Cyberpunk is a new keyword that in recent years has become one of the interesting topics attracting the attention of many people, especially young people. Cyberpunk is a piece of science fiction. Usually, the movie scene with cyberpunk elements will be set in the future, when developments in science and technology, artificial intelligence become "giant" and have more transcendent abilities. At this time, it is that development that affects people's lives again, and it is becoming more difficult for people to grasp and control those technologies. That makes us think of where the world will be in the future. And the question “What happened then?” perhaps the core of the content of cyberpunk movies. Because of that great attraction, Cyberpunk is chosen as the theme for many hit movies. Let's take a look at the impressive and fascinating cyberpunk movies below!
1 Upgrade (2018)
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Upgrade movie trailer (2018)
When Upgrade was released, most of the audience evaluated this work as a future version of Venom, but with a darker and more violent part, focusing on the dark areas of advanced technology. With the familiar Cyberpunk style, the film clearly portrays the picture of humans being dependent on machines and the outstanding development of artificial intelligence. Set in the near future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when Grey, a self-identified technician, has his world turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant known as the Stem.
2 Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
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Blade Runner 2049 movie trailer (2017)
Blade Runner 2049 is a 2017 American science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green. This is the sequel to the 1982 film Blade Runner, Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford take on the two main roles. Besides, there are also actors Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri, Lennie James, Dave Bautista, and Jared Leto in supporting roles.
The director was initially assigned to Ridley Scott, but later moved to work as executive producer. Set thirty years after the timeline in the original Blade Runner, the story Clone Crime 2049 revolves around K, a Nexus-9 clone and also a Blade Runner, accidentally discovered reveal a shocking secret, an old clone once became pregnant and died in childbirth. To hide a secret that could lead to war between humans and clones, his superiors forced K to find the child and destroy all evidence related to it.
The idea for a Blade Runner sequel began to be rekindled in the 1990s, but copyright issues made the development of the idea difficult. However, later with the goal of increasing profits, Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson negotiated with the copyright owner of the work from Bud Yorkin. Filming was done mainly in two cities of Budapest, Hungary for a period of 4 months from July to November 2016. The film is financially supported by Alcon Entertainment - Sony Pictures and the tax reduction policy is funded by the Hungarian government. Warner Bros. - Representing Alcon in charge of distribution of works to the North American market, while Sony is in charge of international distribution.
Clone 2049 premiered in Los Angeles on October 3, 2017, then premiered in the US on October 6, 2017, and in Vietnam on October 20, 2017 in various formats. Experts have given many compliments to the work, especially the parts related to the director's acting ability, direction, cinematography, production design, and visual effects. Many critic sites also appreciated and listed the film as one of the best movies of 2017.
However, the film was not a commercial success, grossing just over $260 million at the box office against a production budget of $150-185 million. The film also received five nominations for the 90th Academy Awards, including wins in the categories of Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects. The film also earned eight nominations at the 71st BAFTA Awards, including best director, and also won two categories for best cinematography and visual effects.
3 Tron: Legacy (2010)
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Tron: Legacy (2010) movie trailer
Tron: Legacy is the story that follows Sam Flynn, a 27-year-old software engineer son of technology expert Kevin Flynn, on his way to find his missing father. Sam has been pulled into the virtual world created by software electronics, where his father has lived for the past 25 years. With the loyal help of Quorra, the father and son's suffocating adventure begins across a particularly high-tech and especially dangerous world. Once compared to Avatar, Movie Tron: Legacy is an attractive super product for loyal audiences of 3D movies.
4 The Zero Theorem (2013)
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Trailer for The Zero Theorem (2013)
The Zero Theorem movie revolves around Qohen Leth (Christoph Waltz), a programmer assigned by his manager to solve the Zero equation that proves everything to be zero, analogous to the meaninglessness of the universe. Helping Qohen Leth is his colleague Joby (David Thewlis), genius boy Bob (Lucas Hedges) and beautiful mysterious girl Bainsley (Melanie Thierry) - who works on a erotic website. Along with that impossible task is Qohen Leth's journey to find value in his life.
5 Ready Player One (2018)
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Ready Player One (2018) movie trailer
Ready Player One: Virtual Arena is a 2018 sci-fi adventure film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, with a script written by Zak Penn and Ernest Cline. Based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Cline. The film stars Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, Simon Pegg and Mark Rylance. The film is set in the world in 2045 when the world is popularizing virtual reality software OASIS to escape the confines of the real world.
