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May 26, 1995 · Johnny Mnemonic: Directed by Robert Longo. With Keanu Reeves, Dina Meyer, Ice-T, Takeshi Kitano. A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza.
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- Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
- Robert Longo
- 1995-05-26
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Keanu Reeves plays Johnny, a data courier with an overloaded brain implant designed to securely store confidential information. Takeshi Kitano portrays a yakuza affiliated with a megacorporation attempting to suppress the data; he hires a psychopathic assassin played by Dolph Lundgren to do so.
Johnny, a mnemonic data courier, is hired to carry 320 gigabytes of crucial information to safety from the Pharmacom corporation. Pursued by Yakuza agents and a crazed cyborg, Johnny must deliver the data or die in twenty-four hours. — Patrick McCormick <pmccormi@mit.edu>.
It takes place in the world of Gibson's cyberpunk novels, predating them by some years, and introduces the character Molly Millions, who plays a prominent role in the Sprawl trilogy of novels. The short story served as the basis for the 1995 film Johnny Mnemonic, whose plot uses the same basic premise but otherwise differs considerably.
Mar 10, 2023 · Check out the official Johnny Mnemonic (1995) trailer starring Keanu Reeves! Watch on Vudu: https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/d...
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William Gibson. Screenplay, Short Story. In a dystopian 2021, Johnny is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to securely store data too sensitive for regular computer networks. On one delivery run, he accepts a package that not only exceeds the implant's safety limits—and will kill him if the data is not removed in time—but ...
