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Hackers
Genre: Action - Submitted by: TDM Year: 1995 A young boy is arrested by the US Secret Service for writing a computer virus and is banned from using a computer until his 18th birthday. Years later, he and his new-found friends discover a plot to unleash a dangerous computer virus, 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. TDM - ***An enjoyable enough film let down by the plot and features being confused whether it wants be a fantasy or reality. It tries to ground itself in reality by depicting events that are possible but detaches itself from reality quickly enough to improve its visual style. It attempts to introduce "L33T" culture to the mainstream audience but it fails to capture the culture fully, misrepresenting an entire sub-culture in the process. Those criticisms aside the set-pieces are very well put-together with a cyber-punk feel to the visuals. Its soundtrack is also put together extremely well and scenes that are put to music are polished to near perfection. Angelina Jolie shines in this film as does Matthew Lillard (both appearing relatively early in their careers), though Johnny Lee Miller is an uninspiring lead and Fisher Stevens lacks the menace to be an effective bad guy on-screen.
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Hackers

Genre: Action - Submitted by: TDM

Year: 1995

A young boy is arrested by the US Secret Service for writing a computer virus and is banned from using a computer until his 18th birthday. Years later, he and his new-found friends discover a plot to unleash a dangerous computer virus, 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.

TDM - ***An enjoyable enough film let down by the plot and features being confused whether it wants be a fantasy or reality. It tries to ground itself in reality by depicting events that are possible but detaches itself from reality quickly enough to improve its visual style. It attempts to introduce "L33T" culture to the mainstream audience but it fails to capture the culture fully, misrepresenting an entire sub-culture in the process.

Those criticisms aside the set-pieces are very well put-together with a cyber-punk feel to the visuals. Its soundtrack is also put together extremely well and scenes that are put to music are polished to near perfection.

Angelina Jolie shines in this film as does Matthew Lillard (both appearing relatively early in their careers), though Johnny Lee Miller is an uninspiring lead and Fisher Stevens lacks the menace to be an effective bad guy on-screen.

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