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Firewall (2006)
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Reviews Counted:151
Fresh:29
Rotten:122
Average Rating:4.6/10
Consensus: Harrison Ford's rote performance brings little to this uninspired techno-heist film whose formulaic plot is befuddled with tedious and improbable twists.
Theatrical Release:2005
Box Office: $48,699,400
Synopsis: Jack Stanfield (Harrison Ford) is an average family man in Seattle who heads up the hi-tech security team at his local bank. But following a seemingly trivial case of identity theft, Jack's life is... [More]
Starring: Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany, Virginia Madsen, Alan Arkin
Director: Richard Loncraine
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Reviews for Firewall
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The movie is so disposable that you won't remember you've seen it. Full Review |
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Another edge-of-your-seat, roller coaster ride from a matinee idol everybody loves to root for. Full Review |
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A solid ensemble almost saves Firewall, but, in the end, it goes up in campy flames. Full Review |
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Director Richard Loncraine shows no affinity for the nuts and bolts of constructing thrillers, playing out the script's empty threats and chases at a lethargic pace. Full Review |
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Harrison Ford is outshone by his costars in this crisp, conventional thriller. Full Review |
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There is an air of desperation about Firewall, a sense that Ford needed to make this movie just to keep his face in the public eye, lest we think he had fallen off the planet altogether. Full Review |
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Its formulaic moves seem particuarly tired. Full Review |
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6/10 |
...it's always good to see Ford back in action mode. He lifts a routine film out of total mediocrity by his very presence. Full Review |
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The movie gets a lift from Mary Lynn Rajskub in a glamorized version of her nerd’s wet dream Chloe on 24, which is also better this year with the Chloe quotient pumped up. Full Review |
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The characters spend a lot of time hunched over keyboards tap-tap-tapping away, which isn’t all that suspenseful to watch. Full Review |
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It runs along a time-worn path at a leisurely pace and holds few surprises. Full Review |
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2/5 |
A formulaic, it’ll-do action-thriller, Firewall does what you’d expect it to well enough but fails to fully exploit the skills of its talented cast -- particularly the leading man. Full Review |
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Something of a throwback to the Harrison Ford thrillers of the 90s, this is an average thriller with the occasional fun moment. Full Review |
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Not that [Harrison Ford] deserves our sympathy. The increasingly wrinkly veteran seems determined to age gracelessly, taking roles he's clearly too old for in a desperate attempt to maintain his leading man status. Full Review |
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June 05, 2006:
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May 11, 2006:
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