We attempt to rank all the virtual reality films the 1990s had to offer…
In the early 1990s, we seemed to be standing on the cusp of a breakthrough in technology.
A system called Virtuality captured the medias attention near the start of the decade.
Unleash the dark side of your soul!
Enter the game more real than your reality!
Then he notices that an uncannily similar murder occurred in his neighbourhood.
And worse, theres also a severed foot lying in his freezer… Or worse, prompt you to hack off a neighbors foot and keep it in your fridge.
Also, look out for John de Lancie and a young Seth Green among the cast.
Unfortunately, his experiments on a chimp leave the beast running around with a gun in its hand.
Undeterred, Angelo continues his research on Jeff Faheys intellectually-impaired gardener, Jobe Smith.
Hes the best chimp Ive ever had!
This isnt to say we arent tempted to give it a try at least once.
Disgraced ex-cop Parker Barnes is released from prison and guaranteed freedom in exchange for tracking the AI maniac down.
Based on Daniel F. Galouyes 60s novelSimulacron-3,The Thirteenth Flooris a collision of sci-fi and film noir.
The Matrix (1999)
In terms of box office, here it is: the decades high watermark.
Barely making a dent on the box office, it has since become a cult classic and deservedly so.
Ralph Fiennes plays Lenny Nero, a sleazy, Max Renn-like dealer in these kinds of memories.
In his 1995 review, the late Roger Ebert predicted thatStrange Dayswould become a cult film.
One of them got up and left when someone in the film got their cheek shot off.
Although bothThe MatrixandeXistenZtap into the same PlayStation-era zeitgeist, the two movies are as different as chalk and chainsaws.
WhereTheMatrixis all shiny surfaces and slick, gun-fu action,eXistenZis more glacial, fleshy, and disturbing.
Has Cronenberg lost his touch?
The films numerous visual non-sequiturs also turn out to have a startling and ingenious significance in the final reel.
