Hackers

"Their crime is curiosity."

1995 1h 45m EN

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6.4

MID

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34%

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METACRITIC

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6.2

IMDB

★6.4TMDB · 1,563🥫34%Rotten Tomatoes●46Metacritic★6.2IMDB · 81,209

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Synopsis

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Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discovers a plot by a nefarious hacker, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus.

“Their crime is curiosity.”

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Cast

Jonny Lee Miller
Dade Murphy / 'Crash Override' / 'Zero Cool'
Angelina Jolie
Kate Libby / 'Acid Burn'
Matthew Lillard
Emmanuelle Goldstein / 'Cereal Killer'
Jesse Bradford
Joey Pardella
Renoly Santiago
Ramon Sanchez / 'Phantom Phreak'
Laurence Mason
Paul Cook / 'Lord Nikon'
Fisher Stevens
Eugene Belford / 'The Plague' / Mr. Babbage
Lorraine Bracco
Margo

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Iain Softley
Writers: Rafael Moreu
Languages: English, Italian, Japanese, Russian
Countries: United States of America, United Kingdom

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 38% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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2 / 8

ERA

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31 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, Italian, Japanese, Russian.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, United Kingdom.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Iain Softley, shot by Andrzej Sekula. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Simon Boswell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Martin Walsh shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Jonny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie and Matthew Lillard carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Iain Softley directs. Andrzej Sekula behind the camera. Simon Boswell scores. Martin Walsh cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America, United Kingdom. Dialogue in English, Italian, Japanese, Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 38% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
231 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, Italian, Japanese, Russian.
4International production across 2 countries: United States of America, United Kingdom.
5Directed by Iain Softley, shot by Andrzej Sekula. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Simon Boswell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Martin Walsh shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Jonny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie and Matthew Lillard carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Their crime is curiosity.".
10IMDB entry: tt0113243 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 16 themes, including "new york city", "computer", "hacker", "computer virus".

The technical file

Cinematography: Andrzej Sekula
Original score: Simon Boswell
Editing: Martin Walsh
Production design: John Beard
Costume design: Roger Burton
Sound: John Hayward
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $7,563,728
Return: 38% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Hackers (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes: 34% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 46/100
IMDB rating: 6.2/10 · 81,209 votes
MPAA: PG-13

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DoryDarko2017-02-21
★ 8/10
God, this movie is bad. And it's so much fun I can hardly stand it. Reasons why you should watch Hackers, in no particular order: - A steaming 20-something Angelina Jolie, - A bleach-blonde Jonny Lee Miller (hubba hubba), - An ever awesome Matthew Lillard, who cranked his Lillardness up to 11, - A duo of DJ/hackers named Razor and Blade (feel free to cry), - An awesome and totally cliché GenX soundtrack, - "It's 1995 so we have to make an Eddie Vedder reference" (and it's totally awesome), - Fisher Stevens who acts out his entire part as if he's on steroids, - Did I mention Angelina Jolie? Does this movie have any basis in any realm of conceivable realism? Nope. Is this even what actual hacking looks like? Oh puh-lease! Is it everything you could wish for in an hour and a half of pleasurable suspension of disbelief? Absolutely. Hackers is sexy and silly and every good kind of bad. I gave you my recommendation. If you don't like this movie then there's nothing I can do about it. (February 2017)
tmdb154355192021-05-04
★ 7/10
Outdated and more than a bit quirky, but a fun watch and a film that I honestly thought was hilarious.