‘Play it. Live it. Kill for it.’
eXistenZ is a 1999 sci-fi horror film about a female a game designer who becomes the target of assassins while playing a virtual reality game of her own creation.
The movie was written, produced and directed by David Cronenberg (Shivers; Rabid; The Brood; Scanners; Videodrome; Dead Ringers; The Fly).
The co-production between stars Jennifer Jason Lee, Jude Law, Ian Holm, Don McKellar, Callum Keith Rennie, Sarah Polley, Christopher Eccleston, Willem Dafoe and Robert A. Silverman.
Plot:
In the near future, virtual reality games are played on biotechnological “game pods” that attach to people’s “bio-ports”, connectors surgically inserted into players’ spines. Two game companies, Antenna Research and Cortical Systematics, compete against each other. In addition, a group of fanatics called Realists fight both companies, decrying the “deforming” of reality by virtual reality games.
World-renowned game designer Allegra Geller demonstrates Antenna Research’s latest virtual reality game, eXistenZ, to a focus group. The demonstration is disrupted by Noel Dichter, a Realist who shoots Geller with an organic pistol he smuggled past security. As Dichter is gunned down, security guard and publicist Ted Pikul escorts Geller to safety…
Cast and characters:
Jennifer Jason Leigh as Allegra Geller
Jude Law as Ted Pikul
Ian Holm as Kiri Vinokur
Don McKellar as Yevgeny Nourish
Callum Keith Rennie as Hugo Carlaw
Sarah Polley as Merle
Christopher Eccleston as the Seminar Leader
Willem Dafoe as Gas
Robert A. Silverman as D’Arcy Nader
Oscar Hsu as Chinese Waiter
Kris Lemche as Noel Dichter
Vik Sahay as Male Assistant
Tech specs:
1h 37m (97 min)
Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio: 1.85: 1
Trailer:
Free to watch online on YouTube [1080p and 1080p Premium HD]:
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