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Johnny Mnemonic

1995

Robert Longo

Keanu Reeves, Dina Meyer, Ice-T, Takeshi Kitano ...

5.0

10,411

Sci-Fi. Action The year is 2021, and half of the Earth's population is suffering from the disease known as Nerve Attenuation Syndrome (NAS). Johnny, a mnemonic data courier, is hired to carry 320 gigabytes of crucial information to safety from the Pharmacom corporation. Pursued by Yakuza agents and a crazed cyborg, Johnny must deliver the data or die in twenty-four hours.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"A movie that doesn't deserve one nanosecond of serious analysis but has a kind of idiotic grandeur that makes you almost forgive it (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Bob McCabe Empire	"Gibson's future-world may be a cold one, but it should never be seen as a dull one; this is a missed opporunity (...) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"Running at a fevered pace, with laser and light explosions, it introduces a fantastic yet plausible vision of a computer-dominated age."	POS
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"Johnny Mnemonic is brash, flashy, and loud, but it lacks a few key ingredients -- namely heart, soul, and intelligence"	NEG
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"Absolutely zero human interest is generated by Reeves (...) The computer special effects are slick and accomplished but unimaginative"	NEG
United States	Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer	"Johnny Mnemonic may aspire to be Blade Runner. It succeeds only in being a parody of Flipper."	NEG
United States	Caryn James The New York Times	"Johnny Mnemonic looks and feels like a shabby imitation of Blade Runner and Total Recall. It is a disaster in every way."	NEG

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