Virtual Girl

REVIEW
Bad acting, a tired plot and cheesy special effects actually make for an unexpectedly entertaining, if utterly silly, movie. Max Dixon plays computer programming whiz, John Lewis, working on a special sexually-themed computer game known as Virtual Girl. What he soon learns is that Virtual Girl is no simple computer game; she is a fully interactive erotic program boasting a sophisticated artificial intelligence. Dubbed “Virtuality,” the seductively disarming woman in the program can take any form you desire and will do absolutely anything you want. John begins to suspect that Virtuality has taken a life of her own and is falling in love with him. When a series of disturbing events lead John to believe that Virtuality is attempting to kill his wife and secure her place as his only lover, John fears he may be losing his mind. In a final last ditch effort to rid himself of this super-sexy Frankenstein’s monster, John enters Virtual Girl’s cyber world for one last confrontation.

Suffering from possibly the worst special effects this side of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV series, Virtual Girl is obviously more concerned with the surgically enhanced special effects of its title character than anything else. Any chance there is for a shot of Charlie Curtis’ large man-made milk shakes is capitalized on and then some. And she isn’t the only one who shows some flesh. Miche Rene Straub, who plays John’s wife and is incidentally the hottest of the bunch, bares her pert little boobs as well as several other girls that Virtuality “morphs” into.

There’s no explaining why this flick is so amusing, it probably has something to do with the camp value of the whole proceedings. The acting is atrocious, the sex is rather bland, and the CGI is laughable. Yet, much like Virtual Girl herself, there is a certain, undeniable charm to the film, especially with such absurd dialogue as “Let’s kick some cyber ass!”