eXistenZ

Name: eXistenZ
Director: David Cronenberg
Genre: action
Released: 1999
Rating: 6.8

1999FranceLanguage: EnglishDirected by David Cronenberg★ 6.8

Available in English: subtitled

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.

Themes and style

Tone

surrealtensedark comedycold and detached

Pacing

dreamlikeescalatingslow burn

Story

escapepursuitunravelinginvestigation

Emotion

figuring out who you areparanoiafeeling powerless

Themes

old ways vs. new worldcorrupt institutionslife under oppression

Feel

cerebraldiscussion starterrewatchablequietly haunting

Violence

graphic

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Hollywood films like eXistenZ

If eXistenZ hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.

The Bourne Supremacy

2004USA★ 7.33.5 pt match

What ties these together is figuring out who you are and paranoia. The world both films live in revolves around corrupt institutions and life under oppression. Both move the same way too, tense, cold and detached, and escalating.

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