Johnny Mnemonic | reviewed by: Scott McKay | October 19, 2011
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A very dated and over-the-top flick that can be enjoyed as a guilty pleasure or just for a laugh. Its cool to see Pre-Matrix Keanu in sci-fi
| genre | Action | Sci-Fi |
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| synopsis | The year is 2021, and half of the Earth's population is suffering from the disease known as Nerve Attenuation Syndrome (NAS). Johnny, a mnemonic data courier, is hired to carry 320 gigabytes of crucial information to safety from the Pharmacom corporation. Pursued by Yakuza agents and a crazed cyborg, Johnny must deliver the data or die in twenty-four hours. |
| lead actors | Keanu Reeves | Dina Meyer | Takeshi Kitano | Ice-T | Denis Akiyama | Dolph Lundgren | Henry Rollins | Barbara Sukowa | Udo Kier | Tracy Tweed | Falconer Abraham | Don Francks | Diego Chambers | Sherry Miller | Arthur Eng | Von Flores | Victoria Tengelis | Warren Sulatycky | Celina Wu | Gene Mack | Jamie Elman | Simon Sinn | Caitlin Carmody | Erin Carmody | Douglas O'Keeffe | Marlow Vella | Howard Szafer | Paul Brogren | Arthi Sambasivan | Michael A. Miranda | Coyote Shivers | Lynne Adams | Michael Shearer | Susan Tsagkaris | Christopher Comrie | Robin Crosby | Glenn Bang | Natalie Gray |
| director | Robert Longo |