm
Kiri Vinokur

Willem Dafoe
Gas

Don McKellar
Yevgeny Nourish

Callum Keith Rennie
Hugo Carlaw

Christopher Eccleston
Seminar Leader

Sarah Polley
Merle

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12 years, 9 months ago at Aug 23 11:29

dappa1975

WTF seems to be the 3 letters I always start with on a cronenberg review - Geeza must have had some wicked parties.

A very good movie

12 years, 4 months ago at Feb 1 10:13

johanlefourbe

To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this flick (in fact, I even saw the damned thing in the movie theater when it was released) and I should definitely watch it again at some point. After the also criminally underrated ‘Crash’, it was something completely different for this director but it was just as spellbinding to behold. Indeed, David Cronenberg must be one the most inter... read more

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10 years, 3 months ago at Feb 19 0:11

ack ack!

My goodness. Some tips: find some actors, a director, perhaps a scriptrwriter and most definitely some props guys because this movie needs a _lot_ of help.

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Description: Allegra Geller, the leading game designer in the world, is testing her new virtual reality game, eXistenZ with a focus group. As they begin, she is attacked by a fanatic assassin employing a bizarre organic gun. She flees with a young marketing trainee, Ted Pikul, who is suddenly assigned as her bodyguard. Unfortunately, her pod, an organic gaming device that contains the only copy of the eXistenZ game program, is damaged. To inspect it, she talks Ted into accepting a gameport in his own body so he can play the game with her. The events leading up to this, and the resulting game lead the pair on a strange adventure where reality ... (more)

Release date: 14 April 1999
UPC: 717951005120

Tags: Sci-fi (18), Thriller (11), Horror (9), Game (9), (9), 1990s (8), Action (7), Adventure (6), Romance (5), 1999 (5), Science Fiction (5), Drama (4), Conspiracy (4), Usa (4), Murder (4), Surreal (3), Betrayal (3), Body Horror (3), Weird (2), Scifi (2)

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