Review of Firewall

Firewall (2006)
2/10
I seriously wanted to walk out....
3 December 2008
Warning: Spoilers
...this is one of the worst movies I have ever seen in my life.

The plot is very straight forward: Ford being head of the security at a bank and Bettany wants to rob it.

This is basically all you need to know because once you've seen 5 minutes of this movie you KNOW what's coming next. It is by far the most formulaic movie I have ever seen. As such there is nothing wrong with that except that this movie has SO many plot holes and cheesy dialog that it's just a pain to watch. I've never in my life uttered so many: Oh jeez...during a movie as I did this one.

As mentioned Ford plays a bank security guy and he has invented the best firewall ever...but apparently he hasn't done a very good job as any one with a lap top and a portable internet connection can hack his way through. And when his family is taken hostage he HAS to cooperate to save them, even though the bad guys are younger and presumably better at computer stuff then him.

The movie just SUCKS.

As mentioned several times in other reviews...Ford has played this role one time too many...

Maybe he should follow Sean and Clint's examples...stop now...before you do too much damage to an otherwise GREAT career.
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