Johnny Mnemonic

Name: Johnny Mnemonic
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
Released: May 26, 1995
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 36
Cast: Barbara Sukowa, Dennis Akayama, Dina Meyer, Dolph Lundgren, Henry Rollins

1995

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Screen Media Ventures | Release Date: May 26, 1995 | R

Starring: Barbara Sukowa, Dennis Akayama, Dina Meyer, Dolph Lundgren, Henry Rollins, Ice-T, Keanu Reeves, Takeshi Kitano, Tracy Tweed, Udo Kier

Summary: A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza.

Director: Robert Longo

Genre(s): Action, Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 103 min

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The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Perhaps it’s quaint, but it’s also watchable, and it is the kind of sci-fi that is genuinely audacious, trying to envisage what the future will be like – and often succeeding. Read full review

Susan Clotfelter

All in all, it's better than your average boy-meets-girl techno-thriller - but only just. [30 May 1995, p.5D]

John Hartl

The movie is a series of ostentatious effects, without much sense of narrative momentum or rhythmic pacing, and it leaves you feeling like you've landed on a treadmill. [26 May 1995, p.E3]

James Berardinelli

Johnny Mnemonic is brash, flashy, and loud, but it lacks a few key ingredients -- namely heart, soul, and intelligence. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

Overall, pic’s conception of the future isn’t terribly original or inventive, and viewers not into the head trip of bigscreen computer graphics will want to download a lot sooner than Johnny does. Read full review

Carrie Rickey

Johnny Mnemonic may aspire to be Blade Runner. It succeeds only in being a parody of Flipper. [27 May 1995, p.D09]

Caryn James

Johnny Mnemonic looks and feels like a shabby imitation of Blade Runner and Total Recall. It is a disaster in every way. Read full review

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ty92

Feb 5, 2023

Johnny Mnemonic predicted long covid called NAS or Nerve Attenuation Syndrome. It gives people the shakes. Long covid and the vaccines are causing twitching and neurological issues because of the spike protein. This movie came out in 1995 just like 12 Monkeys. In the movie NAS is caused byJohnny Mnemonic predicted long covid called NAS or Nerve Attenuation Syndrome. It gives people the shakes. Long covid and the vaccines are causing twitching and neurological issues because of the spike protein. This movie came out in 1995 just like 12 Monkeys. In the movie NAS is caused by technology or presumably 5G. Can you imagine if it's true and 5G is really what's making everyone sick? Maybe long covid has nothing to do with the spike protein and maybe it has to do with 5G. It's strange that Barbara Sukowa is in Johnny Mnemonic and in the 12 Monkeys TV Series. Also Keanu Reeves is in this movie, The Matrix and The Day the Earth Stood Still. It's Illuminati new world order predictive programming.… Expand

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JackEFlaps

May 30, 2023

Too campy to be taken seriously, but strangely also manages to be too serious to be a cult hit. Very interesting concepts plus a solid performance from Dolph, but the movie is a mess otherwise. Fun to think what could have been had Sony embraced the camp.

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CasandraComplex

Sep 11, 2022

Yet another film that is spun around Keanu Reaves and all that he has to do is stand still with some lame ass pseudo martial arts poses. His biggest lines in the whole film is him taking a fit because he wanted a life with room service and expensive hookers... which of course held zeroYet another film that is spun around Keanu Reaves and all that he has to do is stand still with some lame ass pseudo martial arts poses. His biggest lines in the whole film is him taking a fit because he wanted a life with room service and expensive hookers... which of course held zero gravitas being surrounded by all of the have nots. The story was pretty basic and more of a mere premise without any real fleshed out characters nor sub plot .. pretty paint by the numbers film. Ice T is a fraud as an artist and a total cliche of himself as an actor. Not to mention making a total joke out of rap and renders whatever counter culture legitimacy it may have briefly held into an exploitable commodity.… Expand

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