Johnny Mnemonic Movie Review 1995

Robo-yuppie data courier Johnny (Reeves), has over extended the storage capacity in his head and must download his latest job before his brain turns to applesauce. Aided by an implant-enhanced bodyguard (Meyer), underground hacker rebels called LoTeks, and a former doctor (Rollins) battling a technology-induced epidemic, Johnny is on the run from the corporation that wants his head (literally). Freshman director Longo can't seem to get a handle on the plot and doesn't get much help from Gibson, who combined characters and scenarios from his other books. Action sequences and computer effects are appropriately spiffy, preventing a total system crash.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 98 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, Technology--Rampant, Cyberpunk, Rock Stars on Film, Computers, Great Death Scenes, Corporate Shenanigans, Yakuza, Adapted from a Story

Screenplay

William Gibson

Cast

Keanu Reeves, Dina Meyer, Ice-T, Takeshi "Beat" Kitano, Dolph Lundgren, Henry Rollins, Udo Kier, Barbara Sukowa, Denis Akayama

Cinematography

Francois Protat

Director

Robert Longo

Music

Brad Fiedel

Producer

Don Carmody, Staffan Ahrenberg, Robert Lantos, B.J. Rack, Victoria Hamburg, Tri-Star Pictures