Swordfish


A shadowy agent recruits the world's second best computer hacker to help him steal a fortune in unallocated government funds. The hacker helps, as he needs the money to fight for custody of his child from his ex-wife. Once the software is complete, however, he is drawn into part two of the plan, which involves a physical assault on the bank...


97 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Violence) .
Action, Crime, Sex, Thriller

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

I wish they give me a computer with normal-sized writing...
I wish they give me a computer with normal-sized writing...

Credits

Cast
John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadly, Vinnie Jones
Director
Dominic Sena
ScreenplaySkip Woods
MusicPaul Oakenfold, Christopher Young, Madonna
CinematographyPaul Cameron
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Made in2001
Produced byJonathan Krane Group, NPV Entertainment, Silver Pictures, Village Roadshow Productions, Warner Bros

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Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

The Moviesite
Ian Douglas
10
Cape Argus
Bianca Coleman
10
The Cape Times
Wilhelm Snyman
10
The Star
Janine Walker
8
Die Burger
Francois Smith
10
Sunday Times
Barry Ronge
10
SAfm Screen & Co
Alan Swerdlow
8
eye Weekly
Catherine Tunnacliffe
5
Box Office
Paul Clinton
5
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
15
Total Film
James White
10
Film Review
Anwar Brett
15
Uncut
Chris Roberts
13
Empire
Mark Dinning
10

What the People say

Internet
2954 Netizens
13

Average .. 51%

10

Visitor Ratings

Scale (Max)20
Andreas Lupp (20) 15

Average .. 75%

15

Visitor Comments

Ian Douglas: On the good side, the film kicks off with a truly remarkable slo-mo explosion which sets a new benchmark for pyrotechnics in movies. On the down side, the computer-related scenes are mostly laughable, Hollywood does Not Have a Clue about how computers and computer viruses or worms actually work. Other than that, and Berry's famously-exposed breasts, it is a pretty standard action thriller. The tense moments are spoilt by the holes in the plot.

Andreas Lupp (20): This film is not a crowd pleaser in that in the end...I will not give it away. Its feel is very suave and although many might argue that its technical (computer) are a little off one has to remember that computer viruses are not interesting exept to a few computer geeks. The films look and point are very clear and streamlined and that make this film a rather enjoyable experience.Not for people that look for errors but for people who want to enjoy.






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