Existenz (1999)

Original title

eXistenZ

Directed by

David Cronenberg

Genre

drama film, comedy film, cyberpunk, action film, horror film, comedy drama

Country

United Kingdom, France, United States, Canada

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

R

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 2,200 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A game designer is attacked while testing a virtual reality system that plugs directly into a player's spine. She and a marketing trainee go on the run to escape further attacks, and the lines between the game world and reality become blurred.

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What happens

Existenz (stylized as eXistenZ) is a 1999 science fiction horror film written, produced and directed by David Cronenberg. The film follows Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a game designer who becomes the target of assassins while playing a virtual reality game of her own creation. An international co-production between Canada, the United Kingdom, and France, it also stars Jude Law, Ian Holm, Don McKellar, Callum Keith Rennie, Sarah Polley, Christopher Eccleston, Willem Dafoe, and Robert A. Silverman. The film received mostly positive reviews upon release. Cronenberg was awarded the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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