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Hackers [DVD] [1996]

DVD ~ Iain Softley
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  • Actors: Iain Softley, Jonny Lee Miller, Jesse Bradford, Matthew Lillard, Laurence Mason
  • Directors: Iain Softley
  • Writers: Rafael Moreu
  • Producers: Iain Softley, Janet Graham, Michael Peyser, Ralph Winter, Selwyn Roberts
  • Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English, Italian, Japanese, Russian
  • Subtitles: English, German, French, Danish, Spanish, Swedish, Polish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: MGM Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 1 Feb 2000
  • Run Time: 108 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CTXQ
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 9,794 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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As a depiction of the computer-hacker underground, this movie is bogus to the bone. As a thriller, it's cartoonish and conventional. The premise (computer-happy kids hack into the wrong system, and the Forces of Repression come after them) is recycled from John Badham's 1983 WarGames. And the corporate-creep bad guy, played by Fisher Stevens, steeples his fingers and growls mossy villainous clichés. ("By the time they realize the truth, we'll be long gone with all the money.") For all its postmodern trappings the movie is working with sub-prehistoric storytelling tools. But it does succeed on one level, as a movie about adolescent bonding and alienation. The director, Iain Softley, helmed the Beatles-in-Hamburg biopic Backbeat, and he seems to have an instinct for the emotions that pull kids together around common interests and the insecurities that drive them apart. The familiar crises of loyalty and betrayal have an ache of real loneliness. It doesn't hurt that the two stars, Jonny Lee Miller (Sick Boy in Trainspotting) and Angelina Jolie (Gia), are just about equally gorgeous and charismatic; their longing glances steam up the screen. --David Chute

Special Features
2.35 Wide Screen
16:9 Wide Screen
French\German\Italian\Spanish
English\German
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 English French German Italian Spanish
Dolby Digital 5.1
Booklet
Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Menu Screens
Chapter Search


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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Hack the planet!, 5 Feb 2004
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Hackers is a thrilling, vibrant journey into the world of cyber-culture and the computer hacker. Dade Murphy (Johnny Lee Miller) is a shy, socially inept computer whizz-kid who moves to New York with his mother, and soon mixes up with the ballsy Kate Libby (a young Angelina Jolie) and a gang of elite hackers (including Matthew Liliard) in a major electronic heist. These group of characters are the heart and soul of the movie, and it's hard not to enjoy their exploits as they take you through a subculture that has barely been touched by other mainstream movies - some people don't know it even exists. If you're one of those, you're in for a shock.

Director Ian Softley handles preceedings well, and even blurs the line between fantasy and reality by showing how the hackers see the world as a labyrinth of computer connections. The film has a harsh sense of humour too, and demonstrates just how powerful a computer hacker can be. The film also boasts a terrific soundtrack, featuring the best of Underworld, The Prodigy and Leftfield among others.

Although the dialogue and plot can be dodgy in some moments, Hackers is definitely an original and well-crafted movie adventure.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite film!, 25 Aug 2003
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I've watched this film so many times, and I never get bored with it. I do want to put one thing straight. SOME of the hacking isn't true to life, but a large part is. Think...this film is almost 10 years old now. Back then there were no firewalls and anti-virus was laughable, so a lot of the stuff done is really very doable. To think of the stars this film launched. Johnny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Matthew Lillard. All big names now. Oh, and check the blink and you'll miss it cameo of Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics. He's the London hacker at the end of the film.

Best bits:
When the pool on the roof leaks
When they get Agent Gill back
Razor and Blade!
The Plague (the guy is an underrated actor!)

Worst bits:
Playing Wipeout...why?
Cerial Killer's obviously cardboard pager
Joey's computer flicking between a laptop and desktop (check it)
Those awful 3D towers that represent the operating system

To sum up...overlook some of the cringeworthy bits, because this is a great film. Oh...and it will make you want to be a hacker!

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18 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Man, what a film. Some may say it's innacurate., 28 Oct 2001
Well this is film is awesome. I first saw this about 2 years ago and now I try to watch it every week! Angelina Jolie plays a Hacker gurl names Kate Libby, who teams up with Dade Murphy(Johnny Lee Miller). Many Hackers have commmented on the innacuracy of this film to the real world of Hacking, yeah I agree. I am a hacker myself (please not only on my own network!!) I know that the glass computers and the cybercity bits just ain't what happens! Anyway back to the film, Dade and Kate along with Phreak (Renoly Santiago) Joey (Jesse Bradford) Cereal (Matthew Lillard) and Nikon (Laurence Mason) are blamed on the Da vinci virus which is the coverup of a worm launched by The Plague (Fisher Stevens). Well anyway I won't give anymore away as I don't want to spoil it for you. Well I would highly recommend purchasing this DVD or video! I got this on DVD which with the added bonus of the trailer is true bargin! An is great value for money for such an excellent film. I'm in the process of creating a fan-site for the film, if you require more details of this or want to know more about the film then please feel free to E-mail me. Well finaly I would like to say that this is my fave film of all time and when I saw this on DVD I got it straight away it's a film that can be enjoyed by all (it's rated a 12 so not quite everyone) and is likely to get you hooked to the extent where you could watch it many times! Thanx!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hackers
Great Film, really quirky and lots of fun, very retro, check out the computers and the phone link up, ahhhh we all remember those days. Read more
Published 5 months ago by S. Cantlow

5.0 out of 5 stars A true classic and must-see
Their only crime was curiosity

Probably THE best film from the 90s. I've lost count of the number of times I've watched this since I got the DVD (if I don't watch... Read more

Published on 17 Feb 2006 by Kerry

3.0 out of 5 stars Computers on the TV
For me at least this is the original computer movie, a few have followed and a few came before, but this is the defining movie. Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2005 by aceadrian

5.0 out of 5 stars !-->My Favourite Movie<--!
Hackers is my favourite movie of all time!
-Their only crime was curiosity-
It is impossible to find a movie nowdays as good as those from the 90's. Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2004 by G

5.0 out of 5 stars Nostalgia
THIS FILM IS INCREDIBLE, i have seen it hundreds of times now, it sums up the generation i grew up in the sound track is amazing....Prodigy anyone? Read more
Published on 20 Sep 2003 by jamp5

4.0 out of 5 stars Cringe and adore it
As a film, Hackers is far from perfect. Extended techno cut scenes that go no further than being painfully melodramatic, unrealistic computer graphics and annoying side-kick... Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2003 by redstarwatch

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly excellent
This film is probably one of my favourites. Even if the technological side of things isn't true to life, it doesn't matter. Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2003 by accipiti_praeceptor

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly excellent
This really is one of my favourite films, even if the hacking is not true to life! The cast is excellent, and the storyline is lighthearted and enjoyable. Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2003 by accipiti_praeceptor

1.0 out of 5 stars Techno Pants!
I must have seen a different film to the other reviewers here. This was terrible - Angelina Jolie probably wants to forget she ever had anything to do with it, and I wonder if... Read more
Published on 20 Jul 2003 by least toughest in the infants

5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING!!!!
this is a lush movie, into comps. or not it rocks!!! its funny cool and just all round lush i wore my tape out thats how lush it is and ive just brought the dvd version!!! Read more
Published on 27 April 2003 by xxdizzyblondexx

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