> In the year 2057, a greedy CEO takes control of the Earth, and it's up to his rebellious daughter and a cyberpunk hacker to save mankind.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20918378/

• the link from above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe88RsahSsA
• another link, this is the one I watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fEsMHphNZc but looks like it's only available in Canada, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, and United States of America (the other one is unrestricted)
• I think this is the link if you want to pay to watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53flivF9GNI
• some behind-the-scenes video from the moviemakers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbC_sh5McBM
• the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScbUCkG-Kuo

Not a GREAT movie, but I think it's fun, and the idea is solid.

"the truth is, there's more than enough. no-one has to die before their time."

cross-posted from [email protected]

> In Time is a 2011 American science fiction action film written, produced, and directed by Andrew Niccol. > > Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried star as inhabitants of a society that uses time from one's lifespan as its primary currency, with each individual possessing a clock on their arm that counts down how long they have to live. Cillian Murphy, Vincent Kartheiser, Olivia Wilde, Matt Bomer, Johnny Galecki, and Alex Pettyfer also star. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Time > > !the poster >

Originally posted on [email protected]. Sounds pretty cyberpunk. WARNING: I haven't watched this, and it's got a 3.8 out of 10 on IMDB.

• try an invidious interface: https://invidious.privacydev.net/watch?v=6KSfaZGb0ic
• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10334636/

original text from [email protected]: > In a dystopian future, a bounty hunter and an ex-cop find themselves on a collision course with a crime lord and a militarized security force. Caught in a dangerous web, they're pitted against shadowy forces, cloned troopers and masked assassins. > > https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/future_soldier >

Cross-posted from [email protected]. Yeah I know it's on archive.org not youtube, but that's OK according to the mod over there.

Whether or not eXistenZ is cyberpunk or not was previously discussed here.

notes from the original post: > Existenz (stylized as eXistenZ) is a 1999 science fiction horror film written, produced and directed by David Cronenberg. The film follows Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a game designer who finds herself targeted by assassins while playing a virtual reality game of her own creation. > > An international co-production between Canada, the United Kingdom, and France, it also stars Jude Law, Ian Holm, Don McKellar, Callum Keith Rennie, Sarah Polley, Christopher Eccleston, Willem Dafoe, and Robert A. Silverman. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existenz >

I was looking through the top posts of [email protected] and noticed The Fifth Element had been posted last year, and was still up!

• Invidious Link: https://invidious.flokinet.to/watch?v=GroVSNjVybs
• An earlier discussion here on whether or not The Fifth Element is cyberpunk: https://lemmy.world/post/14250995
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth_Element

cross-posted from [email protected]

! ! ! Neo-Tokyo is about to E. X. P. L. O. D. E. ! ! !

Looks like someone took the video from an anime streaming site, uploaded it to youtube, and described it as a slime video. Appropriate, since slime plays a big part in the movie: in the sewers, and in Tetsuo's "meltdown."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_(1988_film)

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/29811589

> Runaway is a 1984 American science fiction action film written and directed by Michael Crichton, starring Tom Selleck, Gene Simmons, Cynthia Rhodes and Kirstie Alley. Selleck portrays a police officer assigned to track down dangerous robots, while Simmons is a scientist who hopes to profit from his manipulation of robots. The film was a box office disappointment and received mixed reviews. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_(1984_American_film) >