01/01/1970
It's 1995's vision of 2021 and "mnemonic courier" Johnny (Keanu Reeves)-a human hard drive with a computer chip implanted in his brain-has twenty-four hours to unload highly valuable information or his head will explode. Oh, and he's also being chased through a dystopian Newark by the yakuza and a deranged Jesus-freak hitman (Dolph Lundgren). Scripted by cyberpunk pioneer William Gibson and featuring an absolutely unhinged cast that includes Takeshi Kitano, Ice-T, Henry Rollins, and Udo Kier, this audacious cult favorite is a rapid-fire roller coaster of action and high-impact imagery. As part of the Al collection, the Criterion Channel presents the exclusive streaming premiere of a black-and-white version of the film released in 2021.