Synopsis
When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.
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Cast
- Robert RedfordBishop
- Sidney PoitierCrease
- David StrathairnWhistler
- Dan AykroydMother
- River PhoenixCarl
- Ben KingsleyCosmo
- Denise DowseBank Teller
- Timothy BusfieldDick Gordon
- Mary McDonnellLiz
- Donal LogueDr. Gunter Janek
Recommendations
- 78
Austin Chronicle
At a time when conspiracy theories, in their relentlessness, their humorlessness and in their assumption of the monolithic, seem almost to protect the conspiracists by promulgating a sense of hopelessness, Sneakers's sense of fun, by contrast, seems empowering and almost subversive. - 75
Washington Post
Sneakers isn't about growing up, it's about playing games, cracking codes, inventing acronyms. It's a Twinkie for techies, an enormously entertaining time-waster. - 70
Newsweek
Plausibility is not the movie's strongest suit, but Phil Alden Robinson's enjoyable caper makes up for its gaps in logic with its breezy tone and its technological razzledazzle. - 70
Time Out
A '60s-radical alternative to the 'flying glass' action pic prevalent in Hollywood, the film is sustained by a personable ensemble who generously trade off each other rather than grandstand. - 70
Washington Post
If you think of Sneakers as a slick, updated Mission: Impossible, it's a lot of fun. It revels in the excitement of breaking security codes, slipping past guards and getting to the prize. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
Sneakers is an agreeably lightweight caper thriller that has absolutely nothing to do with Reeboks or basketball. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
It's a sometimes entertaining movie, but thin. - 63
Slant Magazine
It’s a surprise to discover a cerebral, 25-year-old film following the blueprint for today’s endless glut of superhero movies. It certainly operates on this level for the masses.
