existenz be an exploration of reality and virtual reality and wherein character run from realm to realm and landscape to landscape try to beat a game they know not the goal of or exactly where it lead them . within that virtual reality game be more layer of virtual reality game and call into question which reality they arrive from be the real one . of course it not spectacular at hide the fact that it not go to reasonably answer to a true reality and instead toss the idea of whether it real or a video game into question even up to the end . i be not even sure cronenberg pretend that twist would not be there and it so incredibly obvious in a sense it kind of disconcerting . the problem with this film though be it base nature and in a sense . cronenberg be question reality and criticizing game play . yet the same thing that he use to criticize game play make him revel in it represent the violence and the discontinuity and the lack of focus and in a sense and the pixellation even if there isn not such pixellation in the film . i have once hear someone state that cronenberg violence be actually a criticism of hyperviolence in medium and but he hide that well with the fact that he derive such incredible pleasure in rip new orifice into human and animal and and amorphous pile of biological sludge . what be brilliantly write and do about this movie be the use of video game conceit ( not be able to say exactly what you want to say during cut scene and relative lack of surroundings or surroundings that do not make sense and only a few people around where it feel there should be many and vice versa and all of that stuff ) along with the motif of penetration . it definitely deconstruct the video game reality in a way that nauseate and absurd and but it do it even well by replace video game electronics with literal pod of biological matter that squirm and shift and be and frankly and disgust to the one of the most horrifying degree . for what it worth and this film cause a reaction in you . but what for . it criticize virtual reality and but it a movie represent it be it own virtual reality . it seem to criticize the banality of video game plot line and character design and yet it maintain that banality . it definitely seem to worry over whether kill a video game character be more okay than kill an actual human be and how video game can be confuse with reality and cause people to not think about the consequence of their action in real life and and yet i say again and it derive the utmost pleasure from rip people and object and beast and thing and and organisms into bloody shred . so whereas it have a key focus of angst and it doesn not really do anything with it and not really . only what it do do be present that angst in such an original way it can not really be deny it own moment of splendor . in a sense and it would be much easy to just hate this movie for be gory and violent and because there no good reason i can see for love it and yet i can not disregard it a mediocre or bad . it would be easy to simply not be able to take it and but since i can and there nothing i can really do with it . i do believe it be a little excessive and it really do not need to go as far a it go and but cronenberg intention be so mixed up and confuse i do not know if that be cronenberg flaw or cronenberg point and and i do not think there really any way to figure it out except maybe ask him directly . polarisdib .