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Summary: Allegra Geller, the leading game designer in the world, is testing her new virtual reality game, eXistenZ with a focus group. As they begin, she is attacked by a fanatic assassin employing a bizarre organic gun. She flees with a young marketing trainee, Ted Pikul, who is suddenly assigned as her bodyguard. Unfortunately, her pod, an organic gaming device that contains the only copy of the eXistenZ game program, is damaged... (imdb)
Very disturbing film. Like the Matrix, only better. Once more, Cronenberg scares us with our own bodies, and makes us think about what sort of beings we are.
A spiritual sequel to Videodrome, eXistenZ covers similar territory. A noirish thriller that deals with humanity's increasing integration with technology, the world of videogames seems even more apt than Television did in Videodrome for this subject and pet fascination of Cronenberg. This film doesn't quite succeed as Videodrome did but an enjoyable watch nonetheless for fans of Cronenberg.
Aah eXistenZ. One of those "gamer" movies, that the academic film community always gets so worked up about. As always, there's something undeniably interesting about Cronenberg's films, and this one has some quite interesting body horror concepts. The story is a little cold, but there's enough to think about to keep any sci-fi fan interested.
Whilst the "twist" was easy enough to pick merely twenty minutes in, after watching pioneers of this style such as Jacob's Ladder, it was refreshing to see that the themes presented (technological disreality mainly) are still relevant today. But really, it's one of those films that is great at pointing out the flaws of society while offering no real solutions. Wooden acting to boot!
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