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Johnny Mnemonic

Johnny Mnemonic

1995
Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller
1h 36m
A data courier, carrying a data package literally inside his head too large to hold for long, must deliver it before he dies from it. (imdb)

Johnny Mnemonic

1995
Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller
1h 36m
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Rated 04 Jun 2014
4
34th
Synaptic seepage, hacker dolphins, Henry Rollins as Henry Rollins (only with glasses, therefore making him a doctor), Dolph Lundgren as hitman jesus, Ice-T as a mothafuckin internet gangsta, Keanu Reeves as a non-human...what the fuck is this movie doing? The depiction of the internet is the best part, though, cos it looks like a mix between a highly rendered windows 98 screen saver and scenes from inside the Death Star in Empire Strikes Back. Virtually any score is justifiable.
Rated 31 Mar 2010
25
16th
If I'm remembering this correctly, there's a dolphin in this movie that's smarter than Keanu.
Rated 19 Apr 2020
45
29th
Under Quarantine Film Reviews #53: The opening crawl states that in 2021, corporations are king and that a new plague has threatened the world. Johnny Mnemonic, more like Johnny Nostradamic. Its 90 minutes of pure ridiculousness, partly because Keanu essentially plays a coked-out Neo who JUST WANTS ROOM SERVICE.
Rated 28 Nov 2014
71
47th
I mentioned my "Haha, what the fuck" box set way back in my Zardoz review, and Johnny Mnemonic is absolutely the second entry. Not a single coherent thought or decision in any of the 96 minutes, but I'd be an ugly liar if I said I didn't love it.
Rated 13 Feb 2014
100
99th
Interminably constipated Henry Rollins plays an interminably constipated trench doc named Spider, and shows a lot of neck vein. Ice-T plays the guy from Counting Crows and refuses to suppress his pimp lisp. Keanu Reeves gets a computer, tag teams the internet with a hacker dolphin, confronts reprehensible Japanese business practices, and ultimately vomits crypto-anime from his overloaded cyberpunk brain.
Rated 06 Dec 2012
35
20th
The 'Guess a rating' review: Hint #1: Supporting cast includes Udo Kier. Hint #2: At one point Keanu Reeves exclaims 'I WANT ROOOM SERVICE!!' Hint #3: Features death by laser whip. Hint #4: Sports the first and only sea mammal twist in motion picture history. Hint #5: Dolph Lundgren plays 'Christ - the hitman' and utters the one-liner: 'Jesus Time!'. Hint #6: Supporting cast includes Henry Rollins and Ice-T. Hint #7: Longo never directed anything ever again.
Rated 17 Mar 2009
55
27th
Not really good, but nowehere near as bad as some people make it out to be. Shame on you if you were expecting fine cinema!
Rated 06 Oct 2023
70
34th
As a child, I saw this movie prophesizing a distant future where everything was strangely futuristic, yet close enough to the time that it was possible, as all great sci-fi should be. Now, it's image of the future is a sadly dated and grandiose one at the same time. Weird how only some of the worst parts came true.
Rated 08 Jan 2022
30
5th
Keanu's brain gets hacked by a dolphin running windows 95.
Rated 27 Nov 2021
33
18th
For a '90s virtual reality movie, it's so uninteresting, even in a fun-bad way. The titular Johnny is barely a character, and what character he has is mostly "jerk"; as far as we can tell, he causes his own misfortune; and we're given no reason to invest in him, other than a tease of regaining childhood memories which may not be worth it. The evil priest is fun, the dolphin is fun, the part where he has to use VR to make a phone call is fun, but that's less than 20 minutes of a 90-minute movie.
Rated 25 May 2021
67
31st
"Cutting edge" sci-fi action film is surprisingly on the money in terms of predicting 2021 technology; 80GB of data sounds about right in terms of the mind's data storage capacity! Really just another post-BLADE RUNNER/TOTAL RECALL knock-off, but snappily paced and with a nice "grunge" look for its view of the future. Reeves even gives a reasonably compelling performance, though his mid-film breakdown is so bizarre, one wonders if it's an indulgent misjudgement or calculated self-parody!
