Johnny Mnemonic

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Johnny Mnemonic
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R,1hr 38min
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1995
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Columbia TriStar
Synopsis: In a near-future world in which the fast-paced digital lifestyle has given rise to a worldwide plague called Nerve Attenuation Syndrome, Johnny (Keanu Reeves), a data courier, accepts an assignment that he hopes will allow him to pay for the restoration of the childhood memories he dumped in order to outfit his brain with the microchip necessary for him to carry out his profession. Narrowly escaping a Yakuza ambush in which his employers are killed and the mnemonic trigger capable of unlocking the ... Full Synopsis
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Keanu Reeves' road to The Matrix was paved with several subpar techno-thrillers, none so dire as this disappointing collaboration between visual artist Robert Longo and cyberpunk auteur William Gibson. Given that Gibson's fiction basically transformed Blade Runner imagery into razor-sharp prose, it seems like the transformation would work in reverse. But Gibson and Longo get it all wrong, littering ... Full Review
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Johnny Mnemonic
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J. M. G. Le Clezio, Niki Karimi, Zhang Ke Jia, Deborah Nadoolman Landis and Domonik Moll
J. M. G. Le Clezio
J. M. G. Le Clezio, Niki Karimi, Zhang Ke Jia, Deborah Nadoolman Landis and Domonik Moll
J. M. G. Le Clezio, Niki Karimi, Zhang Ke Jia, Deborah Nadoolman Landis and Domonik Moll
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