A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza.A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza.A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations
- Takahashi
- (as Takeshi)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe script was rumored to have been dumped on the doorstep of Keanu Reeves' house, a tactic that piqued his interest, and led to him accepting the role of Johnny.
- GoofsThe date on the screen in the New Darwin Inn reads "Thursday, 17 January 2021". January 17, 2021, was a Sunday.
- Quotes
Johnny Mnemonic: What the fuck is going on? WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON? You know, all my life, I've been careful to stay in my own corner. Looking out for Number One... no complications. Now, suddenly, I'm responsible for the *entire fucking world*, and everybody and his mother is trying to kill me, IF... IF... my head doesn't blow up first.
Jane: Maybe it's not just about you any more.
Johnny Mnemonic: Listen. You listen to me. You see that city over there? THAT'S where I'm supposed to be. Not down here with the dogs, and the garbage, and the fucking last month's newspapers blowing *back* and *forth*. I've had it with them, I've had it with you, I've had it with ALL THIS - *I want ROOM SERVICE*! I want the club sandwich, I want the cold Mexican beer, I want a $10,000-a-night hooker! I want my shirts laundered... like they do... at the Imperial Hotel... in Tokyo.
- Alternate versionsIn 2021, 26 years after its original release, Robert Longo has converted the film into a black & white version that is a bit closer to his original intention. That black and white version premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.
- ConnectionsEdited into Twizzlers: The Movie (2015)
- SoundtracksVIRUS
Written by Sascha Konietzko, En Esch and Günter Schulz
Performed by KMFDM
Courtesy of Wax Trax! Records Inc. / TVT Records
This movie is very underrated an solid Action flick I wish there would be more Action flick like are this today. In my opinion The Matrix and Johnny Mnemonic are my top 2 best Action Sci-fi flicks from Keanu Reeves of the 90's. Movies like are this don't exist today anymore.
The film was shot on location in Canada, with Toronto and Montreal filling in for the film's Newark, New Jersey and Beijing settings. A number of local monuments, including Toronto's Union Station and Montreal's skyline and Jacques Cartier Bridge, feature prominently.
The film premiered in Japan first on April 15, 1995, with a longer version (103 Min's) that is closer to the director's cut and features a previously composed score by Mychael Danna, different editing, and more scenes with Japanese star Takeshi Kitano and Dolph Lundgren notably. Val Kilmer was originally set to star, but left the project after he was offered the role of Batman in Batman Forever.The character Molly Millions, from the original story, was changed to Jane for the film. They are very similar characters except that Molly had retractable razor blades under her fingernails and augmented vision. It is believed that the change was due to the "Molly" character being attached to the rights for any possible future Neuromancer film adaptation.
The script was rumored to have been dumped on the doorstep of Keanu Reeves' house, a tactic that piqued his interest and led to him accepting the role of Johnny.
B.J. Rack, one of the producers, is still credited although he left the project due to creative differences with director Robert Longo First of all, the prologue is different and more poignant.
Here it is, in this exact form:
"New century. Age of terminal capitalism.
The armored towers of multinational corporations rise above the ruins of the democracies that gave them birth.
Soldiers of the Yakuza defend them.
Hackers, data-pirates, LoTek media rebels are the enemy, burrowing like rats in the walls of cyberspace.
A new plague convulses the cities: Nerve Attenuation Syndrome, incurable, fatal, epidemic, bringing fear and misery as old as the species itself.
But the most precious data is sometimes entrusted to elite private agents, wet wired to function as human data banks.
Mnemonic couriers."
10/10
- ivo-cobra8
- Jul 30, 2015
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Fugitivo del futuro
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $26,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $19,075,720
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,033,850
- May 28, 1995
- Gross worldwide
- $19,077,036
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1