Johnny Mnemonic | | Cast : | Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren | | Director : | Robert Longo | | Studio : | Columbia/Tristar Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby, Full Screen | | Released Date : | May 26, 1995 | | DVD Released Date : | March 23, 2004 | | Language : | French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | May 20, 2005 | | Summary | *bluuuurch* | Content
 | The only movie I have almost walked out on. And I paid to see Wild Orchid II. What stopped me? Well a guy getting filleted in half with a laser rope. What made me realize that even THAT shouldn't have kept me in the theatre? Mankind's savior is not Ted Theodore Logan, esq. Nope. It is a dolphin. A rubber dolphin. In a fish tank. With a hat on. I wish I could have vomited on command! C'mon people! |
| Rating | | | Date | April 25, 2005 | | Summary | Great in Superbit | Content
| I first saw this in the regular pan and Scan VHS version. Totally loved the film even in that format.
Even then, the Combination of Keanu, some hyped techno gadgetry, lots of wild adventure, with some surreal slice and dice scenes, made for a very watchable film.
The extras are non-existent; the payoff for this version of the film is the audio quality, and what is the most amazing digital screens. Anything in Superbit is just briliant in visual, and an auditory sense.
I would warrant that some people will definitely, as has been stated, make this film a no go based on Keanu's presence. But still, he is an A list star because of his box office appeal, and this has to mean that a bunch of people enjoy his films, it is just that these people do not write reviews ( mostly :-).
The "wet-wired" courier is obviously an illegal job, since when scanned in one scene, the implant comes up as a medical insert. In part it sounds like someone read a bit of Neuro-Linguistic programming before doing the script, and this feeds the data transfer concepts, as well as the problems associated with an overload.
The conspiracy elements mount up within the organization that seems to own everything, and the spirit that is planted in the machine as a Neural network form becomes more of a super Conscious for the Head of the Corporation who eventually takes a first hand role in the inevitable ethical disposal of the information that can rid humanity of the black shakes ( a disorder, not a Gothic Slurpee :-).
As is the case with most Keanu films, the support cast is totally stellar, and does its job in an awesome way.
The FX, the story, the raging fun, the rampant corporate conspiracy all make for a great film.
ENJOY |
| Rating | | | Date | February 14, 2005 | | Summary | Widescreen/Full Screen Warning | Content
| As another review pointed out, this version (ASIN/ISBN#0767802454) offers no Widescreen version of this movie.
The box clearly says "Side A is a Widescreen version and preserves the original 1.85:1 theatrical aspect ratio. Side B is a Full Frame/Standard version and is re-formatted to fit your TV." One Problem; ASIN/ISBN#0767802454 is a single sided disk.
The other production run of this movie on DVD is ASIN/ISBN#0767802462, and may include a Widescreen version. I can't verify that because it is out of print.
Bad job Tristar home video....no biscuit. |
| Rating | | | Date | November 07, 2004 | | Summary | Just doesn't cut it... | Content
| If you're not into cyberpunk or video games, I'd recommend avoiding this film. I've read that the short story that this is based on is good. Maybe so but they should have made the film shorter. I will say that I never expected that a dolphin would save the day. |
| Rating | | | Date | October 04, 2004 | | Summary | NOT WIDESCREEN! | Content
| If you're a fan of Johnny Mnemonic or not, beware that the non-superbit version "format" information is incorrect. This DVD version of Johnny Mnemonic is in "FULL SCREEN" format.
The version (non-Superbit, released November 25, 1997) had the full and widescreen view options. I found this "old" version in the "used" DVD section at my location store.
This new version released March 23, 2004(I guess they improved the audio/video transfer quality) only has the full screen option. |
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