Rated 08 Jan 2021
60
25th
Keanu Reeves recent resurrection is based on how great of a person he seems to be as well as his excellent subtle performances with practiced physicality. The mid-90s did him wrong by asking for big performances and this might be the biggest. The cyberpunk script is pretty garbage, even if everything on screen is delightfully silly. I mean he eventually teams up with a dolphin to beat the baddies. Its just too much information, man.
Rated 05 Jul 2020
24
21st
And yet, still smarter than The Matrix somehow.
Rated 26 Mar 2015
55
30th
when this came out, shadowrun was a huge thing with us, so we were suckers for anything even remotely related to said universe. but for everything cool it does, it evens the odds with something really silly. dolph lundgren...dina meyer. henry rollins...ice-t. takeshi...muppeting a videochat (that one is hilarious, though). a huge zombie-fish as leader of the resistance...a huge zombie-fish as lead character. list goes on.
Rated 20 Jun 2014
42
13th
I want to get online. I NEED A COMPUTER.
Rated 06 Feb 2011
35
39th
Completely fails to instil the atmosphere needed to make a cyberpunk film work. The story is OK, everything else is lousy. They could have given Keanu's role to an actual portable HD and it would have had more personality. The only remotely enjoyable element is Dolph Lundgren hamming it up as psychotic cyber-Jesus, but sadly he's only a bit-part character.
Rated 20 Jan 2011
5
4th
The most unintentionally hilarious film of all time.
Rated 05 May 2009
40
56th
I *need* a *computer*.
Rated 04 Jan 2009
2
6th
it's jesus time
Rated 20 Aug 2007
9
62nd
Excellent job of bringing Gibson's great story to the big screen. Could it be better? Sure. But it wasn't butchered, and that always makes me happy. Somehow, I've come to the conclusion that people in Hollywood go to a school where they *specifically* learn to butcher SF stories. Didn't happen here, a wonder of wonders.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
17th
Not bad as a "bad movie". But it's not good.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
35
5th
Ridiculous and poorly made, but it's unintentionally hilarious and fun "bad movie" watch.
Rated 14 Jun 2007
75
45th
A fucking psychic dolphin, are you shitting me?
Rated 12 Feb 2007
10
5th
Really, not much worse than The Matrix or Inception.
Rated 07 Feb 2024
9
89th
One of the funniest but coolest movie experiences. Schlock galore with wild cyberpunk concepts from William Gibson himself capped off with one of the most Keanu performances out there. I want room service too, buddy.
Rated 22 Aug 2023
45
18th
People hate new movies so much they have to pretend stuff like this is mostly horrendous with some decent action sequencing
Rated 28 Jul 2023
40
5th
[B&W] After one too many infodump scenes, Johnny screams at the heavens, "What ... is going on here?" Which is what the audience was thinking at least 30 minutes before. The ambience is pretty good (if you like cyberpunk; I do) -- a little better in black and white -- but it feels like the story is just too big for the vehicle, especially with the inclusion of that Illuminati dolphin (Hail Eris).
Rated 12 Jul 2023
73
29th
(b/w version) A ridiculous and cliched storyline at its core, some terrible scripting, and the worst Reeves performance I’ve ever seen, but great visuals and production design, some really good supporting turns, and a fun satirical/anti-corporate tone that is also almost self-parodying with the cyberpunk nonsense while simultaneously being maybe the best on-screen depiction of the genre’s most common signifiers.
Rated 11 Jul 2023
2
10th
Stupid and one of the worst Reeves performances.
Rated 12 Feb 2023
34
27th
On some level I dig its aesthetic especially its goofy depiction of the internet. But despite the general silliness of the whole thing, the only real enjoyment I got out of this is the god awful acting by Keanu and other actors hamming it up. The characterization is super one-note and I'd be okay with this if the characters at least were entertaining and the writing was snappy enough. unfortunately, most the movie is Keanu awkwardly angsting to the tune of a supporting cast of lame archetypes.
Rated 13 Aug 2022
30
15th
"Get that trash outta here" at the end kind of sums this up, but there is amusement when wonder how Keanu Reeves' agent convinced him to do The Matrix shortly afterward. Dolph Lundgren plays a fun villain. Dina Meyer adds some personality to the bland (and mostly a jerk) Reeves. Cool whip. Fav scene: Spider jumps into the fight enthusiastically. What a hero.
