The Strangest Movies Ever Made eXistenZ has been called a gooey Matrix , and while this is a correct description in some ways, in others it is completely off. The only thing the two films have in common is the idea of a virtual reality that is indistinguishable from normal, real reality. A major difference is that The Matrix has a base reality that is obviously the true reality, while eXistenZ does the impossible and makes us accept the most bizarre reality ever as true. And oh what a reality it is. Maybe it s because of how the mundane is mixed with the bizarre.
Technology is organic, but only some of it.
Cars are normal. Gas stations are the same. Cell phones are glowing bug like appendages. High technology has been replaced with organic creatures, and it provides a truly surreal setting for the characters. Unfortunately he is lacking a fundamental requirement for playing, a bioport.