What Is ‘Virtuosity’ About?

This was only his second American film after the Sam Raimi westernThe Quick and the Dead.

However,every moment on screen is taken up by Crowes pleasure in bringing pain to innocent people.

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One early scene after entering reality sees SID take hostages in a nightclub.

With no real demands, SID simplyforces the hostages to scream for their liveslike hes conducting an orchestra.

He brings a joyful charm to an otherwise menacing villain, reminiscent of manycharacters lifted from a Quentin Tarantinoscript.

Denzel Washington as Parker Barnes, bloodied & bruised, while looking at a person offscreen in Virtuosity

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Crowes performance makes him the perfect foil to righteous Washington.

1 million tons of steel.

100,000 lives at stake.

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100 minutes to impact.

Virtuosityis available on Prime Video in the U.S.

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