Megaville

"Big city. Big bucks. Big trouble."

Jan 22 1992 R 1h 35m
Sci-Fi, Thriller

In the future, national boundaries have been broken down and two giant super-states remain—the bleak, oppressive, and totalitarian "Hemisphere," and the sprawling and futuristic "Megaville." Megaville has an elected president, but the entire system is rife with corruption. All forms of media are encouraged in Megaville, but this freedom has aided moral decay with the distribution of pornography and violent movies. Outside Megaville lies the Hemisphere; whereas Megaville is clean and ordered, the Hemisphere is in a state of decay. Travel from the Hemisphere to Megaville is restricted with few exceptions to the powerful. An outwardly totalitarian regime governs the daily life of civilians in the Hemisphere and the people live in fear of the "CKS" (the secret police). All forms of media are illegal in the Hemisphere. CC wikipedia.org

Plot

A sci-fi fantasy about a world where it is illegal to enjoy any kind of media except in a place called Megaville. After catching a brutal killer named Jenson, the media police send an agent, Palinov, to infiltrate Jenson's circle of criminals in Megaville because Palinov bears a striking resemblance to Jenson. Palinov, however, begins to suffer intense headaches and has visions of the killings. His mission becomes even more confusing when the president of Megaville is assassinated and the media police seem more interested in doing business with the criminals than catching them.

Written by

Samuel Benedict, Gordon Chavis, Peter Lehner

Directed by

Peter Lehner

Cast

Billy Zane, J.C. Quinn, Grace Zabriskie

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, White Noise Productions, Heritage Entertainment Inc.

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Trailers
Megaville Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
315
Average Rating
3.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA