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.
When the daughter of a well-known and well-respected base commander is murdered, an undercover detective is summoned to look into the matter and finds a slew of cover-ups at West Point.
Director:
Simon West
Stars:
John Travolta,
Madeleine Stowe,
James Cromwell
A D.E.A. Agent investigates the disappearance of a legendary Army Ranger Drill Sergeant and several of his cadets during a training exercise gone severely awry.
Director:
John McTiernan
Stars:
John Travolta,
Samuel L. Jackson,
Connie Nielsen
A group of suburban biker wannabes looking for adventure hit the open road, but get more than they bargained for when they encounter a New Mexico gang called the Del Fuegos.
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes a facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity and physical appearance of a terrorist, but the plan turns from bad to worse when the same terrorist impersonates the FBI agent.
A firefighter, injured and trapped in a burning building, has flashbacks of his life as he drifts in and out of consciousness. Meanwhile, fellow firefighters led by the Chief attempt to rescue him.
Director:
Jay Russell
Stars:
Joaquin Phoenix,
John Travolta,
Jacinda Barrett
An undercover FBI agent becomes a vigilante assassin and sets out to unleash his wrath upon the corrupt businessman who slaughtered his entire family at a reunion.
Director:
Jonathan Hensleigh
Stars:
Thomas Jane,
John Travolta,
Samantha Mathis
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>
Six TVRs were imported especially to be used for Gabriel's car. See more »
Goofs
When hacker Axl Torvalds presents his passport to the customs officer it clearly shows the Bundesadler watermark. The second customs officer then finds the second passport which also has the Bundesadler watermark. Yet, when the first customs officer holds up both passport, one has the watermark and the other doesn't. The unmarked passport was not seen until that moment. 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 last credit reads "Final Password: Vernam", which is part of the website game. (See Trivia). A Vernam cypher is a method of encrypting a message. 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 »
I think this is one of the better action movies of the year. It has some pretty good action scenes and an interesting story. I mean its not close to reality or anything like that but its fun fun. I think the acting is good aswell. The matrix has set a new standard when it comes to the action genra and i think we are going to see alot more of matrix inspired action scenes. There is one pretty cool scene just in the begining of the movie(im not giving any thing more away) so see it in theaters or on a home movie theater system. Go See!
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I think this is one of the better action movies of the year. It has some pretty good action scenes and an interesting story. I mean its not close to reality or anything like that but its fun fun. I think the acting is good aswell. The matrix has set a new standard when it comes to the action genra and i think we are going to see alot more of matrix inspired action scenes. There is one pretty cool scene just in the begining of the movie(im not giving any thing more away) so see it in theaters or on a home movie theater system. Go See!