Hackers (1995)
Hackers (1995)
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Cast
as Dade
as Kate
as Joey
as Cereal
as Nikon
as Nikon
as Phreak
as The Plague
as Lauren Murphy
as Agent Dick Gill
as Blade
as Margo
as Razor
as Blade
as Curtis
as Hal
as Agent Bob
as Agent Ray
as Laura
as Mr. Ellingson
as S.S. Agent, Seattle
as Young Dade
as Attorney
as Michael Murphy
as Judge
as Norm
as Jock
as Denise
as Freshman on the Roof
as Freshman on the Roof
as Mr. Simpson
as Joey's Mom
as 1st Sysops Technician
as 2nd Sysops Technician
as English Teacher
as 1st V.P.
as 2nd V.P.
as 2nd S.S. Agent
as Reporter
as Addict Hank
as Addict Vickie
as Tow Truck Driver
as Phreak's Mom
as Ellingson Guard
as Phone Repairman
as London Hacker
as Tokyo Hacker
as Italian Hacker
as Russian Hacker
as Flight Attendant
as Russian Hacker
as News Technician
as Flight Attendant
as Second Reporter
as Jail Guard
as Talkshow Host
as Da Vinci Virus
as 3rd V.P.
as 4th V.P.
as Receptionist
as Rollerblader
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Critic Reviews for Hackers
All Critics (44) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (30) | DVD (4)
Hackers isn't a very good movie, but it's a darn sight more fun than The Net.
After the mechanics of the thriller plot start to kick in, the film drags. And when it's time for the big cyber-showdown, we're stuck, once again, with footage of frantic typing.
This is a movie that sums up the worst of the computer era: zapping you with techno-cliches and trapping you in constant visual crash and burn.
The story is negligible, but it offers the same order of fun as a good rock video: the marriage of images and music.
What's most grating about Hackers, however, is the guileless way the movie buys in to the computer-kid-as-elite-rebel mystique currently being peddled by magazines like Wired.
Without being any sort of miracle, this engaging and lively exploitation fantasy-thriller about computer hackers, anarchistic in spirit, succeeds at just about everything The Net failed to.
Audience Reviews for Hackers
Despite having a number of now-famous actors in it, Hackers is one of their earlier films and the acting is -- well, a hack job. Despite the bad makeup, there is nothing one can do to make a group of young twenty-somethings pass for 16 and 17 year old high school students -- nor did I see the point of setting the film in a high school. University students would have been more credible. The story is a bit stupid and it relies on an early home-PC audience not being very sophisticated in technology matters. (Some viewers may find this aspect of the film both nostalgic and hilarious -- who am I to judge?) Costumes were puzzling and distracting in their "edginess". (If that was even the goal?) The film is from 1995, but it had the 80's trash studio junk vibe. Still, it's a marginally fun movie that could be worth watching if you have nothing better to do or you're feeling too lazy to change the channel.
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Hackers is hi-LAR-ious because of the way it portrays the Internet. The hacking duels between Jonny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie are at once ridiculous and kinda sexy. A LOT of fun.
Super Reviewer
Attempted glamorisation of New York teen hackers fighting corporate greed comes off as a bit too cheeky. All racial stereotypes are represented though ...
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Hackers Quotes
| The Plague: | There is no right and wrong. There's only fun and boring. |
| Nikon: | I have photographic memory! It's a curse! |
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