Ready Player One: The Virtual Arena premiered at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas on March 11, 2018 and was released in the United States by Warner Bros Picture on March 29, 2018 in various formats. like 2D, RealD 3D, IMAX and IMAX 3D. The film grossed over $582 million worldwide, making it the 12th highest-grossing film of 2018.
The work received positive reviews from critics, with many praising the technical effects, fast pacing as well as commendable acting of the main characters. Some critics also say that the film's content is more complete than the original. The virtual arena also garnered several nominations at the 91st Academy Awards, the 24th Critics' Choice Awards and the 72nd BAFTA Awards for the Visual Effects category.
The film tells the story in the city of Columbus - Ohio in 2045, when the real world is so bad that everyone wants to hide and immerse themselves in the virtual world OASIS created by James Halliday. One day, the father of this virtual world died and offered a huge reward to anyone who found the 3 keys he had hidden in the world of OASIS.
The person who finds the first 3 keys will receive the easter egg, and at the same time take control of OASIS, live in wealth and become a powerful person. Many years have passed but no one has solved the puzzle and many people thought it was just a joke of James, so they gradually gave up. Until one day the young Wade Watts found the first key and from there, the underground forces boiled again to search for the remaining clues.
Although the original title of Ernest Cline is quite long and has a lot of content mentioned, it is not appreciated because the plot is said to be fragmentary and lengthy, but the author may have learned from the problems of the book. when invited to be a screenwriter for the film. Ernest Cline made the story so much more thrilling and engaging and cinematic.
6 Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
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Trailer of the movie Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Live-action work adapted from the manga of the same name by Yukito Kishiro. Alita: Battle Angel (2019) promises to be a top-notch action fiction work through the hands of legendary names – James Cameron, Jon Landau and director Robert Rodriguez.
The film is set in the 26th century, revolving around the female cyborg Alita (played by Rosa Salazar). She is abandoned in an Iron City dump and is rescued by Dr. Dyson Ido (Christoph Waltz). After waking up, she no longer remembers who she is and what her world is like. While Doctor Ido tries to hide Alita's complicated past, her new friend Hugo tries to help her regain her memories. Alita gradually discovers her adoptive father is a bounty hunter and she later joins him to learn about her past. She gradually discovered her superhuman fighting ability as well as her role in the world covered by many dark forces.
7 Love, Death & Robots (2019)
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Love, Death & Robots movie trailer (2019)
Love, death, and robots - three abstract perspectives that affect the life of humanity will blend together insanely in the brilliant frames of Netflix. Netflix always knows how to make world audiences fall in love with its cinematic works. They are always bold, breaking ways and creating new things full of avant-garde. Love, Death & Robots is a movie full of such elements. The film is a collection of genres from romance, cheesy to detective, horror combined with comedy and action fiction. The background of the film is very diverse, rich in color and bold in art, making you overwhelmed when entering a confusing and complicated world but also contains poetic and sweet things.
8 The Matrix (1999)
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Trailer for The Matrix (1999)
In the film, a programmer named Thomas A. Anderson in a computer company is also a hacker with the nickname Neo. Neo often breaks into network security systems, after many times, he meets a mysterious group of hackers. They often introduced him to a term: The Matrix. The leader of this group is Morpheus, who promises to give him the opportunity to find out the truth about the world he lives in. During the face-to-face meeting, Morpheus asked Neo to swallow a red pill. He obeyed and fell into a state of unconsciousness. When he woke up, he found himself lying in a room full of liquid, and his body was connected to a giant machine outside the room by dozens of electrical wires...
9 Minority Report (2002)
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Minority Report is an intriguing sci-fi thriller directed by Steven Spielberg. Tom Cruise plays the responsible Inspector John Anderton and has absolute confidence in the Prediction Department. But it is ironic when one day the Department announces that John is the next killer, the victim is a brother he does not know. No other choice, he had to flee. On his way to find out the truth about the Minority Report, John discovers a secret about this Prediction Division that no one could have expected.
10 A Scanner Darkly (2006)
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The film is set in the near future. A drug called D is made from a small blue flower that is sweeping through society. It was a dark period for humanity when up to 20% of the population was addicted to drugs. An undercover cop named Fred is tasked with infiltrating the world of drug criminals to investigate. Keanu Reeves in the role of undercover cop Bob Arcor. To understand the psychology of an addict, he turned himself into a drug addict, infiltrating the criminal world and causing his nerves to be affected. The entire work is made according to rotoscope technology, simulating the movements of real-life actors.
