Synopsis
Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discovers a plot by a nefarious hacker, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus.
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Cast
- Jonny Lee MillerDade Murphy / 'Crash Override' / 'Zero Cool'
- Angelina JolieKate Libby / 'Acid Burn'
- Jesse BradfordJoey Pardella
- Matthew LillardEmmanuel Goldstein / 'Cereal Killer'
- Renoly SantiagoRamon Sanchez / 'Phantom Phreak'
- Fisher StevensEugene Belford / 'The Plague' / Mr. Babbage
- Alberta WatsonLauren Murphy
- Lorraine BraccoMargo
- Laurence MasonPaul Cook / 'Lord Nikon'
- Wendell PierceS.S. Agent Richard Gill
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Jolie, the daughter of Jon Voight, and Miller, a British newcomer, bring a particular quality to their performances that is convincing and engaging. - 70
Chicago Reader
Without being any sort of miracle, this is an engaging and lively exploitation fantasy-thriller about computer hackers, anarchistic in spirit, that succeeds at just about everything "The Net" failed to--especially in representing computer operations with some visual flair. - 50
The New York Times
A lot of attention has gone into the film's video games, computer imagery and costumes, to the point where simply watching these artifacts is half the fun...But eventually Hackers turns tedious, perhaps not realizing that an audience can get tired of the same old equations floating in cyberspace. - 50
ReelViews
There's not a slowly-paced scene or a dull moment to be found. If nothing else, this film won't bore the average viewer. However, when Hackers has been dissected, what's uncovered beneath the flashy skin is an old-fashioned, film-by-numbers thriller. - 50
Austin Chronicle
Silly, predictable, and, dare I say it, oddly endearing, Hackers is the first film I've seen in a long while that annoyed me so much I actually enjoyed it. - 50
Washington Post
Separates the tech-savvy boys from the lost-in-cyberspace men. Really--the movie may be too fast and confusingly jargon-choked for everyone but Netsurfers and Webheads. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Want a believable plot or acting? Forget it. But if you just want knockout images, unabashed eye candy and a riveting look at a complex world that seems both real and fake at the same time, "Hackers'' is one of the most intriguing movies of the year. - 50
San Francisco Examiner
The one outstanding ingredient in this exercise is Miller, an English actor who is not only irresistibly adorable and a good actor, but also speaks in a perfect American accent.
