NetForce (1999)

Internet becomes the world's central nervous system. Netforce, FBI, is created as an elite force fighting crime on internet. The owner of the all dominating software company is suspected of trying to gain total access and control.

Director:

Robert Lieberman

Writers:

Tom Clancy (story), Steve Pieczenik (story)

Stars:

Scott Bakula, Joanna Going, Xander Berkeley

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Scott Bakula	...	Alex Michaels
Joanna Going	...	Toni Fiorelli
Xander Berkeley	...	Bo Tyler
Brian Dennehy	...	Lowell Davidson
Kris Kristofferson	...	Steve Day
CCH Pounder	...	Sandra Knight
Judge Reinhold	...	Will Stiles
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	Leong Cheng
Chelsea Field	...	Megan Michaels
Sterling Macer Jr.	...	Col. John Howard (as Sterling Macer)
Paul Hewitt	...	Jay Gridley
Frank Vincent	...	Johnny Stompato
Sam Anderson	...	Fox
Kirk Baltz
Alexa PenaVega	...	Susan 'Susie' Michaels (as Alexa Vega)

Storyline

Set in the year 2005, a division of the FBI, called "NetForce" has been initiated to investigate Internet crime. A Bill Gates-type character finds a loophole in his new web browser which enables him to gain control of the Internet. Net-Force, headed by Kristofferson and Bakula's characters set out to stop him.

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Plot Keywords:

woman wearing a gas mask | internet | fbi | syringe | airport | 

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Taglines:

The One Who Controls The Internet Controls The World.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 February 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Netforce

Filming Locations:

Colonial Heights, Virginia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cates/Doty Productions, Greengrass Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The plot of this movie is loosely based on the first book of the Netforce series. However, it foreshadows character relationships that would not happen until later Netforce books.

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Quotes

Jay Gridley: Good morning Vietnam!

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Connections

References Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

User Reviews

Not a movie I appreciated other than as humor.

Netforce attempts to be a very serious technothriller in the year 2005, but fails miserably. Except for the fact that the plot is very tacky and not very well done, it's also spanned out over way to much time, the movie totals 2h40min. But this isn't really Netforce biggest problem. Being a bit of a geek myself this movie turned out to be much more of a comedy than a thriller. The technology and the events concerning it are so totally absurd that's unbelievable. Both me and my friends were virtually crying due to the sick things the director and/or Tom Clancy had in store. Some comments that sums it all up is "Phew, the Internet is intact!" and "Woah, another netcrash!". Deep, deep sigh. Not to mention the fact that the bad guys encryptions is broken in 3 seconds. Someone should tell them about, say RSA or DSS/DH algorithms. So, whatever you do, DON'T watch this movie unless a) You're totally nontechnical and can look aside all the gross mistakes or b) you're a hacker and wants a good laugh.