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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   53,362 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Skip Woods (written by)
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Release Date:
8 June 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
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 | full synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 5 nominations more
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(119 articles)
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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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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, language and some sexuality/nudity.
Runtime:
99 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
At one point during Stanley's attempt to hack into the Department of Defense database, his screen shows six numbers that appear to be IP addresses. (The first is 213.225.312.5.) The numbers between decimal points in an IP address, called "octets", are decimal representations of 8-bit numbers (8 binary digits of either 0 or 1). Therefore, the range of decimal numbers for an octet is 0 to 255, because 11111111 in binary is 255 in decimal. The IP addresses on Stanley's screen each contain one octet higher than 255 (such as 312 in the first example), which is apparently the filmmakers' way of ensuring that no one's real IP address appeared. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Axl is shot through one-way glass in the interrogation room. This glass would most likely be bullet-proof. more
Quotes:
Stanley: It's not gonna end like this.
Gabriel: Oh, come on, Stan. Not everything ends the way you think it should. Besides, audiences love happy endings.
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Soundtrack:
Lapdance (Paul Oakenfold Swordfish Mix) more

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52 out of 70 people found the following comment useful.
A good time with this film., 10 November 2001
7/10
Author: The Flickster from TN

SWORDFISH (2001) Rating: 7/10

Hell, I liked this movie. It's been a while since I've seen an enjoyable, mature action movie. With the slew of PG-13 action movies of recent years, it's refreshing to see one that at least acknowledges that many intense situations do involve language, sex, and mixed character reactions -- it wasn't just another black and white, good and bad movie where the good guy does only good things and the bad guy has only evil intentions. The good guy didn't always do the right thing, and the bad guy could hardly be accused of sinister motives.

I loved the three leads in this film. Hugh Jackman is officially a star with this movie. Hugh has proven himself once before in X-Men as a worthy actor, and he does it again in this film. He's the one that basically pulls you into this movie from the get-go and you actually feel for the poor guy. John Travolta, obviously, has a blast with yet another solid "bad guy" showing, redeeming himself after the lacklustre results of Battlefield Earth and Halle Berry must have enjoyed making this one, since it is a departure from her standard movie roles. Not to mention, she's sexier than ever.

There actually isn't as much action as you would expect in this film, but the opening and closing scenes in the film are some of the best action scenes I have ever seen and really hooks you into the film in the beginning and leaves you thoroughly entertained at the end. It's one of the first uses of "matrix-style camerawork" that I've seen that really adds to the film and isn't just something that "looks cool."

Overall, if you're looking for an "action popcorn" flick with lots of bad guys, gunplay, quick camera movements, fun action sequences and a surprisingly decent storyline that moves along at a quick pace, I'd recommend you rent this film.

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