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Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

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Average Rating: 3.4/10
Reviews Counted: 29
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 25

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17

Average Rating: 4.5/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 5

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33

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Average Rating: 2.5/5
User Ratings: 49,972

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Movie Info

In a near-future world in which the fast-paced digital lifestyle has given rise to a worldwide plague called Nerve Attenuation Syndrome, Johnny (Keanu Reeves), a data courier, accepts an assignment that he hopes will allow him to pay for the restoration of the childhood memories he dumped in order to outfit his brain with the microchip necessary for him to carry out his profession. Narrowly escaping a Yakuza ambush in which his employers are killed and the mnemonic trigger capable of unlocking

R, 1 hr. 38 min.

Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy

William Gibson

Nov 11, 1997

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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All Critics (41) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (25) | DVD (13)

You can have a better time title-scanning Johnny pics in an alphabetical video guide than you can enduring the latest Blade Runner knockoff: Johnny Mnemonic.

January 1, 2000 Comment
USA Today
Top Critic IconTop Critic

Reeves showcases his considerable thesping skills in a climactic monologue about... room service.

January 12, 2004 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment
TheMovieReport.com

Disappointing sci-fi. Good portrayal of the implications of being a human hard drive, but little action and no real villain.

July 14, 2003 Comment
About.com

Should have called it "Johnny Moronic"

March 24, 2003 Comment
Beach Reporter (Southern California)

Couldn't a psychic dolphin have told them not to bother?

November 14, 2002 Comment
Kalamazoo Gazette
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Audience Reviews for Johnny Mnemonic

Speaking of garbage cinema, here's another to add to the pile. You may like Keanu Reeves but you have to admit it - he is absolutely awful in this. We all know he's no Oliver Reed or anything, but my god, he is atrocious in his role of "Just Johnny." This is full of bad dialogue from beginning to end, but it still has

April 30, 2007
FilmFanatik
Tim Salmons

Super Reviewer

I should really re-watch this movie before writing about it, I barely remember it...

September 6, 2010
ajv2688

Super Reviewer

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