Before cyberpunk came along, science fiction used to be a slow paced genre where armchair intellectuals debated the myriad possibilities of the future. You know, boring stuff like the fate of the human race. Finding meaning in the face of a seemingly indifferent universe. Pondering life forms utterly alien to ourselves. Then a man named William Gibson came along and spearheaded a genre that was neon-soaked, hyper-violent, and utterly cool. Like a Victorian child given a sip of Four Loko, sci-fi authors of yesteryear would have been rendered utterly catatonic by the high octane thrills of the modern day cyberpunk genre. It’s all about shooting first, hacking-in second, and asking the philosophical questions later (if there’s anyone left alive to answer). These films? They do cyberpunk better than any other. Here they are, the 10 best cyberpunk movies of all time.
