Takedown (2000) 6.1
This film is based on the story of the capture of computer hacker "Kevin Mitnick". Director:Joe Chappelle |
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Cast
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Kevin Mitnick
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Tsutomu Shimomura
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Alex Lowe
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Mitch Gibson
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Brad
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McCoy Rollins
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Lance 'Icebreaker' Petersen
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Karen
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Dan Bradley
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Dorit Sauer | ... |
Shelley
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Jake Cronin
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Tom Fiori
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Rachel
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Kevin Mitnick is quite possibly the best hacker in the world. Hunting for more and more information, seeking more and more cybertrophies every day, he constantly looks for bigger challenges. When he breaks into the computer of a security expert and an ex-hacker, he finds one - and much more than that... Written by Jaromir Król
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EnglishRelease Date:
15 March 2000 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Hackers 2: Takedown See more »Filming Locations:
Wilmington, North Carolina, USACompany Credits
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Performed by Aryana
Written by Aryana & Tod McKitterick
Published by Pollution Free Music (BMI)
Courtesy of Aryana & Other Music
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Kevin Mitnick uses Martin Brice as one of his aliases, which is an alias used by Robert Redford in Sneakers. Donal Logue (Alex Lowe) played Dr. Gunter Janek in 'Sneakers'. See more »Goofs
Alex Lowe states that 56 bit encryption allows for roughly 72 trillion combinations. He is off by 3 orders of magnitude. 56 bit encryption allows for roughly 72 quadrillion combinations. See more »Soundtracks
"Lieing In Bed"Performed by Aryana
Written by Aryana & Tod McKitterick
Published by Pollution Free Music (BMI)
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Takedown is the story of Kevin Mitnick and Tsutomu Shimamura's effort to bring him down.
Whatever the accuracies of the story (and considering the egos involved, I guess we'll never know), this is a pretty riveting tale of an underground hacker playing and defeating the system. Which is all you could ever ask for in a movie. :-)
Johnny Depp lookalike Skeet Ulrich, Russell Wong, Donal Logue, Cara Buono, Amanda Peet and Angela Featherstone make this low budget movie worth while.
Whether or not the real Kevin Mitnick is a nice fellow or what he did was totally legal doesn't detract much from this ripping yarn. The production values are ok (but what would you expect from a guy who spends most of his time sitting behind a monitor in a small room?), however, the concept makes it more than worth while. Especially the "social engineering" segments are cool. Not to be missed if you're at all interested in movies about sub-cultures and the guerilla mentality.