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Release Date
• USA: Apr 23, 1999
DVD Release Date
• R1: Feb 1, 2000
• R2: 25 Mar 2002
Budget CAD 31,000,000
MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong sci-fi violence and gore, and for language.
Running Time
1 hour, 37 minutes
Country Canada | UK
Production Companies
Alliance Atlantis Communications, Canadian Television Fund, Harold Greenberg Fund, The, Movie Network, The (TMN), Natural Nylon Entertainment, Serendipity Point Films, Téléfilm Canada, Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)
Studio Alliance Atlantis Communications, Natural Nylon Entertainment, Serendipity Point Films
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Other Titles
• eXistenZ (1999)
• Crimes of the Future
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Satire, Futuristic, Surreal, Betrayal, Murder, Gore, Suspense, Disturbing
Tagline: Play it. Live it. Kill for it.
Plot: A renowned international virtual reality game designer (Leigh), creator of a new interactive game called eXistenZ, becomes the target of an assassination plot by a group of religious fanatics. She is forced to go into hiding with a novice security guard (Law) sworn to protect her. However, during the chase the two of them experience a world where the boundaries of fantasy and reality are blurred and nothing is as it seems. A psychosexual mindbender from director Cronenberg.
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 Having only mediocre expectations when first viewing eXistenZ, I found myself very pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Though a bit like old times, this film can still easily stand on it's own two feet. Truly a testament that DC has definitelynot lost his edge, I recommend this to fans and skeptics alike.--Craig Atchison (Diabolical-Dominion.com)
The problem with this kind of film is that it doesn't matter where it ends. As a result, we're not only left without a resolution, which can be okay, but with a feeling that the whole damn thing was pointless, which isn't okay. 57/100--Jack Witzig (ColdSpot)
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David Cronenberg
Scanners II: The New Order, Scanners III: The Takeover, Scanner Cop |
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Artificial Intelligence: AI, Road to Perdition, Enemy at the Gates |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Ratatouille |
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Howard Shore
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Silence of the Lambs |
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| Although not one of Cronenberg's best, it nonetheless was a vast improvement over such drivel as "Crash". Well worth catching, even if it seems a little derivative of the director's past work, most notably "Videodrome," with its talk of the "new flesh." -- (eSplatter.com)
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