Swordfish

Name: Swordfish
Cast: John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Vinnie Jones

Theatrical - Wide 2001-06-08

Cast John Travolta Hugh Jackman Halle Berry Don Cheadle Vinnie Jones
Directed by Dominic Sena
Written by Skip Woods

Box Office Gross: $147,080,413

Running Time: 99 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Village Roadshow Pictures, Silver Pictures, Jonathan Krane Group, NPV Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures

Genres: Action Crime Thriller

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7/10

Synopsis

Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. Enter... See more Stanley Jobson, a n’er-do-well encryption expert who can log into anything.

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Swordfish

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