My own Private Idaho (1981)

Loosely inspired from the Shakespeare's play, Henri IV, the movie follows the story of two friends, Scott and Mike. Prostitutes, living an unstable life in the streets of Portland, they will go for a trip to Europe in order to find Mike's mom, who disappeared. Mike also happens to be in love with Scott, but it's not mutual.

The film kinda feels like a dream, it's focused mostly on the feelings of thoses two characters. And even if it stays simple sometimes, the way their emotions are expressed is strong. I think we can easily tell that it's inspired from a play, but that's for the better. Their trip is really some sort of adventure, going overseas on a whim, ending up lost in the countryside.

The performance of the two main actors is incredible, and I believe it's one of the best from Keanu Reeves. The fact that Mike is queer also adds a lot. I feel like there's some akwardness in the way both characters communicate with each other. One might describe the plot as simple or common, but it's the way the movie makes you feel things, throught the direction and the acting that makes it so unique.

Memories or Murder (2003)

Speed (1998)

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Blade Runner (1984)

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Prisoners (2013)

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Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

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Devil May Cry 3 (2006)

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Cyberpunk 2077 (2020)

The Universe

Cyberpunk 2077 is based on the Mike Pondsmith's universe, which came to life in 1988 with the TTRPG Cyberpunk 2013. It takes place in a dystopian America that has completely fallen to the control of big corporations, such as Arasaka and Militech. More specifically, the game is located in Night City, an autonomous city in California. It has become some kind of neoliberal city where power is owned by corporations through corruption and armed force. The general population is extremely poor and suffers from the corps greed and daily street violence. It's basically today's America, but worst (tho at this point I'm not sure anymore lol)

But the nice thing is that we aren't the general population lol, of course this is Cyberpunk, that means we can get all sort of cybernetic implants to have stronger legs or blades in our arms, which is insanely cool. Also, given that the game is canon to the other cyberpunk medias from Mike Pondsmith, it has an incredible amount of lore to dig into, which makes it even more fun.

The story

You play as V, a lone mercenary who lives by doing some jobs around. One day, you commit a huge heist in a luxury hotel that doesn't go as planned and end up with you plugging an unidentified chip in your brain. Turns out this chip got a a deceased terrorist in your head, Johnny Silverhand. Played by Keanu Reeves, he died in 2023 in the bombing of the Arasaka tower. He failed to escape and they uploaded his soul onto a chip, which we stole 54 years later. You will then desperately try to find a way to get the chip out of your head.

The main story is so great, but it's even better thanks to all the secondary quests that are all as meticulously done and that are as important as the main one. The characters are just so well written, they simply feel real, actual inhabitants of the city and not just some prompt there for a few quests. Obviously, I really like Johnny Silverhand, he's in your head so ofc y'all talk a lot together and the relationship that you build with him throughout the story is simply peak. And again the secondary content adds so much depth to it, it's insane. Gameplay wise, you are probably one of the strongest merc ever, but the game puts the record straight on how insignificant and desesperate you are in this world.

Also, the music is so good, both for the main game and the expansion, the composer (P.T. Adamczyk) did an awesome job.

Phantom Liberty (2023 Expansion)

This expansion adds an entire new plot to the game, way more spy-thriller oriented. V is called to rescue the president of the NUSA who crashed into Dogtown, an autonomous militarized area of Night City. The plot then blends in with your quest of fixing the chip that's inside your head. Even though you physically stay in Night City, the story goes beyond the city's border and dives into the country's politics and the origins of Night City and Dogtown. The characters are again insanely good, it features Idris Elba, who's perfect in his role. I think you shouldn't skip it even on your first playthrough because it really adds a lot.

I don't think I can write down how much I love this game but you should definitely play it, even if the cyberpunk genre doesn't attract you at first, the whole story, characters and everything, makes you feel so much, it is just peak.

Resident Evil 2 (2019)

It is the first Resident Evil I've played, and it really hooked me into the franchise. You can play as two different characters, Leon and Claire, and you have to investigate Raccoon City, where most of the population has turned into zombies because of some virus outbreak. The plot kinda goes deeper, finding out that it might be caused by a pharmaceutical corporation.

In terms of gameplay, this game combines action and survival horror. You spend a lot of time trying to find your way out of places by completing puzzles and looking for items around. While trying to survive zombies and other monsters around. It's really tense, you always have to be careful given that you are weaker than most enemies and that you don't have much equipment and ammos.

It might not be the scariest Resident Evil but it's scary enough for me lol, overall it's probably my favorite RE at the moment.

Resonance of Fate (2010)

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