A fishing boat captain, Baker Dill, lives a quiet life on Plymouth Island, leading tours and pursuing an elusive giant yellowfin tuna he calls “Justice.” His tranquility is shattered when his ex-wife, Karen, seeks his help to escape her violent husband. She proposes a plan to take the abusive spouse on a fishing excursion and…
Author: The Simulist
eXistenZ (1999)
“eXistenZ” explores a near-future world where biotechnological virtual reality game consoles, called “game pods,” have replaced electronic ones. Allegra Geller, a renowned game designer, tests her new virtual reality game, eXistenZ, with a focus group but is attacked by a fanatic assassin. Fleeing with Ted Pikul, a marketing trainee assigned as her bodyguard, Allegra discovers…
The Twilight Zone (2002)
S1E9 – The Pool Guy Richie’s life takes a surreal turn as he experiences a series of perplexing events that blur the lines between dreams and reality. After a mysterious man shoots him in a recurring dream, Richie finds himself caught in a perplexing loop where the boundaries between his waking and dreaming states become…
The Matrix (1999)
A groundbreaking science fiction film that delves into the concept of a simulated reality controlled by sentient machines. The story revolves around Thomas A. Anderson, a computer programmer known as Neo, who discovers that his perceived reality is an illusion created by a malevolent artificial intelligence. By night, Neo is a hacker who becomes entangled…