A covert counter-terrorist unit called Black Cell led by Gabriel Shear wants the money to help finance their war against international terrorism, but it's all locked away. Gabriel brings in convicted hacker Stanley Jobson to help him.
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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>
Zach Grenier's character Bill Joy is named after the co-founder and former chief scientist of Sun Microsystems, Bill Joy. See more »
Goofs
When Holly is hung the cable around her neck is a braided metal material but when she is laying on the ground afterwards the rope around her neck appears to be nylon. 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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Crazy Credits
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 »
Alternate Versions
Alternate television takes were shot for the scene with Ginger at the pool (she wears a bikini) and where Stanley hacks into the main frame of the Departement of Defense (Helga is not there). See more »
This movie about terrorism and computer hacking is definitely worth watching. Travolta is excellent as an ex-CIA agent trying to fight terrorism using terrorist ways (i.e. bombing, etc.). But to do that he needs money and decide to steal it from the US government. Add to that a hint of political intrigue and a few unexpected but brilliant stunts and you've got a really entertaining movie.
Fortunately this movie was release before 11th September 2001, otherwise its release would certainly have been re-scheduled to a later date. But since terrorism is rather a hot news at the moment, the movie could not have come at a better date. Keeping in mind that this is a fictional movie, the initial idea would seem quite appealing to some. But whatever the current political situation this movie contains enough bounces to entertain even the most choosy spectators.
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This movie about terrorism and computer hacking is definitely worth watching. Travolta is excellent as an ex-CIA agent trying to fight terrorism using terrorist ways (i.e. bombing, etc.). But to do that he needs money and decide to steal it from the US government. Add to that a hint of political intrigue and a few unexpected but brilliant stunts and you've got a really entertaining movie.
Fortunately this movie was release before 11th September 2001, otherwise its release would certainly have been re-scheduled to a later date. But since terrorism is rather a hot news at the moment, the movie could not have come at a better date. Keeping in mind that this is a fictional movie, the initial idea would seem quite appealing to some. But whatever the current political situation this movie contains enough bounces to entertain even the most choosy spectators.