Swordfish

  • Theatrical - Wide 2001-06-08
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

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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

Review Date: Director: Dominic Sena Writer: Skip Woods Producers: Joel Silver, Jonathan Krane, Paul Winze Actors: John Travolta as Gabriel Shear Hugh Jackman as Stanley Jobson Halle Berry as Ginger Plot: A down-and-out hacker gets “recruited” by an eccentric terrorist...

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Review Date: Director: Dominic Sena Writer: Skip Woods Producers: Joel Silver, Jonathan Krane, Paul Winze Actors: John Travolta as Gabriel Shear Hugh Jackman as Stanley Jobson Halle Berry as Ginger Plot: A down-and-out hacker gets “recruited” by an eccentric terrorist...