| | Existenz DVD (2 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Thriller DVDs, Horror Movies, Science-Fiction/Fantasy Videos, Romance, Satire, Surreal, Games | | Starring | Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Christopher Eccleston, Willem Dafoe, Ian Holm, Callum Keith Rennie, Sarah Polley, Don McKellar, Kristopher Lemche | | Director | David Cronenberg | | Composer | Howard Shore | | Costume Designer | Denise Cronenberg | | Director of Photography | Peter Suschitzky | | Editor | Ronald Sanders | | Producer | David Cronenberg, Andras Hamori, Robert Lantos | | Production Designer | Carol Spier | | Screenwriter | David Cronenberg |
This DVD is 97 minutes and is a sci-fi/fantasy film rated R. It stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe, & others. It is in surround sound and includes a theatrical trailer. A renowned international virtual reality game designer (Jennifer Jason 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 (Jude 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 David Cronenberg. In the original script, the game was not going to be played on camera, but as writer-director David Cronenberg got more into it, the game began to become more and more important.
EXISTENZ was the first film that Cronenberg wrote and directed since VIDEODROME.
Salman Rushdie's battle against the fatwa taken out on his life served as inspiration for Cronenberg when working on EXISTENZ. Existenz Reviews: "...EXISTENZ has the oozing, throbbing, ghoulish hallmarks of other Cronenberg fever dreams..."
-- Janet Maslin, New York Times "....Cronenberg's observations reflect the concern that technology is replacing social interaction....[With] complex themes and even more complex plot..."
-- Annlee Ellingson, Box Office "...The acting is good, there are provocative moments and Cronenberg has a sharp ending up his sleeve..."-- Andy Seiler, USA Today "...A provocative entertainment....The Cronenberg trademarks are here in full force....Sci-fi fantasy/horror doesn't get more sophisticated than EXISTENZ..."
-- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times "...Powerful, intelligent, disturbing, and, believe it or not, fun movie, one that's worth seeing multiple times..."
-- Glenn Kenny, Premiere "...Unusually witty....The psychological depths Cronenberg reaches are tingling to fathom..." -- Rating: B+
-- Troy Patterson, Entertainment Weekly Existenz | List Price | $9.99 (You save $3.10) | | Studio | Buena Vista Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1999 | | All Time Sales Rank |  2216  | | CD Universe Part number | 1254181 | | Catalog number | 01832600 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 19, 1999 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Running Time | 97 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Dolby Surround AC-3 Sound; Digitally Mastered; Letter Boxed; Widescreen |
Existenz Movie Review Average Rating: (3 out of 5 stars)   twists that keep you thinking
if you like movies that keep you guessing what is reality in the movie, or is there even a reality at all. Maybe the whole thing is fake, or at some point there is a reality. this is a good movie about a game within a game within a game, that gets you trying to keep track of what stage they are in, with wierd twists and turns throughout.
Submitted by jculp (sacramento, ca, usa) 
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 EXistenZ... has its moments
Some very interesting scenes. If you are a fan of Cronenberg, you will feel at home - it's definitely a Cronenberg movie.
Personally, I thought some of the scenes were just plain stupid, and Ms. Leigh's performance is rather weak, which wasn't helping.
The story feels mostly contrived, like "we gotta outdo the matrix, and work games into it somehow."
Mr Dafoe's performance is of course excellent, and like I said there are some very cool scenes, so ExistenZ is probably worth seeing once.
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Exciting stars Jennifer Jason Leigh (DOLORES CLAIBORNE), Jude Law (GATTACA), and Willem Dafoe (SPEED 2, AFFLICTION) challenge the boundaries of reality in this futuristic, critically acclaimed adventure thriller! During the first closed-door demonstration of an amazing new virtual reality game called eXistenZ, the system's brilliant designer, Allegra Geller (Leigh), is violently attacked by a crazed assassin intent on killing her and destroying her creation! Forced to flee into hiding, Allegra enlists a young assistant (Law) to help her in testing the damaged system ... by convincing him to join her inside eXistenZ! The action then explodes as their world's real-life dangers begin to merge with the fantasy of the game! If you're ready to play, it's now your turn to plug into this powerfully entertaining hit!
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