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Johnny Mnemonic |  | Director: Robert Longo
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren, Dina Meyer, Ice-T, Takeshi Kitano
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  95 reviews
Sales Rank: 35512
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 96 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 043396734791
ISBN: 0767802454
UPC: 043396734791
EAN: 9780767802451
ASIN: 0767802454
Theatrical Release Date: May 26, 1995
Release Date: November 26, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
In the 21st century, Johnny is a courier with a huge data storage chip in his brain. He is carrying smuggled information from a company that wants it
Amazon.com
You might be tempted to call it "Johnny Moronic" after you've seen this illogical and derivative adaptation of William Gibson's cyberpunk short story (available in his book Burning Chrome), which is all the more depressing since Gibson himself wrote the screenplay. First you have to ask yourself why valuable top-secret electronic data would be stored in the "wet-wired" brain of a human courier (played by Keanu Reeves), who then transports the data from China to New Jersey as part of his last, most dangerous assignment. Surely there are better ways to transmit sensitive information, but since this is really just a conventional thriller with near-future design and spiffy special effects, Gibson and New York artist Robert Longo (making his directorial debut) are more interested in surface gloss and cyberpunk atmosphere. On that level the movie's fairly engaging, and Japanese film star Takeshi Kitano makes a pretty good villain, tracking Reeves down for the information in his data-packed brain. The movie also boasts an eclectic gallery of supporting players including rapper Ice-T, performance artist and rocker Henry Rollins, beefcake actor Dolph Lundgren, and transcontinental oddball Udo Kier. They can't stop this trip through virtual reality from being botched up, but sci-fi fans will certainly enjoy the echo of Gibson's fiction that remains on the screen. --Jeff Shannon
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The brain: the most effective data base! March 14, 2010
Hiram Gomez Pardo (Valencia, Venezuela)
After you watch this movie you ask yourself -as I did- what if Terry Gilliam, Ridley Scott, Peter Hyams, John Carpenter or David Cronenberg would have made with this engaging material. This bitter sensation is what you feel at the moment to regard the formidable possibilities of this project.
The drama concerns with the cure respect the SAN (a serious warning for the new generations,literally drowned into an ocean of electromagentic waves that surrounds us day after day at exponential rate). So, given this proposal, one should expect a major attempt to undertake an admirable sci fi gem. But...
An original plot that promised much more.
 Johnny Mnemonic January 10, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
People with hi-tech body implants, cyberpunks galore and some awful sickness induced by a technology gone wild, all situated in a world where computers, drugs, rust and dirt are the only winners. William Gibson's world is there, perfectly pictured in this superb movie. I recommend this movie.
 I Think My Hard Drive Was Too Big To Take This Movie Seriously November 11, 2009
Sebastian Sanjurjo (Miami FL)
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2DNT3YPTBC3IB
 NOT WIDESCREEN! April 11, 2009
H. Butusov (cincinnati, Ohio United States)
I had to return this because the product delivered wasn't widescreen like the product page said it was.
Had this actually been the widescreen version, my rating would've been much higher, because seriously; Who doesn't like Keanu going on a huge rant, and saying silly things like, "I can carry nearly eighty gigs of data in my head."?
So glad Jeff Shannon doesn't do movies reviews for Amazon anymore March 9, 2009
Captain (Dacono, Colorado USA)
Great movie. Avoided it for a long time due to the review here. Mistake to believe anything Jeff Shannon ever wrote. Excellent acting, Dolph does a great turn with his role, must have been one of Dina's first movies, and Keanu is into his Neo personna. Watch this movie!
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