Cyberpunk
What is Cyberpunk?
Cyberpunk is a science-fiction sub-genre dealing with the integration of society and technology in dystopian settings. Often referred to as “low-life and high tech,” Cyberpunk stories deal with outsiders (punks) who fight against the oppressors in society (usually mega corporations that control everything) via technological means (cyber). If the punks aren’t actively fighting against a megacorp, they’re still dealing with living in a world completely dependent on high technology.
Cyberpunk characteristics include:
- Dystopian city setting where mega-corporations rule
- Full integration of technology into society, featuring cybernetic implants
- Outsider protagonists (punks) who often are very familiar with the technology around them
- Hard boiled detective and film noir vibes and influence
- Themes dabbling in trans-humanism, existentialism, and what it means to be human.
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This is the movie I show people when I want to introduce them to cyberpunk. Its got everything: dark distopian future, cybernetics and transhumanism, rebelling against the system, cyberspace hacking, etc. AND its written by William gibson! Its the most direct adaptation of his neuromancer universe ever put to film!
There is a fancut floating around the net that includes deleted scenes that were rescued from a dumpster. However, in my opinion, the scenes dont add much and slow down the pace of the movie a bit too much.
Every time I watch the movie, I WANT to really like it, but it's just made kinda poorly. They totally messed up the tone. iirc the directors wanted to make a kinda lowkey ironic artsy film, but suddenly Keanu Reeves to big bc of Speed so the producers suddenly started adding money and demanding a blockbuster.
Here's a quick snippet from an interview with William Gibson in 2014:
So yeah, it sounds like Keanu's performance was intentional but then the studio messed with the movie so much that his performance didn't make sense anymore.