Virtuosity (1995)

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linktr.ee/CatchingUpOnCinema⁠ This April is “Cyber Techno Future Shock” month at Catching Up On Cinema! All month long we'll be reviewing some of the goofiest “techno-thrillers” from the 90's. This week, Trevor and Kyle review Brett Leonard's, Virtuosity (1995)! Starring a prime Denzel Washington, and featuring the American film debut of a young Russell Crowe, Virtuosity (1995) is sadly little more than a middling VR obsessed techno-thriller from Brett Leonard, the director of previous episode/techno-turd, The Lawnmower Man (1992). Touching on heady concepts such as the dangers of AI, and VR content being incorporated into actual reality, Virtuosity is ultimately very little more than a basic cat-and-mouse manhunt film, albeit one that features a nifty sci-fi bent, and is populated with some of the more audacious sights and sounds of mid-90's American culture. Neither particularly deep in it's exploration of tech, nor especially thrilling, Virtuosity is unfortunately best remembered as a colorful yet hideous time capsule of mid-90's aesthetics, and as a minor trivia factoid in that it serves as Russell Crowe's introduction to Hollywood, and serves as his first collaboration with Denzel Washington prior to them working together again in the much better film, Ridley Scott's, American Gangster (2007). Follow us on Instagram ⁠@catchinguponcinema⁠ Follow us on Twitter ⁠@CatchingCinema⁠ Like, share, subscribe, and we'll catch you next time!

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