Rated 15 Nov 2021
65
45th
Could've done with less action and more exploration of the world, which was preety interesting, rather than constant, poorly choreographed action scenes. What story there was, was boring, at least in the first half, it got better when we actually knew what was going on and had some stakes. The love story was even less believable and less interesting than normal in hollywood films. The background of Jane was interesting but again, unexplored and 2d.
Rated 16 Oct 2021
58
25th
I found it not good but accidentally amusing.
Rated 21 Sep 2021
35
16th
Plays like a live-action anime. Very interesting and very bad.
Rated 28 Mar 2021
53
32nd
Rewatched. And 2021 it most certainly is. This movie really needed Ron Perlman. +10 points just for the image of a leather-clad Ron Perlman in a fight with Dolph Lundgren as Super Jesus. It doesn't happen but it's cool to think about.
Rated 14 Mar 2021
3
27th
Cool ideas done stupidly. Worth a watch to see Henry Rollins looking sexy in glasses.
Rated 22 Jan 2021
4
81st
shit rules
Rated 26 Nov 2020
85
47th
Great set design. Worth watching in 2021
Rated 09 Feb 2020
60
35th
I dig it. Sure, the writing, acting, directing, and camera work is all terrible, and it is beyond dated due to how quickly technology has advanced in the last 25 years; however, Johnny Mnemonic captures some of the more insane elements of the cyberpunk genre that normally don't get translated into mainstream movies. It's more than a kitsch artifact like its contemporaries: The Lawnmower Man, Hackers, etc.
Rated 13 Sep 2019
69
32nd
The technology is hilariously dated, but on the other hand Keanu Reeves?
Rated 28 Jan 2019
35
15th
As empty-headed as Keanu. Love beat takeshi and the production design of the world, but that does not a good film make. The bit with the Dolph and the Dolphin is one of straight up cheesy and/or terrible scene in this mess of a movie.
Rated 07 Jun 2018
66
13th
There's some of that Robocop 3 robot ninja duel around a hot tub vibe here. Long distance call scene required viewing for the Community vr episode.
Rated 30 Apr 2018
55
25th
I want room service!
Rated 17 Sep 2017
10
7th
very poorly made, even the Japanese cut
Rated 22 Jan 2017
80
62nd
Johnny Mnemonic holds up pretty well in my book. It's a grimy cyberpunk noir movie. It's cheesy without being corny. It's exciting without being over-the-top. Over twenty years later this movie is still fun to watch. I was surprised by how many cameos were in this movie but, if i remember correctly, this movie was supposed to be a blockbuster. The acting in the movie was good at some points and not so good at others. Dolph Lundgren's character was pretty out there but it added to the camp.
Rated 30 Oct 2016
44
6th
43.500
Rated 09 Oct 2016
28
2nd
Well, I certainly did not expect that
Rated 24 Sep 2016
37
33rd
Amazingly awful
Rated 04 Sep 2016
40
1st
Terrible.
Rated 09 Dec 2015
90
72nd
A real guilty pleasure, its cheesily oblivious depiction of cyberspace was hopelessly retro before it was released, but is great fun anyway (or maybe even because of it) -- except for Dolph Lundgren who, like Arnold Schwarzenegger, shaves ten points off any movie he appears in, and hurts this one badly. Keanu is as perfectly cast here as he was horribly miscast in Dracula. I wish the alternate Japanese cut with the original Michael Danna score and more Beat Takashi would be released to blu-ray.
Rated 15 Nov 2014
40
19th
eng; [johnny mnemonic]; ein daten kurier transportiert ein paket von informationen in seinem kopf, da die infos sind zu speicherintensiv sind stirbt er wenn er sie nicht rechtzeitig abliefert.;
Rated 16 Sep 2014
70
16th
A lot more fun than I expected.
Rated 14 Sep 2014
73
57th
I'm a fan of William Gibson's work and I thought the comic book treatment worked well with it in this movie. Sure it's a bit cheesy but sometimes that can be appropriate in context. Dolph Lungren puts in a great performance as does Henry Rollins.
Rated 27 Jul 2014
15
9th
School these days sucks man, you can just go on the stinkin' internet.
Rated 28 Jun 2014
20
14th
Much worse [and therefore much better] than I expected. Its influence on Deus Ex is clear, primarily in Keanu's hilariously deadpan delivery which JC Denton would later go on to perfect.
