Existenz any good ?

[KeyserSoze]

dont know if that is correct spelling.

i thought i saw it in Virgin sale, and extras seem quite good.


whats the film like ?


only Cronenberg film ive seen is Videodrome which i thought was ******** up :)

[rogeralpine]

Bit of a twisty plot - nothing to really write home about. A one watcher job in my view - each to their own though.

[Paul Bennison]

I really enjoyed. I've seen it a couple of times now, VHS rental ages ago and when it was on TV a couple of months back - so I can't comment on the extras.

How much was it in the sale?? If it's cheap, i'd give it a ride...

[psmac27]

IMHO, the film's worth a punt at anything under a tenner. It's not a bad film and there are plenty of extras on the DVD (3 commentaries, documentary, and some other stuff).

[McD]

It's an enjoyable watch, but hardly high art.

Still much better than the three Cronenberg high-concept literary adaptations that came after Dead Ringers. He's definitely on a downward career curve - Existenz is his Casino, playing safe whilst worrying if he's still got it. And I dont think he'd have headed back upwards with the cancelled Basic Instinct II either.

The disc is non-anamorphic on R2, no extras on R1, but comes with bells on in Canada! Still, for £10 maybe worth a whirl.

[samuelowens]

I must agree with the other posters that for a tenner, it is a good buy (picked up a copy in MVC's sale). It isn't worth 20 quid, though. I found it quite an entertaining film, if not one to watch when tired (lots of twists in the plot).

[Mark B]

I thoroughly enjoyed it although some fans of Cronenberg's previous work found it rather tame... still I felt it had great performances from the two leads and an intelligent plot - although some themes are similar to the Matrix I felt it was miles better than it anyday (but then again I really didn't like the Matrix ;) )

Worth picking up methinks esp. around the £10 price...

[lesliedocherty]

Got to agree, its a good film, enjoyed it at the cinema, and sinceenjoyed on dvd at home.

good film worth what they are asking

leslie

[pjn]

i thought it was a bit poo really.

and a terrible, terrible ending.

[martinb]

thought it was a very lazy entry into the virtual reality field, this was the same director as crash and videodrome?? a tenner is a lot more than the price of rental which is all this film merits.

[kerbcrawler]

This film is brilliant!! I know there's no accounting for taste but I can't believe I'm the only one here who thinks this film is great. It is easily the best virtual reality film out there with the possible exception of Videodrome. I can't wait to see what he does next (but thankfully it's not going to be Basic Instinct II).

[martinb]

whatever the film the main premise will involve the insertion of a foreign object into a body cavity.