Venus Rising is a laughably bad movie advertised as "in the tradition of Johnny Mnemonic". Maybe the two movies are in the same ballpark, theme-wise, but quality-wise they're not even the same sport. Audie England and Costas Manylor play two fugitives...read the complete Venus Rising (1995) review at UpcomingDiscs.com (Michael Bell)
Not to beat a dead horse, but if one of your main plotlines is about a "future" form of recreation involving a virtual reality network set up exclusively for people to have sex with one another, than you really should have a lot more sex in your film....read the complete Venus Rising (1995) review at DVD Talk (Carl Davis)