Virtuosity
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Movie Reviews of Virtuosity
Movie Review: Great Movie, Not So Many DVD Features
Summary: 4 Stars
While watching this movie in the theatre, i was engrossed in the intriguing plot and grandiose special effects. Russell Crowe, as usual, makes a dead on performance, creating the type of computer generated killer that many other movies have missed out on. The DVD on the other hand lacks many of the features that others had provided, and it would have made the movie a much more worthwhile purchase.Movie Review: Predictable with some interesting twists
Summary: 3 Stars
The movies premise is that Virtual reality is used to train cops in the future, but the bugs aren't out yet. A programmer in his attempt to provide bad guys for the cops to catch, creates a super bad guy to train the cops. This super bad guy, somehow has the ability to exceed his programming and then the brilliant programmer (under this bad guy's influence) decides it would be a great idea to make him "real". Real meaning embodied in the read world via nano-technology.
Denzel Washington is a jailed cop that has been done wrong via the system. Of course he is the convict that volunteers to try out these VR programs and when this super bad guy gets out, he's the one they call.
Russell Crowe is magnificent as the oozing bad guy, he has the face and the body language that can inspire your dislike. A younger Kevin Spacey in that sense.
The violence in this movie though it is not the blood and guts of other movies, was upsetting. Of course I have a weak stomach, but maybe it was the suddeness or "realness" of it.
At the end, the good guy gets the bad guy, but in a cool way.
It wasn't a bad movie, the premise was okay. You can see the "Robocop" influence where an industry centered around using technology to provide law enforcement is sometimes society's worst enemy. Not so much because the concept is bad, but the human aspect of misusing that concept is so likely.
Denzel Washington does a decent job as the good guy, though this role does not stretch him at all. It was an okay movie, I would not watch it twice though.
Movie Review: I LOVE IT
Summary: 5 Stars
WELL THE REASON I BOUGHT THIS MOVIE WAS BECAUSE I LOVE RUSSELL CROWE. THEN AFTER I WATCHED THE MOVIE I LOVED HIM EVEN MORE. IT IS ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES I HAVE EVER SEEN.Movie Review: it's so bad it's great!
Summary: 5 Stars
this movie is terrific, in so many aspects of the word. first of all, this movie made Russell Crowe one of my favorite actors, up there with Kevin Spacey and Edward Norton. in this movie Russell Crowe plays this video game character who gets himself into the real word, and hes one sedistic guy. he has all the greatest lines in the movie, and when he laughs (which he does all the time) it's so fantastic it makes me laugh.next, the soundtrack is a great one. im not exactly sure what the hell Peter Gabriel is doing on it, but ok. he's a good artist, but doesnt mold well with the techno music. it has juno reactor, lords of acid, william orbit... some of my favorite artists.
the action sequences are great. dont get me wrong, that one at the end was sort of stupid (on the tv station roof when denzel just keeps shooting crowe, and their fight had lots of matrix-like aspects to it. maybe the directors of matrix took some ideas and made them better.) all the other ones were great. in the beginning at the chinese resturant, that wasn't bad. and at the techno rave, teeheehee.
finally, this is a movie i have on vhs, but i bought on DVD just a while back from Suncoast just because i like it so much. back before i had it on dvd, i would be bored just waiting to do something, and i'd put in virtuosity, mainly for that beginning sequence. literally, no kidding either, i would be sitting there watching the prision fight scene and the next conscious thing my brain tells me about the movie is that it's the rooftop fight already. thats how this movie goes. some might make say that makes it a no-brainer, but i liked it and i recommend it. one of my favorites, just be warned that a LOT of people probably hate it or will hate it. its more of a cult movie, only its not, you know?
Movie Review: An excellent choice...
Summary: 5 Stars
If you want to see a good movie, rent Virtuosity. Not only does it have a good story, but the acting is outstanding. Russel Crowe's performance outdid Denzel washington's (who is a very good actor) by alot. For all Russel Crowe fans: this is a movie to rent. For all good movie fans: rent this movie. For all none Russel Crowe fans: after watching this movie you will be one.