Rated 04 Jun 2014
3
38th
Uh, this is hilarious. Keanu Reeves in possibly his most stilted performance as a data courier in a bizarre, ridiculous vision of the future/the internet, accompanied by Ice-T the rebel hacker and his dolphin sidekick, on a quest to save the world from INFORMATION OVERLOAD by releasing a cure through the information highway. Their obstacles: Big Pharm, as represented by Takeshi Kitano, and Dolph Lundgren as Hitman Jesus.
Rated 03 Jun 2014
50
25th
It's completely appropriate that this movie was turned into an FMV game; it feels assembled from FMV stock footage as-is. It has all the hallmarks of that 'genre' - horrendous acting, odd cameos, freaky and cluttered visual design, an overstuffed plot, and a lot of honestly pretty cool ideas. I would describe this movie as Perfectly Dated. The acting and...'busy' editing and visual style make this a tough watch at times, but I nevertheless recommend it to the curious.
Rated 30 Aug 2013
20
8th
I remember watching a bit of this ages ago, when I was a young kid fascinated with sci-fi and futuristic films. Sadly, not even nostalgia could save this poorly acted and ridiculous schlock. Has Keanu Reeves ever had a good acting role outside of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure?
Rated 30 Apr 2013
45
11th
Absolutely woeful performances from Keanu Reeves and Dina Meyer.
Rated 05 Aug 2012
6
43rd
Johnny M has always been a guilty pleasure of mine. Yes, this movie has problems, not the least of which is having a name that I can never remember how to spell, but overall, this movie is just pure cyberpunk fun! Johnny M has a terrific mix of "punk" and "cyber" although it definitely strays to the "punk" side of things. He we have corporate domination, punk rebellion, modified humans (and dolphins!), dystopian societies and all the rest, all wrapped up in some wonderfully inspired Gibson visua
Rated 15 Jun 2012
100
91st
This movie is bonkers and I love it.
Rated 10 Jun 2012
30
3rd
Very cheesy and tongue-in-cheek. The Matrix is everything Johnny Mnemonic wanted to be.
Rated 29 Jan 2012
51
23rd
Ice-T is literally part dog in this movie.
Rated 27 Sep 2011
60
16th
Adorably stupid
Rated 18 Aug 2011
56
32nd
Dreadfully cheesy. Some impressively cool ideas inputted into a movie that's more 80s schlock than anything. Still some fun to be had especially for fans of the cast...i mean Henry rollins is up there with tara reid and rza when it comes to bad actors but something about his abominable performances always entertains me
Rated 28 Jun 2011
50
10th
It's kinda bad when the best acting comes from Dolph Lundgren. However the laser whip is pretty freakin' cool.
Rated 14 Jun 2011
43
22nd
Futuristic misfire. Flashy but uncompelling; still, any movie with Keanu, Dolph, Henry, and Udo in the same cast has got to be worth a look for kitsch value alone.
Rated 14 May 2011
40
14th
An exceptionally bad film but one so bad its hysterical. What makes it even better is the fact that it a collection of all the obsessions of the period together in one film: Japanese culture (Takashi Kitano and clips from anime), cyber punk, virtual reality, and a cast that includes rapper Ice T, action star Dolph Lundgren as a killer priest, and Henry Rollins, the former singer for the hardcore band Black Flag. It also has the best moment in the career of Keanu Reeves in one monologue.
Rated 12 Apr 2011
69
21st
90s sci-fi as fuck.
Rated 08 Apr 2011
70
33rd
that fuckin dolphin
Rated 11 Jan 2011
26
30th
Not a bad film not a great one, and also when a cure for some disease is uncovered it never gets released; they should have portrayed that in more of the corporations goals, but at least they did in one.
Rated 10 Jan 2011
10
52nd
Obviously the role that got Keanu Reeves noticed for his part in Matrix. For that Matrix fans probably love it. There's also something Blade Runner in there. Blade Runner fans might like it. Otherwise you'll probably see it as a relatively silly unengaging special effects film from a time in which they really couldn't do special effects.
