The Mower

Brett Leonard
Pierce Brosnan, Jeff Fahey, Jenny Wright
1992
UK, USA, Japan
Completed
English
107 Minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known asThe Lawnmower Man,is aUK, USA, JapanProducerwomen sex,At1992Released in year
。The dialogue language isEnglish,Current Douban rating6.9(For reference only)。
By the turn of the millennium, a technology known as "virtual reality" would be widely applied, enabling people to enter a computer-generated, unlimitedly rich imaginary world. Its creators predicted that this technology would contribute countless positive effects to the development of human society, while some people worried it could be exploited by others as a new method of controlling human thought. At a "virtual space factory" in the United States, Dr. Angelo Larry was focused on researching "Project 5," aimed at rapidly increasing human intelligence. For the past five years, Dr. Angelo's research subjects were a group of carefully selected apes, and experiments had proven that their IQs had significantly improved under the stimulation of virtual space. However, the factory's head, Timms, was urged by behind-the-scenes investors to persuade Dr. Angelo to stimulate the primitive violent centers of the apes' brains using this method, in order to enhance their aggression and eventually create something more powerful than weapons. Angelo firmly rejected the delusions of these warmongers, leading the investors to refuse further funding, putting Angelo in a difficult position of suspension. Dr. Angelo was unwilling to abandon his research on the "virtual space" project, but he struggled to find research subjects until, by chance, a mower named Job appeared before him. Job suffered from a congenital intellectual disability and had been adopted by a priest, enduring bullying and scorn from those around him, with only a neighbor boy named Peter willing to befriend him. Yet Job was inherently optimistic and kind-hearted, and Dr. Angelo was determined to include him in the experiment. After only a month of experimentation and training, Job's IQ had quadrupled, a stunning result that filled Dr. Angelo with confidence. However, problems soon arose; the research equipment at home was insufficient for the next phase of research, so Dr. Angelo sought Timms' help, hoping to secretly borrow the central laboratory of the "virtual space factory" to continue experimenting on Job. Timms agreed readily, yet he also reported to the behind-the-scenes investors. As the research progressed, Dr. Angelo discovered that while Job's IQ was improving, he also exhibited unexpected traits, such as tendencies toward violence. Consequently, he decisively halted the experiments. Upon investigation, Dr. Angelo found that the medication Job was being injected with was not the one he had concocted but rather a drug that directly stimulated human violent centers—switched secretly by Timms. In fact, by this time, Job had acquired the miraculous ability to "control matter with thought." He even used this power to burn the seemingly benevolent but inwardly dark priest who had constantly abused him and did not spare Peter’s father, who had mistreated his only friend. Dr. Angelo now realized that he might have harmed Job, and he desperately tried to persuade Job to stop entering the virtual space. But Job had lost his sanity, his IQ had even surpassed Dr. Angelo's, and he began conducting experiments on his own. More shockingly, Job intended to use the virtual space to gain control over the entire world. In a critical moment, Dr. Angelo placed a bomb in the central laboratory to try to prevent Job from entering the virtual space. Unwilling to give up, Job refused to leave the laboratory, and with the sound of an explosion, the lab was instantly turned into ruins.