Jennifer Jason Leigh
Allegra Geller
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A game designer and a marketing trainee must play a virtual reality game to find out if it has been damaged by an assassin. The film explores the themes of reality, identity and violence in a cyberpunk world.
- (108K)
- Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
- David Cronenberg
- 1999-04-23
Existenz is a 1999 sci-fi horror film by David Cronenberg about a game designer who faces assassins while playing her own virtual reality game. The film explores themes of reality, identity, and technology in a dystopian future.
Video game designer Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason Leigh) has created a virtual reality game called eXistenZ. After a crazed fan attempts to kill her, Allegra goes on...
- (77)
- David Cronenberg
- R
- Jennifer Jason Leigh
“eXistenZ” is the new film from David Cronenberg, the Canadian director who must be a thorn in the side of the MPAA ratings board. He’s always filming activities that look like sex, but don’t employ any of the appurtenances associated with that pastime.
Allegra Geller, the leading game designer in the world, is testing her new virtual reality game, eXistenZ with a focus group. As they begin, she is attacked by a fanatic assassin employing a bizarre organic gun.
A superstar computer programmer becomes trapped with a fan inside her latest creation, a virtual reality game where fantasy and reality blend.
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Directed by David Cronenberg. Play it. Live it. Kill for it. A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged. Remove Ads. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
