Virtuosity (1995)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Brett Leonard

Writer (WGA):

Eric Bernt (written by)

Release Date:

4 August 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Justice needs a new program

Plot:

A virtual-reality serial killer manages to escape into the real world.

Plot Keywords:

Serial Killer | Virtual Reality | Android | Ex Cop | Nano Machines

Cast

Denzel Washington	...	Lt. Parker Barnes
Kelly Lynch	...	Madison Carter
Russell Crowe	...	SID 6.7
Stephen Spinella	...	Lindenmeyer
William Forsythe	...	William Cochran
Louise Fletcher	...	Elizabeth Deane
William Fichtner	...	Wallace
Costas Mandylor	...	John Donovan
Kevin J. O'Connor	...	Clyde Reilly
Kaley Cuoco	...	Karin
Christopher Murray	...	Matthew Grimes
Heidi Schanz	...	Sheila 3.2
Traci Lords	...	Media Zone Singer
Gordon Jennison Noice	...	Big Red (as J. Gordon Noice)
Mari Morrow	...	Linda Barnes

MPAA:

Rated R for strong futuristic violence, some brutal beatings and some language.

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:16 (cut) | Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:R-18 | New Zealand:R16 | France:-12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Sweden:15 | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Chile:14 | Denmark:16 | Germany:18 (JK/SPIO) | Ireland:18 | Netherlands:16 | Spain:18 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #33489) | Canada:AA (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Hollywood Forever Cemetery - 6000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Denzel Washington took a role in the film because his son asked him to do so.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the shootout, as they run to the roof, Sid pins Parker down behind a girder with gunfire. As he fires, ricochets bounce off the railing around him even though Parker has yet to shoot at him.

Quotes:

SID 6.7: Hey buddy! How's the wife and kid? Still dead, huh?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Century of Black Cinema (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

Ka-Pow

Frustrating film

You can't help but like Crowe's gleeful portrayal of a schizophrenic nano-bot serial killer in this ridiculous film, and with futuristic fascists, pervey programmers and a bucket loads of virtual reality cyber nonsense, this should really be a winner in the style of The Demolition Man or the Robocop series. But where other films in the genre have used such tools as wit and plot to keep the more intelligent of the viewers amused, this film, um, hasn't.

The script is terrible. The acting (excluding Crowe, who only gets away with it thanks to a camp smile and some fortunate direction) is wooden. And the plot is illogical and frustrating.