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Virtuosity

  • 1995
  • R
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
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Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington in Virtuosity (1995)
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When a virtual reality simulation created using the personalities of multiple serial killers manages to escape into the real world, an ex-cop is tasked with stopping its reign of terror.When a virtual reality simulation created using the personalities of multiple serial killers manages to escape into the real world, an ex-cop is tasked with stopping its reign of terror.When a virtual reality simulation created using the personalities of multiple serial killers manages to escape into the real world, an ex-cop is tasked with stopping its reign of terror.

  • Director
    • Brett Leonard
  • Writer
    • Eric Bernt
  • Stars
    • Denzel Washington
    • Russell Crowe
    • Kelly Lynch
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    31K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,188
    513
    • Director
      • Brett Leonard
    • Writer
      • Eric Bernt
    • Stars
      • Denzel Washington
      • Russell Crowe
      • Kelly Lynch
    • 112User reviews
    • 59Critic reviews
    • 39Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Denzel Washington in Virtuosity (1995)
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    Russell Crowe in Virtuosity (1995)
    Denzel Washington, Louise Fletcher, and Kelly Lynch in Virtuosity (1995)
    Brett Leonard in Virtuosity (1995)
    Denzel Washington in Virtuosity (1995)
    Russell Crowe in Virtuosity (1995)
    Kevin J. O'Connor and Stephen Spinella in Virtuosity (1995)
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    Denzel Washington
    Denzel Washington
    • Lt. Parker Barnes
    Russell Crowe
    Russell Crowe
    • SID 6.7
    Kelly Lynch
    Kelly Lynch
    • Madison Carter
    Stephen Spinella
    Stephen Spinella
    • Lindenmeyer
    William Forsythe
    William Forsythe
    • William Cochran
    Louise Fletcher
    Louise Fletcher
    • Elizabeth Deane
    William Fichtner
    William Fichtner
    • Wallace
    Costas Mandylor
    Costas Mandylor
    • John Donovan
    Kevin J. O'Connor
    Kevin J. O'Connor
    • Clyde Reilly
    Kaley Cuoco
    Kaley Cuoco
    • Karin Carter
    Christopher Murray
    Christopher Murray
    • Matthew Grimes
    Heidi Schanz
    Heidi Schanz
    • Sheila 3.2
    Traci Lords
    Traci Lords
    • Media Zone Singer
    Gordon Jennison Noice
    Gordon Jennison Noice
    • Big Red
    • (as J. Gordon Noice)
    Mari Morrow
    Mari Morrow
    • Linda Barnes
    Miracle Vincent
    Miracle Vincent
    • Christine Barnes
    • (as Miracle Unique Vincent)
    Mara Duronslet
    • Beautiful Woman at Olympic Stadium
    Michael Buffer
    Michael Buffer
    • Emcee
    • Director
      • Brett Leonard
    • Writer
      • Eric Bernt
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      According to Kelly Lynch, she and Denzel Washington were supposed to kiss. However, Washington had the scene dropped because he felt an interracial love scene would hurt the film's box-office chances.
    • Goofs
      After Sid's hand is blown off by a security guard's shotgun in scene at the fight arena: He jumps the fence to escape the ring after he spots Barnes, and you can clearly see the fact that a 'hand' is still present by the way the actor (or stunt double) uses that hand to help hop the fence.
    • Quotes

      SID 6.7: Just because I'm carrying around the joy of killing your family inside me doesn't mean we can't be friends.

    • Crazy credits
      At the end of the credits when the producers thanks technology companies for providing tools, one tools is listed as HSC Kal's Power Tools. This is a typo, since the product is Kai's Power Tools. They typo is even archived in TCM's movie information database (http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/7915492%7C0/Hsc-Kal-S-Power-Tools-Bryce/)
    • Alternate versions
      Despite the "Not under 18" rating, the German video version is heavily edited to reduce violence. The uncut version is available only on DVD (it was approved by the juristic commission of the Head Organization of the German film industry (SPIO)).
    • Connections
      Edited into Twizzlers: The Movie (2015)

    User reviews112

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    Featured review
    5/10
    When a cyborg is the most interesting character...
    ..you know you're in trouble.

    Russell Crowe is joyfully over the top as an escaped criminal from cyber-world. He makes the most of it, and its a good thing, too, since the rest of the people onscreen are so deadly boring that his coming to 'our' world in order to destroy seems like a good idea.

    Denzel is at his most humorless and looks silly in a leather cop outfit - he looks like he's going to a Halloween party thrown by Ian McKellan. He is recruited to find Sid 6.7, who was inexplicably brought to this world by evil little Stephen Spinella, and kill him. Denzel had confronted Sid 6.7 in cyberworld and they didn't exactly share a laugh. Sid is many criminals all in one body, and by no small coincidence, one of them killed Denzel's wife and child.

    Its very violent and even sadistic and you've seen it before, and if you didn't, you didn't miss out on that much. Crowe is a like "The Terminator" but with better clothes. Denzel is like Linda Hamilton who was equally one-note. Kelly Lynch is along for the ride, along with Louise Fletcher, William Fitchner, Kevin J. O'Connor and William Forsythe.

    3/10, all for Rusty's chewing of the scenery. Someone had to keep the audience interested, so he did more than anyone else involved.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 4, 1995 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Asesino virtual
    • Filming locations
      • Gas Co. Tower - 555 W. 5th Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA(fight scene near the ending)
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $30,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $24,047,675
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,309,869
      • Aug 6, 1995
    • Gross worldwide
      • $24,047,675
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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