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Swordfish (2001) 6.5
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Metascore: 32/100
Reviews: 535 user | 164 critic | 33 from Metacritic.com The world's most dangerous spy is hired by the CIA to coerce a computer hacker recently released from prison to help steal $9.5 billion in unused government funds. Director:Dominic SenaWriter:Skip Woods |
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When the DEA shut down its dummy corporation operation codenamed SWORDFISH in 1986, they had generated $400 million which they let sit around; fifteen years of compound interest has swelled it to $9.5 billion. A covert counter-terrorist unit called Black Cell, headed by the duplicitious and suave Gabriel Shear, wants the money to help finance their raise-the-stakes vengeance war against international terrorism, but it's all locked away behind super-encryption. He brings in convicted hacker Stanley Jobson, who only wants to see his daughter Holly again but can't afford the legal fees, to slice into the government mainframes and get the money. Written by Jeff Cross <blackjac_1998@yahoo.com>
Plot Keywords:
computer | terrorism | secret agent | wearing a sound wire | told in flashback |Taglines:
Log on. Hack in. Go anywhere. Steal everything. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for violence, language and some sexuality/nudity | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
8 June 2001 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$80,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$18,145,632 (USA) (8 June 2001)Gross:
$30,393,888 (Europe) (16 November 2001)Company Credits
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Gabriel: You know what the problem with Hollywood is? They make shit. Unbelievable, unremarkable shit. Now I'm not some grungy wannabe filmmaker that's searching for existentialism through a haze of bong smoke or something. No, it's easy to pick apart bad acting, short-sighted directing, and a purely moronic stringing together of words that many of the studios term as "prose". No, I'm talking about the lack of realism. Realism; not a pervasive element in today's modern American cinematic ...
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Written by Paul Oakenfold and Andy Gray
Performed by Paul Oakenfold and Christopher Young
Courtesy of London-Sire Records
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Halle Berry agreed to the topless scene - ostensibly for an extra fee of $500,000 - because she wanted to overcome her fear of doing nude scenes. This was on top of her initial fee of $2 million. See more »Goofs
When Stanley is talking to his ex-wife Melissa on the phone, the length of her cigarette changes several times. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Gabriel: You know what the problem with Hollywood is? They make shit. Unbelievable, unremarkable shit. Now I'm not some grungy wannabe filmmaker that's searching for existentialism through a haze of bong smoke or something. No, it's easy to pick apart bad acting, short-sighted directing, and a purely moronic stringing together of words that many of the studios term as "prose". No, I'm talking about the lack of realism. Realism; not a pervasive element in today's modern American cinematic ...
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The opening studio logos for Warner Bros and Village Roadshow Productions flicker as if they were on a problematic computer screen. Other than those logos and the movie's title, there are no opening credits. See more »Soundtracks
ChaseWritten by Paul Oakenfold and Andy Gray
Performed by Paul Oakenfold and Christopher Young
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What is the highest pressure job interview you've ever had?
Well, Stanley Jobson (Hugh Jackman) a convicted Hacker, fresh out of prison and desperate to see his daughter again, can beat you, i'll bet on it. He has to hack into the FBI Computers in a fairly public place, with a gun to his head and a beautiful woman performing an act of Felacio on him, and he has just one minute to do it. (A Great Scene, Not Explict, just cool)
Anyway, he is recruited by John Travolta to hack into a dormant DEA Fund worth 9.5 Billion Dollars to finance his terrorist activities.
Full of Slick Dialogue, cool Direction and the simply gorgeous Halle Berry, this turns out to be a very enjoyable Thriller, with some clever twists (some of which don't quite work) but are forgivable anyway.
Not a classic, but a good film none the less. 8/10