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Virtuosity is a 1995 science fiction film directed by Brett Leonard. The movie tells the story of a virtual reality villain's successful attempt to escape into the "real world." Sid 6.7, the villain program portrayed by [[Russell Crowe]], is transplanted into an android body and escapes. Parker Barnes, a reinstated police officer played by [[Denzel Washington]], is given the chance to catch him. The film was shot in and arround Los Angeles, California.
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* [[Appendage Assimilation]]: Sid can regrow blown off appendages with glass. It doesn't appear to be that pleasant for him.
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* [[Inside a Computer System]]: Where the movie starts.
* [[Kiss Me I Am Virtual]]: Sheila 3.2, Virtual reality sex doll, Sole function is to deduce your psychosexual needs, and fulfill them. Lindenmyer explains to Clyde: "Sheila 3.2 is collecting information from 136 aspects of your physiology. Your heart rate, pupil dilation, vocal intonation, syntax..." Lindenmeyer says she's also very skilled at chess.
** Note that Lindenmeyer says she's become skilled at chess under his tutelage right after explaining the bit about "deducing your psychosexual needs", implying that chess is about the closest thing she could come to having a sexual relationship with him.
* [[Large Ham]]: Russell Crowe had so much ''fuuuun'' with this movie. Given that his character is basically the robot Joker, it was probably the right way to play it.
* [[Loves the Sound of Screaming]]: Sid 6.7 uses a roomful of hostages at a dance club as a source of a variety of screams, which he then remixes with the club's equipment for his enjoyment.
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