Virtuosity
Virtuosity is a 1995 American science fiction action film directed by Brett Leonard and starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. Howard W. Koch Jr. served as an executive producer for the film. Virtuosity had an estimated budget of $30 million, but only made $24 million at the domestic box office. The film was released in the United States on August 4, 1995.
Plot
In Los Angeles, Lt. Parker Barnes and John Donovan are tracking down a serial killer named SID 6.7 at a restaurant in virtual reality. SID (short for Sadistic, Intelligent, Dangerous, a VR amalgam of the most violent serial killers throughout history) causes Donovan to go into shock, killing him. The director overseeing the project, before Commissioner Elizabeth Deane and her associate, William Wallace, orders the programmer in charge of creating SID, Dr. Darrel Lindenmeyer, to shut down the project. Barnes is a former police officer imprisoned for killing political terrorist Matthew Grimes, who killed Parker's wife and daughter. Barnes killed Grimes and innocent bystanders. This caused him to become a convicted killer and serve 17 years to life.
More details
| author | Eric Bernt |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | California Los Angeles |
| director | Brett Leonard |
| editor | Conrad Buff IV |
| events | telepresence |
| genre | action science fiction |
| keywords | booby trap build create grand olympic auditorium held hostage hide horrify kill killing spree learn los angeles olympic auditorium los angeles police department police department police officer real world security guard set up television studio virtual reality |
| musicBy | Christopher Young |
| producer | Gary Lucchesi |
| productionCompany | Gary Lucchesi Productions |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| theme | chase science fiction action serial killer |