Some neat ideas are in there, but they drown in melodrama. This would have stood a better chance if it wasn’t released in the shadow of The Matrix.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 3, 2024

With its focus on psychological thrills instead of action, it becomes more about theories than visuals, allowing the creativity to overcome the shortcomings in execution.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Sep 25, 2020

It's an effective noir thriller that keeps you, if not on the edge of your seat, at least curious about what might happen next.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 2, 2014

| Original Score: D | Sep 7, 2011

As cold and sterile as a piece of machinery.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Nov 15, 2009

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 7, 2008

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 13, 2004

based on the Daniel Galouye book "Simulacron 3," first published in the 1960s. ...High-tech and hippie-dippy philosophies go together about as well as chocolate ice cream and brown mustard.

| Jul 3, 2003

Rehashes every Star Trek: The Next Generation episode where the holodeck goes haywire.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | May 30, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 20, 2003

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 25, 2003

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 8, 2003

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 8, 2002

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 21, 2002

The film starts strong presenting a captivating scenario, then somewhere in the second half dips into a sappy romance.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 16, 2001

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 27, 2001

This movie is one of those good, thought-provoking, adult-oriented science fiction sleepers like "The Arrival," "Gattaca" or 'Dark City.'

| Original Score: B | Jan 1, 2001

Seamless integration of digital effects and effective use of color within the dark, typically noir composition

| Original Score: B- | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 1, 2000