David Cronenberg was about 56 years old at the time of writing eXistenZ and tackles the virtual reality craze as intelligently as you’d expect an old man to: embarrassingly. Technically and thematically, it’s just as instantly dated and worn out as other virtual reality stories around the same time, only it’s nihilistic so it persists, unlike Tron. Jude Law plays a proto-Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory and Jennifer Jason Leigh needs to lay off the heroin. Incredibly obnoxious in every aspect. Unintentional Cronenberg self-parody.