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  • Actors: John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Sam Shepard
  • Directors: Dominic Sena
  • Producers: Anson Downes, Bruce Berman, Dan Cracchiolo, Jim Van Wyck, Joel Silver
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language English, French
  • Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 30 Oct 2001
  • Run Time: 99 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00003CY0V
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 23,983 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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The sort of action thriller for which the phrase "high octane" could have been conceived, Swordfish stars John Travolta as Gabriel Shear, an enigmatic criminal operator who is as admired as he is feared. Using sexy sidekick Ginger (Halle Berry) as bait, he pressgangs Stanley Jobson, (Hugh Jackman) the world's greatest computer hacker, into helping him relieve the world banking system of a few billion dollars to finance his own enterprises. Jackman agrees, on the promise that Travolta will help him regain custody of his daughter.

The numerous explosions and set-piece exchanges of high calibre gunfire tend at times to blowholes in the narrative fabric and sense of Swordfish, a film that nonetheless engages through its extravagant silliness. Vinnie Jones is under-used as a fearsome minder, a close-up of Halle Berry's breasts isn't entirely integral to the plotline, while Travolta enjoys himself as the dapper ringmaster of this orgy of techno-chaos, especially in scenes in which he blasts away a brace of pursuing assassins with improbable aplomb and during his opening, Tarantino-esque monologue. By the end, he has shown himself in his apparently true colours in such a way that events of September 11, 2001--although made prior to them--lent the film an eerie sense of prescience. --David Stubbs

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41 of 57 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars No swords or fish but no surprise there, 22 Dec 2001
This review is from: Swordfish [DVD] [2001] (DVD)
John Travolta stars in this film as the laid back ganstar type. Big cash, big cars, beautiful girls. But when he gets a hacker caught up in his work, the world spins out of control.
Travolta gets a role he finally fits well. After his recent 'successes' like Battlefield Earth, this gives people a chance to reflect what he can really do when given the right role.
The plot is a deep a intricate journey taking you on rolleroaster ride of women, guns and explosives. But despite what I make it out to be there is a very visable plot in there.
The action is all it is suppossed to be cracked up to be with scenes like Travolta riding a covertable with twin pistols leaning out of the window and making a mess of the clean streets.
Although some parts owe themselves to the Matrix (.i.e. the bullet time sequence used in the first five minutes) it is still an excellent film. A must for all action addicts.
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14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars **** UNDER-RATED ****, 15 Oct 2002
By Mr. N. Carnegie (Kirkcaldy, Scotland, UK.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Swordfish [DVD] [2001] (DVD)
Ignore the negative reviews for this movie. It is much better than many of the critics would have you believe and [...] you could do far worse than to add this to your collection!

Unlike many other reviewers, I don't want to spoil this movie for you by telling you too much about the plot or describing in perfect detail some of the best scenes in the movie but what I will tell you is...

1) Yes, it's true, Dominic Sena's last directorial effort Gone In Sixty Seconds was a MAJOR dissapointment BUT SWORDFISH ISN'T!!! It's a good movie!
2) Travolta is reliably good
3) Halle Berry is very good
4) Don Cheadle is underused and
5) Hugh Jackman is a major star in the making.
6) The now infamous scene of Halle Berry topless was probably unnecessary and perhaps gratuitous (but hey, she's a good looking woman with a good body). Sorry, did I say good? I meant great...but if this is the only reason why you'd watch this movie, then you really do need to get a life.
7) This was one of the better films of the summer.
8) It is neither formulaic nor does it lack ambition. Unlike most movies of this genre it challenges it's audience to excercise the old grey matter and it's got a half-decent twist.
9) Vinnie Jones is undeniably rubbish. He has about two lines and unfortunately for him they are probably the two worst written in the whole movie.

Sure it has some faults, like did they run out of money for FX when they shot the scene of the bus landing on the roof? And the change of pace and edit from past events back to present was badly thought out and jarred a bit. BUT you know what? I liked this movie and the directorial set-piece that everybody wants to spoil for you by describing it to you in every detail is excellent. I only wish the moviemakers had been able to take that extra step and made a great rather than good movie. Buy some popcorn, kick back and enjoy this one on a Saturday night at home in front of the TV...

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30 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Password Accepted, 14 Feb 2002
By N. Williams "the_shakermaker" (Hull) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Swordfish [DVD] [2001] (DVD)
Wow! what more can i say about swordfish to really sum up my feelings. This film has achieved what few other films have managed over previous years, it's high-octane, stunning hacker thriller. Not an easy job when all's said and done. Obviously some criticms can be levelled at swordfish, true, Halle Berry's topless scene adds little to the plot and the car chase is a bit unrealistic, but let's be honest, it wouldn't be a particularly good film if the lead characters got killed halfway through (except pulp fiction!), because that would bring something of a halt to the action dont you think? Once again, John Travolta clearly has great fun playing the villain and does a terrific job being dark, charismatic and a generally great character as Gabriel Shear. The film also has some stunning setpieces which include the opening 3-D matrix style explosion, and a final getaway scene that really is terrific! If you can ignore the little niggles that nitpickers have obviously spent hours looking for because they didn't like the film and had no excuse, then you can sit down and enjoy one of the most clever thrillers of recent years. This film won't disappoint.
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4.0 out of 5 stars High On Action And Stars.
Swordfish is a great movie, filled with action and highly known stars that are still doing well in Hollywood. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ms. J. F. Gilby

2.0 out of 5 stars Not credible, nor convincing
This movie makes a lot of promises all along, but does not manage to materialize them.
Despite some special effects (not all so special in fact), stunting, violence, a bit... Read more
Published 8 months ago by F. Panin

3.0 out of 5 stars Trying to be cool
This is a seriously flawed movie. It so wants to be cool, but misses the target by a long way. Sure its fits the critera of a high octane movie, but it has no soul. Read more
Published 10 months ago by S J Buck

5.0 out of 5 stars Total pap - steer clear
I was thinking how I might best deliver the vitriol and contempt I hold for this film. Fortunately the previous reviewer has provided me with so many points which aren't true that... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mitya

4.0 out of 5 stars Tricksy wellmade thriller
Possibly the best first 8 minutes I've seen in a long while kick this off. The club scene, wrong but weirdly sexy. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Eve

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Film
Hugh Jackman is just georgous in this film...this is definately one of his best films.
Travolta is a egomanic who wants to rid the world of terrorists, but doing things the... Read more
Published 19 months ago by R. Gilchrist

4.0 out of 5 stars Love a good film like this.
Thought this film was really great. I really enjoyed it as it was intense at times and throughout it, this happens very rarely to me i have to be honest, I was wanting to watch it... Read more
Published on 10 Jul 2007 by Butters

3.0 out of 5 stars The baddies are the goodies in this film
Not a great movie but has enough to entertain. That said, there were some decent ideas behind the silly stuff, (unneeded and poorly produced fluff such as:bad explosion scenes,... Read more
Published on 2 Jul 2007 by Jay

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!!!
This movie was on TV last night and I put it on because nothing else was on. Well I was really impressed and had to buy it on DVD! Read more
Published on 22 April 2007 by K. L. Winyard

2.0 out of 5 stars Hardly believable and highly forgettable
A not too complicated film about good guys and bad guys. Some of the scenes are hardly believable, eg. Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2007 by Sonia

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