
The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous virtual reality entity which is synthesized from the personalities of more than 150 serial killers. LETAC would like to train police officers by putting them in VR with SID, but they must prove the concept by using prisoners as test subjects. One such prisoner is ex-cop Parker Barnes. When SID manages to inject his personality into a nano-machine and... (Full plot summary below)
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The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous virtual reality entity which is synthesized from the personalities of more than 150 serial killers. LETAC would like to train police officers by putting them in VR with SID, but they must prove the concept by using prisoners as test subjects. One such prisoner is ex-cop Parker Barnes. When SID manages to inject his personality into a nano-machine android, it appears that Barnes might be the only one who can stop him.
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| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaShallow stuff, but the solid visual effects, decent stunts, and the work of Washington and Crowe make it watchable. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasVirtuosity is a sleek, brutal techno-thriller that generates nonstop action, but for at least some of us the fun is spoiled by its numbing body count and murky story line. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWhat redeems Virtuosity a little is that even at the end, even in the midst of the action cliches, it still finds surprises in the paradox of a villain that is also a program. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)James AdamsIf all of Virtuosity were as tightly controlled as that, it would exert a greater fascination than it finally does. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversThough Virtuosity connects all the dots to give audiences a roller-coaster ride, the movie begets nothing new: It's stillborn. |
| CinematterMadeleine WilliamsDisappointing action movie which doesn't ever fully exploit the possibilities of its premise. |
| San Francisco ExaminerScott RosenbergWatching movies like this strain to fit new technologies like VR into old genres and plot conventions, you can't help wondering whether the real artificial intelligence experiment these days isn't Hollywood itself. Plug the psychological profiles of 200 hit movies into its hive-mind, and out comes one plastic-bodied, loop-brained clone after another. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliNevertheless, given Washington's presence and the promise of a virtual reality action story, Virtuosity has some appeal -- provided, of course, the viewers aren't selective. |
| Boxoffice MagazineChristine JamesDespite the fact that it treads recycled waters, Leonard's film is an enjoyable ride. |
| USA TodayMike ClarkWashington is wasted here. Kelly Lynch is wooden. Crowe has a ball going over the top, but how much taunting and eyeball popping can a performer do? |