Horror History: JOHNNY MNEMONIC with Keanu Reeves Is Now 26 Years Old
Mike Sprague
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On this day in horror history, the cult classic cyberpunk action thriller Johnny Mnemonic with Keanu Reeves and Dolph Lundgren opened back in 1995.
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Robert Longo helmed in his directorial debut.
Based on the story of the same name by William Gibson, Reeves plays a man with a cybernetic brain implant designed to store information. The film portrays “Gibson’s dystopian view of the future with the world dominated by megacorporations and with strong East Asian influences.”
This was Dolph Lundgren’s last movie released theatrically in the US until The Expendables in 2010.
A longer version (103 mins) of the film premiered in Japan on April 15, 1995. It features a score by Mychael Danna and sports a different editing.
Synopsis:
Johnny (Keanu Reeves) is a data courier who has a secret stash of information implanted into his mind. However, the data will kill Johnny if he cannot retrieve it within 48 hours. Accompanied by physically enhanced bodyguard Jane (Dina Meyer), Johnny sets out to acquire the passwords he needs to save himself. Worse yet, he is hunted by gangster Shinji (Denis Akiyama) and businessman Takahashi (Takeshi), both of whom seek the data Johnny possesses.
The film sports a 19% approval rating over on Rotten Tomatoes. The Critics Consensus: As narratively misguided as it is woefully miscast, Johnny Mnemonic brings the ’90s cyberpunk thriller to inane new whoas — er, lows.
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