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Actors: Denzel Washington
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Virtuosity |
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VIRTUOSITY is a movie directed by Brett Leonard in 1995.
Ex-L.A. policeman Denzel Washington is asked to find and eliminate SID 6.7, an android who has gone mad and is leaving a bloody path behind him. Washington, who's actually serving a 17 years sentence in the penitentiary is implanted with a micro-bomb that will explode if he doesn't play by the rules. There will be countless duels between SID 6.7 and Denzel before the good human defeats the bad android.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Inmate Parker Barnes, a former police officer, has been sentanced to 15 years for involuntary manslaughter. As part of his rehabilitation program he must participate in a new technology that allows police officers to train in virtual reality. All seems to be fine untill one of the programmers accidently releases the ultimate criminal from the program who in turn runs amock through the city. The program, called Sid 6.7, retains the ability to regenerate his body if damaged, lift people over his head with ease and on top of all that, his sole function is to kill, maim, and destroy. Barnes, being the only one capable of catching this sadistic killer, is released into the world with a badge a gun and a lisence to kill. but when a major misunderstanding causes the police to seek Barnes, Parker must both defeat Sid 6.7 and avoid capture or go back to jail.
--billy sole, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 55%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 15%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Spying - Investigations
Yes
What is main char. doing?
- finding a killer (criminal)
Robots & Computers & VR
Yes
Plotlet:
- fighting harmful robot(s)
- virtual reality movie
Clones/duplicates?
- bad clones/duplicates
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
- accused criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- super strength
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) crewcut/very short
- (man) short/medium curly
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type
- average (female)
How much in movie?
- 40%
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- robot, male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- killer
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- super strength
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
- eccentric
- mentally ill
- obsessed
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- average (man)
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity
- White
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physical condition
- very athletic
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Earth setting:
- near future (later in 21st century)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Big cities?
Yes
In virtual reality?
Yes
Misc settings
- prison
- bar/restaurant
- lab
Kind of city
- Dirty, crime-ridden (like NY)
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Tone of movie
- upbeat
Comedy or somewhat funny movie?
Yes
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vauge references only
- kissing
- licking
Kinds of F/X
- Things that change shape/morph
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
- nasty human transformations
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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