Submitted by camidon on Thu, 11/25/2004 - 12:15am

Here's a movie for the creatively oriented. Though it's not a Star Wars or Blade Runner of Alien, this ranks up there with some of my favorite scifi movies.

eXistenZ is about a game designer who has created a virtual reality game that you plug into using bioports only the "realist" movement wants the designer dead and the resulting intrigue travels through level after level of real vs virtual settings.

This is a a slimy, sexual romp that's not for the faint of heart. Lots of blood, and slimy aphibian parts that make up the gamepods. Ultra weird but ultra creative. Love the collision between reality and life, different corporations, game-world acting and real-world acting, sex and slime. Just remember it's all just a game, or is it?

This movie took some hard knocks by critics and viewers alike, but my guess is they didn't understand the concept behind the movie and thus the characters and the way they acted or did not act. Plus the squeemish factor is high which probably disgusted some folks. Also, some of the concepts have been done before (real vs virtual, see Total Recall, Matrix, etc) but the movie should be praised for the sheer audacity with which it dares to push the envelope. Plus the GUN is awesome! (see the movie to understand).

I would recommend eXistenZ to the SFWW crowd as at the very least, its a lesson in extreme creativity. Don't be afraid to push the limits.