The Lawnmower Man

1992 "God made him simple. Science made him a god."
5.4| 1h48m| R| en
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A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.

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Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.
Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
Megamind To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.
Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
benjaminweber To start off with, I will preface this with a comment that this is now about 26 years old, so while the CGI is awful, it was still a new technology and far from perfect. That said, this is a review for 2018, not 1992. Unless you're a film historian, the age of the effects should not add any value.Now to continue, the plot was fairly cliched for sci-fi (scientist creates work, military tries to hijack work, scientist has to stop work from evil plot), but it was well-acted. Both Pierce Brosnan and Jeff Fahey perform well their parts well. This is why this isn't a 1-star review. Because it is impossible to ignore the elephant-in-the-room: CGI that looks like a drug addict having a bad trip while staring into a broken mirror. Every CG scene is poorly textured, has a basic construction and/or looks nightmarish. Yes it's because of the age, but black slavery is no less horrific because it was acceptable at the time. While not quite at the same level, these effects are another disturbing historical artifact of their time. Because of the theme of this film, it is impossible to escape the feeling that access to new CGI technology was the primary motivation behind making it, and looking back, that's just sad, really sad. It's the film equivalent of visiting someone who keeps their Enron stock as a souvenir, both depressing and baffling for all the wrong reasons. 2/10
Michael Ledo Jeff Fahey plays an unconvincing idiot being experimented upon by Pierce Brosnan. The graphics as well as his suit comes from Tron. Fahey acquires superhuman powers from doing chemicals and playing video games (I tried to tell mom that was okay.) He then gets a god complex and thinks he is Gary Mitchell from Star Trek's "Where No Man Has Gone Before" as the movie moves from an interesting science fiction film to a "B" movie.Sex, brief nudity, and the F-bomb. Rest in Peace James R. Kirk.
trashgang I remember seeing this flick around 1994 and I found it a rather good flick with all the virtual reality action going on. What supposed to be a good B-flick became a cult flick due the effects and the story. And all the fighting going on between Stephen King and the producers did add another issue towards the fame of it. Normally it was supposed to be a flick based on a short story by King but it transformed into another story so sued by King they had to remove his name from the opening credits.Almost 25 years later I came across this flick again. Of course back then the effects and computer animation was top notch but technology went on and on and if you look to it nowadays it is completely outdated on that part. But it's still watchable, be advised, it is a slow mover and it takes a while before Jobe (Fahey) turns from a retarded lawnmower into a super genius men with special abilities so he becomes rather dangerous. It's up to Dr. Lawrence (Brosnan) to destroy the virtual reality and Jobe. Not one of the best flicks about technology but the superb Fahey makes it worth watching and if you're in a sentimental nostalgia tour do pick it up, back to the time before game consoles....Gore 0/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 4/5 Story 2,5/5 Comedy
bazmitch23 When I first saw this film, I didn't like it. But then a part of went "Maybe I should watch it again from a different point of view."I enjoyed it a lot more this time, but it still has it's flaws:The opening where the chimp escapes and we just see the top of the back of its helmet. The fella with the dodgy Irish accent. How can you tell he's Irish? Cos he's drinking! You American bastards!Jobe looks like a cartoon character from the beginning. He's looks like Harry from Dumb and Dumber.The beginning where Dr Angelo wakes up from his nightmare, he lights a cigarette and wakes his wife up by blowing smoke in her face. What a prick. Also in that scene, he sees the next door neighbour abuse his wife and son. This is supposed to take place in the middle of the night and yet these people are still up and are not in their pyjamas. Now that I got that out of the way, here's the stuff I do like from this movie:The concept of turning a not very bright man into a very smart man and he gets too addicted to intelligence. The oh-so-90's futuristic sets. The 90's computer graphics.Jeff Fahey was just great as Jobe.The 90's-ness makes this film work for me. There's a lot of great cheesy movies from the 80's and there's certainly a lot from the 90's.If they ever make a special edition Blu-ray, they should interview Jeff Fahey (no need to interview the rest of the cast, there isn't that much to say about their characters), the production designer and the director who was in charge of the computer graphics.As a sci-fi thriller, it is not as intelligent as Twelve Monkeys, but enjoyable if you like cheesy 90's movies.