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:

Bare Butt | Homophobic Overtones | Shot In The Forehead | Murder | Blood

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 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Chile:14 | Denmark:16 | Germany:18 (JK/SPIO) | Ireland:18 | Netherlands:16 | Spain:18 | UK:15 | USA:R | Canada:A (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Kaley Cuoco's film debut.

Goofs:

Continuity: Sid gets his hand blown off by a shotgun, then uses the same hand to leap over the edge of the boxing ring.

Quotes:

SID 6.7: Just because I'm carrying around the joy of killing your family inside me doesn't mean we can't be friends.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)

Soundtrack:

Ka-Pow

Mundane with a twist

This is, when stripped of all the nifty cyber elements, just another

chase movie. No question some things pique an interest, in

particular the rather attractive woman in black lace undergarments

playing a cyber creation. And for the ladies, I guess Russell

Crowe seen from the rear, so to speak, without clothes might have

its positives. But when i all comes down to the end, the what we've

gotten is mostly Denzel Washington (in one of his worst

performances) chasing after Crowe and using what now, only

seven years later, seems rather primitive computer generated

effects.

It's not without redeeming value, it's just another action movie with

good guy going through all kinds of heavy breathing to catch up

with bad guy. In this case, the bad guy is very bad and played with

gleeful menace by Crowe. It's in the mid range of movies, only

thing setting it apart is the Star Trek like (think holodeck) moments

where you don't know if it's real or cyberspace.