In this sci-fi thriller The lawnmower Man Pierce Brosnan plays Dr Lawrence Angelo a brilliant scientist obsessed with perfecting a revolutionary Virtual reality computer software. When his experiments on animals fail he finds the ideal substitute : Jobe Smith a slow witted gardener - The Lawnmower Man. Dr Angelo's goal is to benefit his human guinea pig and ultimately mankind itself. But evil lurks in the guise of The Shop a shadowy group that seeks to use the technology to create an invincible war machine. When the experiments change the simple Lawnmower Man into a superhuman being the stage is set for a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde struggle for the control of Jobe's mind and the future of the world.