dragokin Bear in mind that Nirvana appeared a couple of years before Matrix fundamentally changed science fiction. Filmed at a time when Christopher Lambert's Hollywood glory days were over, Nirvana's only flaw is it's low budget. Modest financing presumably led to a limited release, but it is still hard to explain a lack of a proper DVD release for years.In terms of concepts and ideas, particularly at the time of it's creation, Nirvana is an extraordinary movie. With limited means it went as far as a movie could get before kung-fu fighting and CGI became a regular staple in SF genre.What we see here is a near-future dystopia where drugs and virtual reality are a part of everyday life. The references to Neuromancer and cyberpunk in general are obvious. So, if you're a fan of cyberpunk, you'll enjoy this one.

huwdj An interesting attempt at (I think) a new age post Gibson cyber punk film but I'm afraid I couldn't get past the lip syncing. I don't know if they made it in English but then recorded it badly in post production or just dubbed it awkwardly – probably the latter. I think it might actually have worked better with subtitles. There were a lot silly sentences – you know what I mean, we've all seen it in the Sergio Leone films. It's a good story, Lambert and some very interesting women. There is also a host of eccentric supporting players busy chewing the scenery in a production that looks a bit cheap and choppy. It's watchable but I think I'll enjoy it more next time around.

ma-cortes Nirvana results to be a peculiar Sci-Fi film with an intricate screenplay dealing with the complex relationships between a game designer and program and how the main character , through a virus, controls the artist . Jimi (Christopher Lambert), a successful computer game creator , finds that his latest issue has been infected by a virus which has possessed consciousness to the program's main role named Solo (Diego Abantautono). While Solo has a tormented relationship to a computer generator prostitute named Maria (Amanda Sandrelli). Jimi affected by the memory of his fled sweet heart named Lisa (Emmanuelle Seigner)and begged by Solo to finish its useless "life", starts a search for someone who can help him both to discover what happened to Lisa and to delete his game before it is released . Meantime he is being pursued by a nasty corporation . Later on , Jimi goes to Marrakech and Bombay contacts to Joystick (Sergio Rubini) and Naima (Stefania Rocca). As utilizing the plot of portraying a program within a program, the summary has the spectator haunting if what they are watching is actual or a virtual reality. This is a sci-fi movie in middling budget full of thrills , symbolisms , some action and weird events . I won't say that there aren't any issues because there are but overall the acting is pretty flawless.The reason that I think Nirvana is more reviewable than pretty much any other film is the story and the philosophical and cyberpunk elements of the story because with every viewing I catch something I didn't see the previous time I watched it. Nirvana not only supplies the world with a whole new level of passable special effects mixed with style and substance, it also brings a whole new meaning to the word 'cyberpunk'. The story was sometimes lame but it's worth watching for the background events and the environment packed with neon lights in ¨Blade runner¨style . Acting wise the film works excellently. Interpretation was wonderful, script, visual, sound, everything about this film is a tribute to a usually overlooked genre. However , it contains regular cinematography , it's necessary an urgent remastering . The motion picture is efficiently realized by Gabrielle Salvatores .The constant theme of his movies is the escape from the problems of the modern world and the most of his movies include philosophical themes . Almost always casts Diego Abatantuono; frequently also casts Sergio Rubini . Among his most important films are ¨Amnesia¨ , ¨I'm not scared¨ , ¨Marrakech Express¨ ,¨ Quo Vadis baby ¨ , his successful and Oscarized ¨Mediterraneo¨ and of course ¨Nirvana¨ .

Infofreak I'm totally baffled reading all the positive comments about 'Nirvana'!! This has got to be one of the dumbest, most obvious and simplistic science fiction movies of recent years! I can only grasp at the fact that I was watching an awfully dubbed English language version, which made this almost torture to sit through. Can that be why I found it to be so lame and tedious? Maybe the original Italian version has smarter dialogue - I hope so because it doesn't get much worse than this - but I still fail to see how whatever language 'Nirvana' is in will make this trite and incoherent mess any better! The concept of a virtual reality video game character becoming self-aware and having an existential crisis COULD be an interesting one if it was handled by a writer with the talent of Philip K. Dick, Robert Silverberg or Bruce Sterling (who have all dealt with similar subject matter - questions of reality and identity), but unfortunately the hacks responsible for 'Nirvana' miss the boat. Forget this, forget 'The Matrix' (which at least was ENTERTAINING), for a thought provoking look at virtual reality go straight to Cronenberg's excellent 'eXistenZ'. 'Nirvana' is a total embarrassment!