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Swordfish (2001)

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User Rating: 6.3/10 (42,519 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Dominic Sena
Writer (WGA):
Skip Woods (written by)
Release Date:
8 June 2001 (USA) more view trailer
Genre:
Action | Thriller | Crime more
Tagline:
Log on. Hack in. Go anywhere. Steal everything. more
Plot:
A secretive renegade counter-terrorist co-opts the world's greatest hacker (who is trying to stay clean) to steal billions in US Government dirty money. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(25 articles)
Jackman Favorite for Bond Role (From WENN. 19 January 2005)
Vinnie Jones Accused of Assault (From WENN. 25 November 2003)
User Comments:
A lot of style and action, little substance more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

John Travolta ... Gabriel Shear

Hugh Jackman ... Stanley Jobson

Halle Berry ... Ginger Knowles

Don Cheadle ... Agent J.T. Roberts

Sam Shepard ... Senator James Reisman

Vinnie Jones ... Marco

Drea de Matteo ... Melissa

Rudolf Martin ... Axl Torvalds

Zach Grenier ... Assistant Director Bill Joy
Camryn Grimes ... Holly Jobson
Angelo Pagan ... Torres (as Angelo Pagán)

Chic Daniel ... SWAT Leader

Kirk B.R. Woller ... Axel's Lawyer

Carmen Argenziano ... Agent

Tim DeKay ... Agent
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for violence, language and some sexuality/nudity.
Runtime:
99 min
Country:
USA | Australia
Language:
English | German
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Philippines:R-18 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Manitoba) | Denmark:15 | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) | USA:R (certificate #38324) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:14 | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:16 (w) | Hong Kong:IIB | Hungary:14 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:NC-16 (original rating) | South Korea:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Hugh Jackman had to take stunt driving classes to prepare for his role in Swordfish. more
Goofs:
Continuity: While Gabriel is in the bank and talking to the FBI on the phone, his facial hair is missing. Moments later it returns. more
Quotes:
Stanley: Nothing is impossible. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Robot Chicken: Password: Swordfish (#2.10)" (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Get Out of My Life Now more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
A lot of style and action, little substance, 26 February 2007
6/10
Author: DrLex from Belgium

This movie can be summed up as: lots of very cool action scenes (fans of both bullet time and explosions will really enjoy this), a lot of style, and a standard implausible plot. This movie is very entertaining if you like non-stop action in a cool high-tech environment.

The ingredients are pretty standard. There's a stylish kick-ass villain (Travolta) with a plan, being a high-tech bank robbery. This is all garnished with lots of weapons, technology, car chases and beautiful women. This movie really delivers on the action front, I don't think there's any 'quiet' scene that lasts more than 2 minutes. It also contains the now standard implausible hacking scenes, where getting into the computer system of a bank involves solving a kind of Rubik's cube on your computer screen. I hope you're not offended by product placement because a certain computer brand is quite prominent when IT hardware is involved in this movie. But it's by far not as obnoxious as in "I, Robot".

The filming is top-notch, unlike some other movies you can actually see what's happening in the action scenes (which is sometimes due to the amazing slow-down effects in some scenes). Unfortunately the entire plot becomes quite thin when the movie is stripped of all this action and style. However, it works. The ending is rather vague, as if room was left for a sequel without making it too painful if there wouldn't be one after all.

Overall I would say this is a pretty OK movie, but don't expect the best cinema ever.

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Over $9.5B in that account? serge-125
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Can someone please explain this dialogue... Charlie1882
Fantastic opening sequence - but thats about it ocoileain1890
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