Rated 15 Dec 2010
67
58th
Okay, -now- I get why Keanu Reeves gets made fun of so much. I don't get the hate for this film, though. Aside from the outdated CGI, it has cool visuals, and while the story isn't particularly deep or moving, its cast of characters is pretty memorable. And the casting is just wacky; I let loose a literal "wow" when Kitano showed up out of nowhere. Jesus time! Fun stuff.
Rated 25 Nov 2010
90
65th
Not a good film by the means of cinematography, but it's pure cyberpunk.
Rated 18 Nov 2010
38
26th
Good basic idea, boring execution, 1 good scene at the end. Hmmm*
Rated 22 Sep 2010
47
14th
Incredibly disappointing adaptation. It probably set Cyberpunk movie makings back a decade.
Rated 27 Apr 2010
52
32nd
I'm pretty sure I should refrain from watching this again, as I fear it is hugely outdated.
Rated 05 Apr 2010
65
12th
It's bad. It's awful, but it's still one of my all time favorite movies, perhaps because of how bad it is. And how very locked into the early 90's is. (His head can hold a whopping 80 gigs! That's unheard of!)
Rated 08 Dec 2009
60
68th
3/5
Rated 13 Oct 2009
40
17th
Amazing that a movie made in 1995 and set in 2020 can feel so 1980s... Lundgren's "The cure is MINE!" line was the highlight in this otherwise dim tale.
Rated 06 Oct 2009
52
44th
Falls neatly into the category of so bad it's fun.
Rated 19 Aug 2009
20
5th
I think it's alternate title is more appropriate and descriptive: Johnny Moronic
Rated 31 Jul 2009
28
19th
Feels very dated.
Rated 31 Jul 2009
20
17th
lameass
Rated 17 Jun 2009
40
7th
Silly premise, silly movie. Keanu is awful.
Rated 20 May 2009
30
2nd
A dramatic monologue about Room Service? A dolphin frying some bearded fanatics' brain? - Uh huh, that's Johnny Mnemonic!
Rated 18 May 2009
58
61st
Okay Movie
Rated 26 Apr 2009
45
13th
Could''ve been better. Unfortunately, Wm. Gibson can't write a screenplay and artist Robert Longo can't direct. The film deviates wildly from the source, especially with Dina Meyer's Jane being a poor-man's Molly Millions. Also, badly dated, as 120gigs will soon be available in CC-sized HDD instead of wiping out your childhood. Best part of the movie is Dolph Lundgren's cyberpsychotic Street Preacher. Beat Takeshi is supposedly in this, but his part is so small you'll miss him.
Rated 15 Apr 2009
3
17th
If the whole movie consisted of just the "I WANT ROOM SERVICE!" scene, I would've given this a higher score.
Rated 13 Mar 2009
17
7th
Intriguing premise goes absolutely nowhere, as uninteresting characters mouth laughable dialogue against a landscape of urban hell. Despite the computer graphics, this is cyberclaptrap.
Rated 09 Jan 2009
51
44th
bonus points for henry rollins AND ice-t though!
Rated 09 Dec 2008
85
82nd
Cyberpunk
Rated 31 Oct 2008
73
50th
Between matrix and mad max Nice sci-fi stuff, but must admit the rest of the story had no original elements
Rated 15 Oct 2008
75
57th
Bizarre. Keanu Reeves is a terrible actor.
Rated 15 Oct 2008
95
87th
The sci-fi nerd in me couldn't give this movie any less. It's rare that true sci-fi moves to the silver screen, even rarer when it's well done.
Rated 11 Sep 2008
17
3rd
A truly terrible film (even the "more depth" Japanese cut I viewed). But I love the visual design, which is the closest to a live-action cyberpunk anime thus far. The acting is hilariously awful, although the casting is enough to give fanboys wetdreams. I WANT ROOM SERVICE!
Rated 02 Jun 2008
75
42nd
A forgettable movie, though the performance from Reeves sticks out somewhat in my mind. Still, not all bad.
Rated 18 Apr 2008
76
31st
Slightly trashy (=intriguing!) gnostic sci-fi. Keanu's very solid in this - you just have to typecast him in the right roles and voilà, he shines.
Rated 14 Apr 2008
70
16th
I wanted to like it...
Rated 29 Mar 2008
50
46th
Little known fact dolphins are actually pretty dumb, the majority of it's brain mass is used to keep it afloat

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