Johnny Mnemonic

Wow did the sci-fi jumbo jumbo in this one not age well. That aside though, I actually really enjoy this one. Keanu is doing his Keanu thing back before he really found that sweet spot with it but he works here and he's surrounded by an array of people putting in fun performances. End of the day, I'm a sucker for a solid dystopian movie with some crazy tech nonsense as long as it follows the rules of the universe and I feel like Johnny does that. Stuff's bonkers but it all fits within the realm of this film and I'm on board with it. That said, this movie is not for everyone and there are a lot of people that wont like this and have very good reasons not to. Johnny Mnemonic is a flawed, crazy flick. It just happens to be my kind of crazy. It has a cybernetic dolphin for crying out loud, what's not to love?!

Reeves is carrying something in his head that he needs to deliver and there is some stupid plot about dolphins. Ice- T and Dolph Lundgren are along for this hellride and that is saying a lot. This is a grade c sci-fi hybrid that tries to go for the techno angle but winds up acoustic. Johnny Mnemonic is a terrible movie that offers no thrills or anything new that you haven't seen. *

I saw this movie on television the other day and I didn't know much about it, I had heard about it when it had come out and thought it would be quite good because it had Keanu Reeves in it.....boy was I mistaken. This could be a worthy contender for worst film ever. Everything about this film was terrible. The plot was okish, whereas the acting was just horrifying. I was astonished at the awful acting from Keanu Reeves and from all the other actors as well. The only actor who wasn't awful was Ice-T...which is saying something! The effects were crappy and god awful! This whole movie was just a load of garbage which I could barely even sit through. No matter who you are stay away from this pile of garbage! This is an insult to movies everywhere and shouldn't be seen by anyone ever again.

This is kind of a dumb movie. It is like the much over rated Matrix only not quite as good. Dolph Lundgren gives a great performance playing a crazy Jesus-like cyborg bounty hunter preacher. He is probably the only reason to watch this film. The problem is he isn't in the movie long enough to save it. the rest of the film is pretty stupid.

Haha...I love some of the other reviews complaining about the special effects, the props, the scenery etc., forgetting that this is a movie from over 26 years ago! Geesh. The concept/storyline is good, the acting? Not so much. Some scenes are 'groan worthy'. Keanu Reeves is still relatively young in this. What blew me away is the relation to what happened in the movie to what is happening now in the world (2020/2021) regarding an illness/cure vs virus/vaccine and the fact that the movie takes place in 2021. Anyways, it's entertaining enough and I personally like Reeves. A word of advice before 'critiquing', stop using today's standards for movies created decades ago.

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. The whole of William Gibson's world is there, perfectly pictured in this superb movie. You'll get no nice future prospects for western civilization here. Gibson describes an apocalyptical world which is realistic enough to be scary. Since 1995, computing may have progressed faster than Gibson thought. The point the film makes (about us?) remains valid, though. And the aesthetics are just fine.

Based on a book by William Gibson, known for this one and Neuromancer. keanu reeves has a chip in his head which he wants removed. to pay the fee, he has to do one more job and they will restore his memory. and apparently, loading more data than capacity is dangerous. so now he must fight the Yakuza on his way to deliver the information to newark. at the start, they say it's 2021, and much of the population has Nerve Attenuation Syndrome virus. which was pretty accurate, except its a different kind of virus. co-stars dina meyers, from starship troopers and saw. it's sci-fi, some pretty good special effects for 1995. directed by Robert Longo; this seems to be his only directing, full length film project so far. it's okay. some blood and guts in this one. and a lot of swearing.