SoapboxQuantez08 This film could be called a cross between Copycat and Terminator 2, but it's so much more than that. This is a film that wound up losing money, and I have 3 explanations for it. First: Sid is an over-the-top villain (almost joker-esque), which is rather off-beat for a cyber-entity. Second: The music is arguably inappropriate, and is often less-than-serious. Third: Many thrillers came out in 1995, so there was a lot of competition, to the point where this time was seemingly a harsh year for thrillers to get good reviews (Lord of Illusions, my next fave '95 film, has lackluster reviews as well). In his own words, Sid 6.7 "likes to play games". Knowing he has an existential advantage due to his regenerating prowess, he primarily focuses on taunting ex-cop Barnes with abandon, taking any hostage at his disposition. All said, Virtuosity is a tremendously entertaining cyber-thriller that is a roller-coaster of mayhem.

Jack Hunter I think I might have see this several times over the years.You read synopsis, sounds great. You take a look at A list of actors, wow, great.You start watching it and OK, looks kinda meh, like that Stallone one with three shells. Except that one had cute little Sandra Bullock. This one doesn't. Maybe casting director was gay and had no taste in women. Seriously, what type of guy do women in this film appeal to? Certainly not me.CGI is pretty bad. Looks more like badly done 80's than 1995.Writing was terrible.Not a single memorable scene.Oh, and its anti-white racist. Near beginning there is scene where entire prison is supposedly white guys cheering some racist to kill Denzel. Give me a break. Much more likely scenario would be 90% prison population being black and poor, so usually racist, cheering Denzel to kill the white guy. Thats just what reality is like.Movie sucked.

lathe-of-heaven I guess I have a bit of a soft spot for Cyberpunk films. Even when I was little, I was TOTALLY fascinated and enthralled with the television series 'WILD, WILD WEST'. I just loved all the neat, creative devices they came up with. I also really liked this director's other film 'LAWNMOWER MAN' a lot too (mainly because I really liked the actors, I think) And, I feel that for the Genre, this film here is quite good. Denzel is excellent as usual and the supporting actors do a fine job. Prior to seeing this, I wasn't aware that Russell Crowe was the bad guy. He is delightfully Evil (if maybe a BIT hammy at times) and has kind of an infectious charisma that is hard not to like. He comes across with a nice balance of being both childlike and Evil.If you like this kind of Cyberpunk Science Fiction, this movie is actually quite entertaining. I cannot for the life of me see why this director after doing both 'LAWNMOWER MAN' and this film, suddenly seemed to drop off the face of the earth. Very sad... I think he had some real talent, and it would have been interesting to see what other films he might have made along these linesI feel that some of the negative reviews are probably due to people who perhaps do not like these kinds of films to begin with. I mean, NO..., it is not 'BLADERUNNER' or 'THX-1138' or '2001', that is true. But, for this TYPE of Science Fiction film, I felt that it was imaginative and fun and well above average compared to many other similar movies out there. I personally liked this film better than JOHNNY MNEMONIC' although that also was a very entertaining film. But, I found this one to be more involving and the characters (AND the acting) to be quite a bit better. The STORY of 'JOHNNY MNEMONIC' is a lot better, but the acting and characters of this film are better. Some other strong points of this film is it's good pacing along with some decent effects (for the time) and, like I had mentioned, Russell Crowe as the bad guy is pretty entertaining, although at times, also quite chilling.So, I think what you have to consider if you are trying to determine whether you want to spend your time watching this or not, is whether you like this TYPE of Science Fiction. There are SO MANY different kinds of Sci Fi, that it's impossible to group them all together and make a single judgment on the Genre as a whole. Different types can be EXTREMELY divergent. You can have films that are more Psychological or Cerebral like 'PRIMER' or 'PREDESTINATION' (Yes, I am editing this review some time later :) or fun, lighter ones like this one, or some that are like 'TERMINATOR' or 'ALIENS', or you can have really dark Horror Sci Fi like the excellent 'HARDWARE', or Sci Fi films that are much more heavily weighted toward social issues or character studies. Some are quite densely structured like 'DUNE' (the book more so than the movie, although I LOVE Lynch's film) and then you have light, kind of silly ones. So, there are a LOT of very different kinds. But, IF you do like THIS kind of fun, imaginative, and entertaining Science Fiction and can just sit back and enjoy it, there may be a good chance that you might like this film like I did. And, Denzel is almost ALWAYS very good...It is Oscar material? No... Is it a lot of fun? HELL yeah!

Tss5078 Virtuosity was a big budget 90s film, that despite having a great cast, was a big flop. After I watched the film, it's fairly easy to see why. The premise of the film is that a police training, virtual reality serial killer, programmed with over 200 personalities, gets put into a robotic body and reeks havoc on LA. Having no one else to turn to, they turn to a famous cop, in prison, to catch him. The deal, catch Sid 6.7, get your freedom. It's a pretty cool idea, but after you get all the information in the beginning of the film, it turns into one big chase. That's it, a back and forth hunt, with no real substance, dialog, or anything more than explosions and gun shots. The cast was excellent and if they had focuses more on the technology and the scientific aspects of it, the film would have been awesome, but instead it's just another plain, boring, shoot out.