Takedown (2000)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Joe Chappelle

Writers (WGA):

Tsutomu Shimomura (book) and
John Markoff (book) ...

Release Date:

15 March 2000 (France)

Genre:

Thriller | Action

Tagline:

The world has a right to know.

Plot:

This film is based on the story of the capture of computer hacker "Kevin Mitnick".

Plot Keywords:

Hacker | Computer | Computer Hacker | Female Nudity | Prison

Cast

Skeet Ulrich	...	Kevin Mitnick
Russell Wong	...	Tsutomu Shimomura
Angela Featherstone	...	Julia
Donal Logue	...	Alex Lowe
Christopher McDonald	...	Mitch Gibson
Master P	...	Brad
Tom Berenger	...	McCoy Rollins
Jeremy Sisto	...	Lance 'Icebreaker' Petersen
Amanda Peet	...	Karen
Ethan Suplee	...	Dan Bradley
Dorit Sauer	...	Shelley
Mark Joy	...	Committee Chairman
Scott Cooper	...	Jake Cronin
Ned Bellamy	...	Tom Fiori
Sara Melson	...	Rachel

Also Known As:

Hackers 2: Takedown (USA) (bootleg title)
Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of Kevin Mitnick, America's Most Wanted Computer Outlaw (USA) (working title)
Track Down (USA) (DVD box title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexual content.

Runtime:

Germany:92 min | USA:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-7 | Iceland:12 | Netherlands:16 (video rating) | Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | France:U | Germany:12 | USA:R | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

The real Tsutomu Shimomura has a small cameo in the movie as an anonymous hacker. In the scene when Wong (Shimomura) holds the conference to announce that his software has been stolen, Logue (Lowe) heckles him about it. Sitting to Logue's right (to the left if you are viewing it), is the real Tsutomu Shimomura.

Movie Connections:

References Sneakers (1992)

Soundtrack:

Symbiont

wisdom movie and still actual

Without going deep into the the story I can say that if you want to know about the real world under your computer and the privacy that never been out there you're In the right place. The movie Takedown will show you a small piece of hacking in the past and maybe the name "history of hacking" can be correct too.

you can find some of the items from the movie in the spy-shops around so in my opinion just for the knowledge the movie must be seen. In the movie there are some point who are too stuck ,and some time there is no point for long focus in one position. I can see by the movie the vision of the creator ,and he did understand the story and the "How" not like many times in movies without any contact to the reality ,however he failed in focusing too much on the technology and mess the option to show how really hacker feel against and from the authorities.

Enjoy