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Swordfish

starring: John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Sam Shepard
directed by: Dominic Sena

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790761459
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790761459
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 01, 2004
Running Time: 99 minutes
Sales Rank: 3872
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2001



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Product Description:
A $9-billion payday. If they can hack it. A sinister mastermind and his elite criminal crew attempt the catch of a lifetime: the daring cyberheist of a government slush fund code-named swordfish. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 12/09/2008 Starring: John Travolta Halle Berry Run time: 99 minutes Rating: R Director: Dominic Sena

Amazon.com:
Swordfish is a superficial movie, so let's address the superficial facts: Halle Berry was well paid to bare her breasts in this gratuitous cyber-action thriller, and while Berry's many fans will enjoy a cheap drool at the actress's expense, her brief topless scene doesn't justify this insipid parade of glossy violence from the director of 2000's Gone in 60 Seconds. Add yet another notch in John Travolta's bad-movie belt, and you've got Hollywood bankruptcy in full blossom. Go ahead, marvel at director Dominic Sena's biggest money shot--a 360-degree pan as a robbery hostage is blown to bits by a bomb that pelts a surrounding SWAT squad with deadly ball bearings.

The plot, as if it matters: Travolta's a slick, self-appointed antiterrorist who recruits a top-flight computer hacker (Hugh Jackman) to transfer a $9.5 billion government slush fund into a cluster of secret accounts. Berry's the curvaceous bait who lures Jackman into the scheme; Don Cheadle's an FBI agent hot on their tails; and an obligatory subplot turns Jackman's daughter (Camryn Grimes) into an innocent bargaining chip. By the time a hostage transport bus is airlifted in the film's not-so-thrilling climax, Swordfish will hold your passive attention or put you to sleep--it all depends on your tolerance for Sena's brand of derivative bloodlust. It's pornography of a sort, and efficiently mechanical, but you can bet good money that Berry and her costars didn't cash their paychecks proudly. --Jeff Shannon



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 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 ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Lousy, dumb, stupid Travolta/Berry/Jackman movie
Wow, this was one terrible movie. The gratuitous violence during the car chase was absolutely over-done. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Jeff Shannon sucks.
When I read the poorly written crybaby review Jeff Shannon used to inform potentially interested viewers ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Not great, but entertaining
I think I mainly liked this movie for the great blu-ray clarity and the fact that it wasn't your typical ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Meh
Well, I'm seeing this movie about seven years after its premiere so that should tell you something. I'm pretty ... Read More

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