"Virtual Nightmare" is one of those movies that just keeps you guessing until the very end. The situation repeatedly redefines itself in that way, that makes the audience think we've got it all figured out, and then we find out we're wrong.
The ending is one of the most unexpectedly truthful twists I've ever seen -- that the biggest problem facing the future of humanity is not war, or plague, or evil governments, but rather the innate human desire to be stupid, eating good-tasting garbage, watching mindless TV shows, doing an easy, but decent-paying job, and completely ignoring the problems of the world. A future dystopia that is frighteningly plausible.
This, combined with the token rebellion, and the puppet government, makes so many effective statements about the direction the world is headed, and in many ways, is already here.
The ending is one of the most unexpectedly truthful twists I've ever seen -- that the biggest problem facing the future of humanity is not war, or plague, or evil governments, but rather the innate human desire to be stupid, eating good-tasting garbage, watching mindless TV shows, doing an easy, but decent-paying job, and completely ignoring the problems of the world. A future dystopia that is frighteningly plausible.
This, combined with the token rebellion, and the puppet government, makes so many effective statements about the direction the world is headed, and in many ways, is already here.