Is Johnny Mnemonic a cyborg?

Johnny is a data trafficker who has undergone cybernetic surgery to have a data storage system implanted in his head. The system allows him to store digital data too sensitive to risk transmission on computer networks.

Is Johnny Mnemonic based on a book?

Incidentally, Johnny Mnemonic is based on a William Gibson short story of the same name, from the collection Burning Chrome. The short story is also good, but very different from the movie and not nearly as funny.

Is Cyberpunk 2077 related to Johnny Mnemonic?

Fortunately, Keanu’s outrageous cast of co-stars ensures that Johnny Mnemonic doesn’t fall flat. Dina Meyer (Starship Troopers, the Saw franchise) plays a cybernetically-enhanced bodyguard who effectively shadows the entire premise of 2020 mega-game Cyberpunk 2077 (Keanu’s the face of this one, too).

How old is case in Neuromancer?

Twenty-four year-old
Twenty-four year-old Henry Dorsett Case was a talented computer hacker before he stole from his employers. In response, they maimed him by injecting a mycotoxin into his central nervous system. It rendered him incapable of inserting his consciousness into the cyberspace known as the matrix.

Is Cyberpunk based on Johnny Mnemonic?

THE FIRST FILM OF CYBERPUNK VISIONARY WILLIAM GIBSON Johnny Mnemonic was Gibson’s first work to be adapted to the screen – after Sony jumped on the techno-theme boom of 1995 marked by films like Hackers and The Net.

What are the black shakes in Johnny Mnemonic?

Nerve Attenuation Syndrome (NAS) is a fictional disease that is not present in the short story. NAS, also called “the black shakes”, is caused by an overexposure to electromagnetic radiation from omnipresent technological devices and is presented as a raging epidemic.

Is Johnny Mnemonic in the cyberpunk universe?

No, Johnny Mnemonic is a William Gibson story. It has nothing to do with Cyberpunk 2077 and its setting other than being the inspiration for Cyberpunk’s RPG setting.

Is Johnny Mnemonic a good movie?

Johnny Mnemonic is one of the great goofy gestures of recent cinema, a movie that doesn’t deserve one nanosecond of serious analysis but has a kind of idiotic grandeur that makes you almost forgive it. January 1, 2000 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review… Johnny Mnemonic is both terrible and brilliant, in equal measure.