Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Spy, Terrorism, Hostage, Thieves, Capers, Suspense, Murder, Futuristic, Femme Fatale, Deception
Tagline: Log on. Hack in. Go anywhere. Steal everything.
Plot: There exists a world within our world. A world beneath what we call cyberspace. A world protected by firewalls, passwords and the most advanced security systems. In this world we hide our deepest secrets, our most incriminating information, and of course, a whole lot of money. This is the world of Swordfish.Gabriel Shear (JOHN TRAVOLTA), a charismatic and dangerous spy wanting to finance his own brand of patriotism, needs inside this world. If he can get in, billions in illegal government funds wait for the taking. To actually steal the money, however, heíll need a superhacker, someone whose talents make even the most airtight security systems of the world look like childís play. That ís where Stanley Jobson (HUGH JACKMAN) enters the picture. One of the two best hackers on the planet, Stanley has been forbidden to get within 50 yards of the nearest electronics store after doing time for wreaking havoc on the FBI's controversial high tech cyber surveillance operations. Now Stanley is living out his life in a broken-down trailer, penniless, alone and without the two things that give his life meaning his computer and his daughter Holly, whom he lost in a divorce. Gabriel and his beautiful partner Ginger (HALLE BERRY) lure Stanley into their clandestine world, baiting him with
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Dominic Sena
Gone in Sixty Seconds, Kalifornia, Season of the Witch |
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 | Sam Shepard
Black Hawk Down, The Notebook, The Right Stuff |
 | Vinnie Jones
Snatch., X-Men: The Last Stand, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels |
 | Drea de Matteo
Assault on Precinct 13, Deuces Wild, Prey for Rock & Roll |
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