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Rating:  - Not the "integrated" complete version (Director Cut)
Hi - This movie is one of my favorites movies talking about computer technology. Is based in a Stephen King story. The issue here is that this is not the complete movie. Several years ago I bought a VHS copy of "The lawnmower man - Director Cut", and in this version has all the deleted scenes integrated at the movie. I must agree that some of them integrated scenes at the movie are not making any sense, but can give us a complete vision of the original script (is a director cut) . In this version at DVD, the deleted scenes are added at the side B of the DVD and are not integrated at the movie. This is a shame because New Line Cinema could make a Director Cut version in dvd, and not this version. If you want to see the deleted scenes integrated at this movie, you must buy the VHS "Director Cut" version, or wait to see if New Cinema will release in the future the director cut in dvd
Rating:  - Where is the Director's Cut?
When this movie was first released on VHS I immediately noticed an inconsistancy. When you looked at the length of the movie on the video case it had the same length as is listed on amazon at 108 mins. However if you actually sat down and watched the VHS release, it was actually about 2 1/2 hours long. Then I bought myself a VHS copy of the film and again I found that it was a version far longer than indicated on the video case. When I bought this movie on DVD it again said that the movie was 108 minutes long, I assumed it was the same as the VHS had been with the same inconsistancy. I was very wrong. When I watched the DVD, it was not an extended or a director's cut of the film. It was the original 108 minute theatrical release of the film. I was so disappointed to see so much footage cut away from the film which I had seen on the VHS release, that I returned the DVD right away to where I had purchased it from. I am keeping my VHS copy of this film, and I am waiting for the extended director's cut to be released on DVD before I buy it in that format. If anyone knows anything about this, let me know.
Rating:  - Lawnmower Man
If you haven't seen this you should. Great movie. Never get tired of seeing it. I think any age could watch this. Exciting and riveting even with todays technology this is still an up to date feature of trying to become the computers main frame and living inside of it to control the world after becoming a genius from taking trial drugs to enhance the brains capabilities.
Rating: - Excellent movie! Great graphics for it's time!
'The Lawnmower Man' was an excellent, well made, entertaining sci-fi film on the subject of virtual reality and artificial brain enhancement gone wrong. It's pathetic that so many reviewers dis the film's graphics and effects, based on a comparative basis with recent technology and modern graphics. People, this film came out in 1992, not 2006! These WERE state-of-the-art graphics 14 years ago. Why compare? In any case, ignore the naysayers, and rent or buy this DVD. You won't regret it!
Rating: - SHORT STORY AND MOVIE?? NOT THE SAME 'CUT'...
I'm not going to do a synopsis of this movie since many reviewers already have... But I would like to point out one thing... The short story and the movie are to be related in the title name only... The content of the short story and the movie are so vastly different, one wonders why Mr. King's name is even associated with this movie except maybe for the title credit only... The short story and the movie are good in their own individual way but in no way shape or form can be compared to each other... I would think that if one were to see the movie and than take time to read the short story, one would see my point... I applaud the movie for it's own take on the story yet there is still very little relation... The lawn mower is the 'bad guy' in the story while the lawn mower man turns 'bad' during the course of the movie... Both are pretty good just different...
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