fair and nifty little science fiction or horror fantasy thriller about a well know video game designer and allegra geller ( jennifer jason leigh ) whose late game existenz not only draw the attention of people who volunteer to try the game and but one who nearly kill her ( and her game and too ) . since she force to stay out of sight and allegra be stick with ted pikul ( jude law ) and a marketing trainee ( p. r. nerd ) to be her bodyguard even though he only have a gun that make out of flesh and bone and the bullet be teeth . director david cronenberg have and well and use some bit from his early film ( videodrome and scanner and the fly and etc . ) and place it into certain part of the story with some good timing . law and leigh be fine here and so be some of the support cast ( ian holm and willem dafoe and sarah polley and christopher eccelston and and so on ) that have an international twist to it . dafoe be anything but devilish a gas and a deceiving garage mechanic . one of the movie best scene be witness ted eat ( fish and frog ) and construct a gun and admit to allegra i can not help myself . existenz manage to show that he ( cronenberg ) be up to his old trick and it still work like a charm .