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Sandra Bullock
as Angela Bennett

Jeremy Northam
as Jack Devlin

Dennis Miller
as Dr. Alan Champion

Diane Baker
as Mrs. Bennett

Wendy Gazelle
as Imposter

Ken Howard
as Bergstrom

Ray McKinnon
as Dale

Daniel Schorr
as WNN Anchor

L. Scott Caldwell
as Public defender

Robert Gossett
as Ben Phillips

Kristina Krofft
as First Nurse

Tony Perez
as Mexican Doctor

Margo Winkler
as Mrs. Raines

Gene Kirkwood
as Stan Whiteman

Julia Pearlstein
as 2nd Nurse

Juan García
as Resort Desk Clerk

Christopher Darga
as Cop

Charles Winkler
as Cop

Rick Snyder
as Russ Melbourne

Gerald Berns
as Jeff Gregg

Tannis Benedict
as Elevator Woman

Vaughn Armstrong
as Trooper

Wren T. Brown
as Trooper

Lynn Blades
as Remote Reporter

Israel Juarbe
as Thief

Julia Vera
as Mexican Nun

Lewis Dix Jr.
as FedEx Man

Lili Flanders
as Embassy Worker

Adam Winkler
as Computer Nerd

Brian E. Frankish
as Shuttle Driver

Wanda Lee Evans
as Desk Sergeant

Kerry Kilbride
as WNN Reporter

Roland Branford Gomez
as Limo Driver

Melvin Thompson
as Fire Official

Rich Bracco
as Fireman

Lucy Butler
as Female Officer

John Livingston
as Computer Technician

David Winkler
as Computer Technician

Cam Brainard
as Computer Technician

Dennis Richmond
as Newscaster

Elaine Corral Kendall
as Newscaster

Alfredo Lopez
as Guitar Player

Thomas Crawford
as Waiter

John Cappon
as ICU Doctor

Barbara Abedi
as CCU Nurse

Kevin Brown
as The Bunny

Hope M. Parrish
as Security Officer

William B. Hill
as Security Officer

Danny Breen
as Supervisor

Andrew Amador
as Dermot Conley

Melissa Bomes
as Reservation Clerk

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• Jul 26, 2017

  Now this was a blast from the past, my teenage years (I was 17 at the time). It might seem crazy these days but I distinctly remember watching this in the cinema with a friend, and both of us scoffing at how ridiculous the movies premise was. The whole idea of the internet (something that was more of a joke back then) being able to bring down someone's entire life. The idea of people actually having portable computers and being able to use them, online! everywhere! The idea of someone's life revolving around a computer...or more specifically the net, was at the time almost inconceivable (unless you were rich). Yes these were simpler times my friends, back before the internet was an integral part of people's lives, or before the internet was even taken seriously. Hell back then movies like this were the only introduction some people had to the, so called, information highway. This and movies like 'The Lawnmower Man' were pretty much the only things most common people saw of the internet, hence why we all thought it was a gimmicky flash in the pan. Even British videogames TV show [i]GamesMaster[/i] would mock the internet with its limited abilities at the time. We were told one day we'd all be surfing the net, we all ridiculed the notion, how wrong we were. Anyway the movie. Systems analyst Angela Bennett (Sandra Bullock) is accidentally drawn into the dark world of cyber terrorism when her work college sends her sensitive information on a floppy disk (remember those?!). The information revolves around the death of the US Secretary of Defense and a large software company CEO, Jeff Gregg. Whilst on holiday Bennett gets wined and dined by mysterious British gent Jack Devlin whom she starts to have feelings for. But before she knows it this British gent is trying to kill her so he can get his hands on this disk. Following a nasty accident where Bennett tries to escape Devlin, she awakes in hospital to discover her life has been deleted. Bennett must now try and find help to recover her life, evade Devlin, and uncover the truth on the disk. Yeah so the plot is your typical computer hacking/expert, on the run type affair which is now a dated concept. This idea was quite new at the time but director Irwin Winkler really tapped into the public's interest by utilising the newfangled internet contraption. The internet wasn't unheard of at the time of course, but it was intriguing to the masses and was used a lot to present an exciting new angle to movies. It was almost like an unexplored universe and Hollywood wasn't gonna let it slip by without milking its every potential. The other main draw for this movie was actress Sandra Bullock who was literally the biggest thing in Hollywood between 1993 - 1995. Hot off a trilogy of blockbusting hits that were 'Demolition Man', 'Speed' and 'While You Were Sleeping', Bullock could do no wrong. She was America's sweetheart with her adorable, girl next door looks and squeaky clean image. People just went to movies starring Bullock, no questions asked, she was huge. This movie also used the highly unpopular nerd image which was still something to mock at the time. Nowadays nerds are all the rage but back in the day oh no, being a nerd was not cool. But what baffled people even more was the introduction to a sexy female nerd, this was virtually unheard of at the time. This did present a problem for the movie simply because no one believed a sexy female could be a whizz-kid on computers or a nerd. Especially Bullock who was Hollywood's new darling leading lady. And admittedly it is hard to believe Bullock in this role because she simply doesn't look like she understands what shes talking about half the time. She also looks surprisingly unathletic considering her previous action movies, she kinda sleepwalks through this looking bored. Looking back now this movie is fun simply to see all the retro hardware and early programs in action. All these chunky laptops, very basic net page layouts, disk swapping and loading etc...it does bring back many memories. The action is kinda sparse but reasonably thrilling I suppose, it was never gonna be a violent movie with Bullock in the lead. Bullock was the queen of PG-13/12 rated movies. So the movie cuts away for any violence and there is little profanity, if any. Jeremy Northam is easily the best thing about the film with his devilishly charming contract killer, probably why his character is called Devlin. In the end this is a very safe and harmless action thriller that didn't want to rock the boat for its leading lady. Bullock is still cute and cuddly while under the stress of being hunted down by a hitman. Being a movie about computers director Winkler obviously couldn't pass up a chance to film at the Macworld/iWorld trade show in San Francisco. So naturally the tense unrealistic finale is shot there. It is hilarious to watch Bennett downloading/uploading such large chunks of data onto floppy disks just in the nick of time. I'm just gonna assume that the trade show would have had the best of the best computers on show so that made it possible. Its all very silly, cutesy and charming these days, so amusing to think this was a big serious release back in the day.
  Phil H Super Reviewer
• Jun 11, 2014

  Sandra Bullock stars as a computer geek who unwittingly stumbles onto some vague internet conspiracy (" we know everything about you so now we control your life, nya-ha-ha!"), which for us translates into her simply being menaced by Jeremy Northam for an hour or so, only broken up every now and again with folks looking amazed at old style computer screens. Story = one star, Sandra ( I STILL like her) = one star.
  Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
• Mar 30, 2013

  It may seem preposterous in today's view, but it's a great thriller about the danger of technology. Starring Sandra Bullock as a computer programmer who must not let the wrong hands get on a top secret software.
  

  Sylvester K Super Reviewer
• Jun 23, 2011

  Good film! I love Sandra Bullocks work she's an amazing actress!
  Bethany M Super Reviewer

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