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Johnny Mnemonic | Actors/Actresses: - Dolph Lundgren - Udo Kier Entertaining, But Could Have Been Alot Better Johhny Mnemonic's biggest enemy wasn't the Yakuza, PharmCom, NAS, or Dolph Lundgren. It was the dreaded bad sci-fi movie script that seems to plauge a large number of otherwise promising films. Someone else mentioned that this movie seems more like live-action anime and I'm tempted to agree with that thought. The sets, visual effects, and costuming are good and help to create a genuinely interesting Gibsonian cyberpunk atmosphere. But cyberpunk is more than flashy futuristic effects and run-down city cores...and that is where this film gets lost. It is all the more disappointing when one realizes that William Gibson himself wrote the screenplay. Keanu Reeves plays Johnny, a cold, unhappy, robot-like data courier who wants to quit the business and have his long-term memory, which he had to dump in order to store data in his wet-wired brain implant, restored. But in order to get the cash for such an operation, he must make one last Big Job. After being setup by his "agent", Johnny finds that he cannot get the 80GB of data out of his head and if he doesn't do so in time, bad things will happen to his brain. Along the way he fights yakuza hitmen and crazed robotic street preachers, and is helped by rock star back alley doctors, hot female body guards, a gutter punk rapper, and a Super-Intelligent Dolphin. Johnny isn't as unbelievably horrible as many other critics have claimed, but it certainly isn't going to win any awards. As it is, it is a fairly engaging sci-fi adventure with some serious handicaps. It's at least worth checking out. Not Johnny Moronic It's a given thing that people are automatically gonna hate a movie if it has Keanu Reeves in it. Yet he's still one of the most bankable A-List stars. According to some, he's done a lot of turkeys and this is one of them. OK, I'll be the first admit it's not one of his best, and that's coming from a major Keanu Reeves fan. (Check out his worst: The Last Time I Committed Suicide) But it's got the gorgeous, still beefed-up-from-Speed, Keanu in it. How can you possibly go wrong? Very. Sometimes I think a short stories shouldn't be made into movies, as there's a serious amount of padding in the movie, with stuff that really doesn't relate to the rest of the movie. Some of J-Bone's crew for example, have a couple of minutes of screen time talking, when they really do nothing! But if anyone notices, both Keanu's (Johnny) and Dina Meyer's (Jane) characters are never given last names. So what do they become? John The book goes into more detail about Johnny and his life, so if you want to watch the movie, hate it, read the book. Maybe you'll like it/understand it more. I have a copy if anyone wants a loan! C'mon, people... It's no work of art -- but it's fun to watch. Buy Johnny Mnemonic at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Johnny Mnemonic Search with the Priority Search Engine on Johnny Mnemonic This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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