Johnny 2.0 |
  • USA • 1997 • 120m •   • Directed by: Neill Fearnley. • Starring: Jeff Fahey, Tahnee Welch, Michael Ironside, John Neville, Michael Rhoades, Von Flores, Cliff Saunders, Eugene Lipinski, Nicky Guadagni, Deborah Burgess, Elisa Moolecherry, Martin Roach, Ken Smith. • Music by: Ed Tomney.      Awakening from a 15-year coma, scientist Johnny Dalton discovers that his life has been illusory and that he is merely a clone of the real Dr. Dalton. With the help of rebel leader Nikki Holland, Dalton sets out to find his maker in a futuristic society fraught with danger and secrecy.
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This is one of the most intelligent science fiction films of the late 90s. After a fairly clichéd start with the researchers fighting animal rights activists, the film surprises the audience with the 20 year time jump. Script writer Wynne McLaughlin uses Cyberpunk tropes quite well, as well as giving us some original ideas. The MRI memory recordings is a load of nonsense but the other ideas – organic tracking units, genetic reconstruction & personal holograms – are very good & lift the film up from the run-of-the-mill clone films that usually plague the genre. The direction is top-notch & the acting is exemplary. Jeff Fahey, used to playing multiple characters after the dire time-travel film "Time Under Fire", gives a better performance than before & Michael Ironside invests some dignity in his role. The only flaw is the title, which is not exactly accurate, but to explain is to give the game away.
Review by DigitalRevenantX7 from the Internet Movie Database.
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