Film

eXistenZ 1999

Directed by David Cronenberg

  • Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
  • 97 min
  • R

Everybody's Playing It.

A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.

ActionThrillerScience Fictionhackervideo gamevirtual realitypop starbodyguarddystopiavirtual fightnear future

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Character

Contemporary, plot-driven, grave and cool.

  • contemporarynostalgic
  • character-ledplot-driven
  • gravecomic
  • cooloverwhelming
  • resolvedopen-ended

Who loves it, who doesn't

The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 4The Prestige Hunter: disliked by 14 / 1The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: loved by 55The IronistThe Ironist: loved by 22The Genre DevoteeThe Genre Devotee: loved by 22The EmpathThe Empath: loved by 11The Thrill ChaserThe Thrill Chaser: loved by 11The ArchivistThe Archivist: disliked by 10 / 1The FormalistThe Formalist: disliked by 10 / 1loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

22 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Prestige Hunters.