Title: GROANIN BERG
Product review: As we are all aware, video games have progressed so far to the point that it doesn't take much imagination to conjure a world where the distinction between reality and game playing could occur. David Cronenberg, whose best film I think, is DEAD ZONE, reverts to his graphic sense of sensationalism to bring us this story about a video game unlike others before. His imagination is to be heralded, what with live pods and stranger things going on with guns that shoot teeth, etc., etc. The problem is the whole thing is so chaotic, tedious and self-serving that EXISTENZ becomes little more than a muddled bore. I wasn't impressed with Jennifer Jason Leigh or Jude Law; they appeared to be acting and not inhabiting their roles at all. Ian Holm and Willem Dafoe are wasted in their roles and what little special effects there are have been done before and better.I appreciate innovation and creative differences in movies, but they should be a little more cohesive and entertaining than this mess.
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