If disgraced cop-turned-convict Denzel Washington can eliminate the computer-generated serial killer SID 6.7, he'll be gratefully pardoned in director Brett Leonard's spasmodically entertaining hi-tech fantasy adventure. Problem is, SID 6.7 (played by Russell Crowe) has 183 separate homicidal tendencies - including those of Hitler and Charles Manson - to his personality. Cyberspace wizardry covers the yawning gaps in this soulless thriller and the loose ends mount up faster than the body count, despite expert performances by the two commanding leads. Because SID 6.7 can rejuvenate himself out of any predicament (and these sequences are the film's visual highlights), there's basically no suspense generated, and Leonard's film never recovers from this fatal flaw.

The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous virtual reality entity which is synthesized from the personalities of more than 150 serial killers, and only one man can stop him.