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Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

  Keanu Reeves is 'Johnny Mnemonic', a space-age courier who's plugged in, turned on and buffed up to deliver the most important data of the 21st century, wet-wired directly into his brain. ¶

Based on the short story 'Johnny Mnemonic' from the 'Burning Chrome' short story collection, Gibson wrote the screenplay for the movie. It is directed by Robert Longo and starring Keanu Reeves and Dolph Lundgren. ¶

Robert Longo said they intended to make a 'dirty, edgy black-and-white science fiction film' but shifted to big movie because nobody was interested in funding what would have been 'a giant student film'. Gibson himself says Hollywood forces changed the movie from his and Longo's vision, and that the Japanese cut of the movie (in English with Japanese subtitles) is closer to their intent. ¶