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- 1993
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 35 m
- 1993
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 35 m
Summary An electric surge causes a serial killer's soul to end up in a computer system.
Directed By: Rachel Talalay
Written By: William Davies, William Osborne
- 1993
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 35 m
- 1993
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 35 m
Ghost in the Machine
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Summary An electric surge causes a serial killer's soul to end up in a computer system.
Directed By: Rachel Talalay
Written By: William Davies, William Osborne
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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7% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
29% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
64% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
34
7% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
29% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
64% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
In its minor-key way, "Ghost" is a clever, intelligent and visually compelling thriller. Its gimmick more than carries its weight. [31 Dec 1993, p.39]
It’s an effective, if predictable paranoid fantasy. The film’s social statement may be hopelessly muddy, but its adroit sense of fun and thrills cannot be discounted.
Although the film has a ridiculous premise that's no reason for it not to work, sadly the direction it is taken in, it's poor acting, character development and shoddy action sequences are though. Allen stands out as a spunky heroine but she's the best thing in it.
Director Rachel Talalay squeezes the life out of the suspense sequences by dragging them on for too long, and doesn't always hit the macabre witty tone the gruesome murders seem to call for. [30 Dec 1993]
The real criminals here are writers William Davies and William Osborne (obviously pseudonyms for Beavis and Butt-head), who have concocted a derivative, imbecilic anything-goes premise serving only to provide random opportunities for the CGI wizards to strut their stuff. [31 Dec 1993, p.C14]
Ghost in the Machine doesn't possess the funky, laugh-at-me mentality of good trash, or the good sense to know when its half-baked storyline is getting old. [30 Dec 1993, p.10B]
At least there are some decent special effects to distract the viewer's attention from the story, right? Wrong. The visual effects aren't much better than those found in any typical video game system. They're repetitive and unimaginative.
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