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Virtuosity

  • 19951995
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  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
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Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington in Virtuosity (1995)
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When a virtual reality simulation created using the personalities of multiple serial killers manages to escape into the real world, an ex-cop is tasked with stopping its reign of terror.When a virtual reality simulation created using the personalities of multiple serial killers manages to escape into the real world, an ex-cop is tasked with stopping its reign of terror.When a virtual reality simulation created using the personalities of multiple serial killers manages to escape into the real world, an ex-cop is tasked with stopping its reign of terror.
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
30K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,560
155
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    • Director
      • Brett Leonard
    • Writer
      • Eric Bernt
    • Stars
      • Denzel Washington
      • Russell Crowe
      • Kelly Lynch
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Brett Leonard
    • Writer
      • Eric Bernt
    • Stars
      • Denzel Washington
      • Russell Crowe
      • Kelly Lynch
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 110User reviews
    • 55Critic reviews
    • 39Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Denzel Washington in Virtuosity (1995)
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    Denzel Washington in Virtuosity (1995)
    Russell Crowe in Virtuosity (1995)
    Denzel Washington, Louise Fletcher, and Kelly Lynch in Virtuosity (1995)
    Brett Leonard in Virtuosity (1995)
    Denzel Washington in Virtuosity (1995)
    Russell Crowe in Virtuosity (1995)
    Kevin J. O'Connor and Stephen Spinella in Virtuosity (1995)
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    Denzel Washington in Virtuosity (1995)

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    Denzel Washington
    Denzel Washington
    • Lt. Parker Barnes
    Russell Crowe
    Russell Crowe
    • SID 6.7
    Kelly Lynch
    Kelly Lynch
    • Madison Carter
    Stephen Spinella
    Stephen Spinella
    • Lindenmeyer
    William Forsythe
    William Forsythe
    • William Cochran
    Louise Fletcher
    Louise Fletcher
    • Elizabeth Deane
    William Fichtner
    William Fichtner
    • Wallace
    Costas Mandylor
    Costas Mandylor
    • John Donovan
    Kevin J. O'Connor
    Kevin J. O'Connor
    • Clyde Reilly
    Kaley Cuoco
    Kaley Cuoco
    • Karin Carter
    Christopher Murray
    Christopher Murray
    • Matthew Grimes
    Heidi Schanz
    Heidi Schanz
    • Sheila 3.2
    Traci Lords
    Traci Lords
    • Media Zone Singer
    Gordon Jennison Noice
    Gordon Jennison Noice
    • Big Red
    • (as J. Gordon Noice)
    Mari Morrow
    Mari Morrow
    • Linda Barnes
    Miracle Vincent
    Miracle Vincent
    • Christine Barnes
    • (as Miracle Unique Vincent)
    Mara Duronslet
    • Beautiful Woman at Olympic Stadium
    Michael Buffer
    Michael Buffer
    • Emcee
    • Director
      • Brett Leonard
    • Writer
      • Eric Bernt
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    • Trivia
      According to Kelly Lynch, she and Denzel Washington were supposed to kiss. However, Washington had the scene dropped because he felt an interracial love scene would hurt the film's box-office chances.
    • Goofs
      After Sid's hand is blown off by a security guard's shotgun in scene at the fight arena: He jumps the fence to escape the ring after he spots Barnes, and you can clearly see the fact that a 'hand' is still present by the way the actor (or stunt double) uses that hand to help hop the fence.
    • Quotes

      SID 6.7: Just because I'm carrying around the joy of killing your family inside me doesn't mean we can't be friends.

    • Crazy credits
      At the end of the credits when the producers thanks technology companies for providing tools, one tools is listed as HSC Kal's Power Tools. This is a typo, since the product is Kai's Power Tools. They typo is even archived in TCM's movie information database (http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/7915492%7C0/Hsc-Kal-S-Power-Tools-Bryce/)
    • Alternate versions
      Despite the "Not under 18" rating, the German video version is heavily edited to reduce violence. The uncut version is available only on DVD (it was approved by the juristic commission of the Head Organization of the German film industry (SPIO)).
    • Connections
      Edited into Twizzlers: The Movie (2015)

    User reviews110

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    6/10
    It Had A Lot of Potential
    Virtuosity is by no means a great movie or a good movie. It is barely above average. That though is because of Russell Crowe's character: SID 6.7 who possesses over 150 serial killer personalities. He is just supposed to be used to train police but he escapes from his virtual reality to the reality. That sounds pretty interesting and this premise could be taken into many different directions especially since he is such a complex character you could go so many different way going about to make this film. Though this movie did not take the worst direction it did not take the best one. This movie went for pure action and no real drama or meaningful message. Now that is OK but it lacked in doing this because of the: The directing which was average by Brett Leonard. He made this into a very exciting TV movie which it is not. He had two very talented actors in Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe yet he was not able to generate the excitement and fast pace feeling that is needed to make a good action movie.

    The writing is also at fault too. The writing was not great here. It seemed to have a lot of overused themes such as the cop trying to retain the high status that he used too have and also the idiot cops getting in the way. That is also OK but the dialog made this interesting idea into a movie that was not so unfamiliar. Not much originality in here despite having such a unique character. That is always the script's fault whenever this happens. The writing and directing just made this movie so frustrating to watch.

    You cannot blame the acting. You could see that Denzel Washington, already an established actor at that time, and Russell Crowe, not established, really tried to push this movie forward. Yet there was little to work with which made them look really average.

    This movie could have been much better if it was made more into a action/drama about the our inner battles. Considering that SID 6.7 had 150 personalities the storyline of his character could have made him have a battle within himself. Now this was done to a minor level which really annoyed me. They are many other ideas or methods that could have really made this movie something but of course this did not happen. It went for cheap effects, an over used clichéd storyline with a little bit of a twist. That may work for some people but not for me.

    I'am giving this movie a 6/10 rating because it had so much potential.
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    • Apr 24, 2008

    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 4, 1995 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Asesino virtual
    • Filming locations
      • Gas Co. Tower - 555 W. 5th Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $30,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $24,047,675
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,309,869
      • Aug 6, 1995
    • Gross worldwide
      • $24,047,675
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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