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Hackers
1995
A young hacker prodigy meets other kids like himself when he and his mother move cross-country and settle in New York City. High school takes on a new light when Dade (Jonny Lee Miller) meets a group of misfits and rich kids who hack into computer systems for fun. When one of their group is suddenly arrested, the others band .. Read more
| Starring | Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Fisher Stevens, Lorraine Bracco |
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| Director | Iain Softley |
| Genres | Thriller |
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Hackers
A young hacker prodigy meets other kids like himself when he and his mother move cross-country and settle in New York City. High school takes on a new light when Dade (Jonny Lee Miller) meets a group of misfits and rich kids who hack into computer systems for fun. When one of their group is suddenly arrested, the others band together to take on a corporate hacker disguised as a security officer and attempt to bring down his devious and diabolical plans. The film features one of Angelina Jolie's first screen roles.
| Starring | Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Fisher Stevens, Lorraine Bracco, Matthew Lillard |
|---|---|
| Director | Iain Softley |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 41 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | French, German, Italian, Spanish |
| Hearing-impaired | English, German |
| Released | DVD: 01 Feb 2000 Production year: 1995 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (4)
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Teenage hackers uncover a massive computer fraud in this romantic action adventure from director Iain Softley that's set against the intriguing backdrop of New York's cyber-culture. It's little more than a standard industrial espionage chase thriller, given a stylish patina by its digital-age atmosphere, complete with often bewildering technical data and imaginative journeys down the information super-highway. New mouse on the mat Jonny Lee Miller and tough net surfer Angelina Jolie interface well as the console-crossed lovers, each trying to prove their laptop supremacy.
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Blurring the line between heightened reality and hi-tech fantasy, this presents the virtual world that hackers imagine,... read more on Time Out
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9 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Great, but a bit technical
I have seen this film a few times, and you really need to in order to understand whats going on. Basically, Dade Murphy/'Zero Cool'/'Crash Override' is an excellent hacker who has been in trouble with the FBI. When he moves to NYC, he encounters and befriends some fellow hackers, including 'Acid Burn' (Angelina Jolie), 'Cereal Killer', 'Phantom Phreak', 'Lord Nikon' and Joey, who is too uncool to have an alias apparently. Together, they discover a plot by another hacker, 'The Plague', to rob banks around the world using a worm virus, while he distracts the FBI with another virus called 'Da Vinci', which will basically cause a worldwide disaster. And why are Dade and his friends involved? Because they're getting framed for it. This movie is fast moving, fun and has a cool cast. Just try to keep up with the computer talk.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
hackers review
this film was one of many of my favourate films as a child and watching it again relised how good it still is
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