Plato's Reality Machine

Sep 26, 2013

1h 19m

★ 4.0

Video games give you multiple lives. If only reality were so generous.

Overview

For Charles, video-games are a much needed escape from reality. But when virtual vixen Sophia leads him on a mysterious quest through the lovelorn lives of six New Yorkers, they will all learn that in the game of life...every heart is a moving target.

Genres

Science Fiction

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Poison Door Productions

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Cast

Maggie

Carolina Bartczak

Bouncer

Tyrone Dancy Jr.

Sophia

Mackenzie Davis

Zoe

Trieste Kelly Dunn

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5.3

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5.8

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3.9

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6.1

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5.4

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2.8

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6.3

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An inside look into one night in the San Francisco underground rave scene.

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3.5

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4.8

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5.6

C.H.U.D.

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Plato's Reality Machine

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

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