We take a listener recommendation from Instagram (@stabbypod) and dive bone-gun-first into Cronenberg's orifice-ridden meta-sci-fi espionage gaming techno-thriller multi-timeline action-romance. (takes breath) Its a lot.

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Movie: eXistenZ

Year: 1999

Rated: R

Released: 23 Apr 1999

Runtime: 97 min

Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Director: David Cronenberg

Writer: David Cronenberg

Actors: Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ian Holm

Plot: Allegra Geller, the leading game designer in the world, is testing her new virtual reality game, eXistenZ with a focus group. As they begin, she is attacked by a fanatic assassin employing a bizarre organic gun. She flees with a young marketing trainee, Ted Pikul, who is suddenly assigned as her bodyguard. Unfortunately, her pod, an organic gaming device that contains the only copy of the eXistenZ game program, is damaged. To inspect it, she talks Ted into accepting a gameport in his own body so he can play the game with her. The events leading up to this, and the resulting game lead the pair on a strange adventure where reality and their actions are impossible to determine from either their own or the game's perspective.

Language: English

Country: United Kingdom, France, Canada

Awards: 3 wins & 14 nominations

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