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Director:
Joe Chappelle
Writers (WGA):
Tsutomu Shimomura (book) and
John Markoff (book) ...
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Release Date:
15 March 2000 (France) more
Genre:
Thriller | Action more
Tagline:
The world has a right to know.
Plot:
This film is based on the story of the capture of computer hacker "Kevin Mitnick". full summary | add synopsis
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l33tifi3d. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hackers 2: Takedown (USA) (informal title)
Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of Kevin Mitnick, America's Most Wanted Computer Outlaw (USA) (working title)
Track Down (USA) (DVD box title)
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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 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Editors of 2600 magazine (a hacker publication) learned of this film early in its development and were at the time campaigning for Kevin Mitnick's release from prison. They filmed the documentary "Freedom Downtime" as they tried to correct many glaring errors and personal attacks on Mitnick's character in the film, protesting outside Miramax offices in New York among other things. more
Movie Connections:
References Sneakers (1992) more
Soundtrack:
All That He Wants more

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32 out of 39 people found the following comment useful:-
l33tifi3d., 3 May 2003
Author: r0bin (r0bin@r0bin.net) from Cardiff, Wales

First of all, let's clear up some common misconceptions.

This film isn't "Hackers 2". You will find no CGI or parachute pants here. This film is about the capture of the notorious computer criminal Kevin Mitnick who used his technical skills and ability to influence people to gain access to things he really shouldn't have been able to access.

The thing that bothers me most about this film is the computer virus that Shimo wrote. I doubt that he did, and this makes Mmitnick seem worse by stealing it. The AI doesn't exist to put that virus around now, and it didn't 3 years ago.

The film in itself is a work of genius. This is the only realistic hacker film i have ever seen. Maybe because it was based on a true story and to put spinning DNA molecules on the computer screen instead of C++ would be a load of bollocks.

The acting is great; the pace of the movie is quick, especially in the part when the FBI almost captures Mitnick for the second time. The portrayal of the FBI in this film isn't very good, when they apprehended Mitnick, they didn't go in with 20 SWAT teams!

Kudos to Ulrich for his part as Kevin Mitnick, but as for Wong, I'm very surprised, where's the glasses and the geekyness? I know where, it got lost in the writing process, to make hackers look geeky and security experts look 'ard and sexy. In actual fact, security experts are just crackers in business suits. Kevin Mitnick did no damage, but they chase after him like he mass murdered a few police departments. I suppose they can't be totally realistic, and then the film would be an hour and a half of typing, with 30 minutes of chases and arrest.

I'm just glad there were no parachute pants ^_^

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