Directed by Brett Leonard
A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.
Stephen King's The Lawnmower Man, Der Rasenmähermann, A fűnyíróember, Επαφές Μιας Ξεχωριστής Πραγματικότητας, Σύγκρουση σε Άλλη Διάσταση, バーチャル・ウォーズ, Virtual Wars, El cortador de césped, Der Rasenmäher-Mann, Il tagliaerbe, Газонокосильщик, Le Cobaye, O Passageiro do Futuro, Trávníkář, Kosiarz umysłów, Manden med plæneklipperen, A fűnyíró ember, מכסח הדשא, Gräsklipparmannen, Bahçıvan, 론머 맨, Човекът с косачката, El hombre del jardín, Ruohonleikkaaja, 割草者, El tallador de gespa, Газонокосар
If someone told you what happened in this movie you would tell them to fuck off
You gotta understand how afraid we were of Magic Eyes in the 90s
Honestly one of the very best “bad movies” of the 90’s and really one of the greatest of all times, this movie is so ridiculous and yet so completely wonderful at the same time. In spite of not seeing it since the actual 90’s, it all washed over me like a thick cozy wool blanket and I just loved it.
I kept having to remind myself that all the rudimentary cgi was in fact fairly cutting edge for 1992, but even if it wasn’t I still would have loved it for all the (probably) wrong reasons. Pierce Brosnan is just one of those guilty beautiful pleasures that I will NEVER want to talk about and Jeff Fahey owns the role…
great labs, beautiful labs
I liked all the parts when they were in cyberspace
I love the hacky religious implications of Jeff Fahey’s character being named Jobe, but I would have named him something more subtle like John Mower.
I don’t know man, I really don’t know. I am struggling to write a proper review for this one. So I will just drop my baffling thoughts:
-I was going to blame King for the unnecessary priest in this film…
-Apparently King himself sued the producers because the film hold very little resemblance to the short story it allegedly was based or draw from. He won. He also won again when they decided to use his name in the Home Video release. Which makes it clear the studio knew what they had was such a garbage they hoped they will fool audiences by making them believe this was a King’s joint.
-Such a great cast massively…
the longest screensaver ever made
Glorious '90s nonsense that vindicates Pierce Brosnan for me (I have never been a fan). This movie is absolutely insane. Jeff Fahey is so awesome. I love all the crappy visual effects. I am kind of bummed that I didn't get to this sooner. What a blast!
I watched the extended director's cut.
"His mind is like a clean, hungry sponge."
I'm really at a loss to describe how awesomely and perhaps stupidly fun this movie is. I saw it at my local used DVD store and the only thing I knew about it was what I saw on the cover: Pierce Brosnan and Jeff Fahey wearing dumb Tron suits. From that simple image and the fact that I had never heard of it, I ended up correctly assuming both the tone and caliber of the film. At one level, it truly is awful. The dialogue is insipid, there are subplots that never pay off, and the special effects are the textbook definition of "dated". It's no surprise that after the film's release…
Power Gloves for Algernon. Hyper odd techsploitation Will Gibson filmic fanfic under a Stephen King title. One of the strangest things New Line ever gave us (and that's saying something).
"You're laughing. This man touched God in the Metaverse and you're laughing."
6/10
this is so 1992 and not in the good way