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Director:
Andrew Stevens
Writer:
William C. Martell (writer)
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Genre:
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Plot:
Scientist brings virtual reality characters to life. Two are women from the cybersex game site. The... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Don 'The Dragon' Wilson ... David Quarry
Michael Bernardo ... Dante
Dawn Ann Billings ... Greta
Carrie Mitchum ... Cathy

Michael Dorn ... Virtual Voice of Dante (voice)

Larry Poindexter ... Employee
Rip Taylor ... Pitchman

Johnny Williams ... Fred
Ron Barker ... Burroughs
Gilbert Lewis ... A.C. Doyle

Athena Massey ... Liana
Stella Stevens ... Mary
Turhan Bey ... Dr. Cameron

Loren Avedon ... Parness
J.D. Rifkin ... Sheckly
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Grid Runners (UK)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong brutal martial arts violence, and for sexuality.
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Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Ultra Stereo
Certification:
Australia:M (DVD rating) | Australia:MA | Germany:18 | UK:15 (video premiere) | USA:R
Company:
Amritraj / Stevens Entertainment more

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Continuity: When the "Dante" clone is destroyed it leaves a flame outline on the ground which doesn't match the position of the body. more

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Donald Wilson, action superstar, 18 October 2002
Author: Leigh Loveday from UK

Why the UK title had to be changed to Grid Runners I'll never know, unless they were trying to cash in on the Jeff Minter Vic 20 game. Anyway, it doesn't matter - the film's terrible. Funny, but terrible.

Don "The Dragon" Wilson World Kickboxing Champion (as he's referred to in the credits) has so little charisma and acting ability that he must surely be the freakish love child of Jean-Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal, and it's not even as if the filmmakers compensate for that with any particularly dynamic action scenes - the fights are almost as rubbish as the actors. They pick up a bit after the shockingly bad opening scenes in which Don is harassed by men in pink and yellow spandex trousers, but not much.

The central story idea of AI constructs being "copied to living cells" is unoriginal but still interesting, or at least it would have been if the eventual story woven around it made the faintest bit of sense. Everything's either a cliche or happens for absolutely no reason - or both - until the film finally limps to an 'interesting' finale involving some of the worst special effects ever committed to film. Look at that helicopter go! Frame advance that little beauty! Yes please.

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