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All these links and no 'Johnny Mnemonic' reference. Takes place in 2021.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mnemonic_(film)

I watched it last year on January 17th, because that is when the movie was. I did like the conceit that you would need something like a dolphin, with a brain where much of the hardware was dedicated to processing sonar, to process the somewhat similar data from the SQUID.

They also used dolphins carrying bombs in the movie "The day of the dolphin" I watched as a kid in the 70s.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069946/

The second I read the details in my head I heard the eeeeeee!

Can't say I recall anything dolphin-related in the film.

But The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou had a comedic military dolphin element.

"Son of a bitch,

I'm sick of these dolphins."

That's a cache miss though, the military dolphin in Johnny Mnemnonic is a big part of the plot. He even has a name, Jones!

Hard for me to forget since a friend ran a keyserver in the 90s called jones.[his-domain].net...

Ok, I'll have to rewatch it, it's not something I've seen much since it was released.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen it, but I can’t remember it including anything with dolphins.

The Dolphin is the only thing I remember and I saw it last when it came out in the cinema.

Yes - the dolphin and the VR sequence

It has Dolph Lundgren.. Close enough?

Which is probably the most memorable character in the movie.

“Do you want someone brought to Jesus?”

This is a movie with no less than Dolph Lundgren, Ice T, and Henry Rollins, competing to chew the scenery with supporting characters.

Tough call, but Ice T's Low-Tek style is what I remember best.

Well, the book is built around militarized dolphin able to figure out password for encrypted files in Johnny's head

Clearly not a memorable movie: https://youtu.be/nGXKFmWF-OA

Great movie!

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