She started acting when she was 7 years old in a movie that starred here father in the lead role. The year was 1982. Her first lead role would be 11 years later in a lousy Sci Fi thriller called Cyborg 2 followed by an even worse movie called Without Evidence in 1995 where she played a bit part. Hackers was her fourth movie and I haven’t seen the other 3 that I spoke about. Thank God we have seen Angelina Jolie in movies that have been released in a little over a decade. That she has been inclined towards the action / science fiction / adventure genre of movies is not a worry at all. She is in fact probably the only woman who can really pull it off amongst the current crop of actresses that we have. But that doesn’t change the fact that 16 years back, she could not have been called an actress. The crappy script and the even more horrible direction doesn’t really help her out here. But a little under ten movies down the road, she came up with a performance of a lifetime in Girl, Interrupted (must watch for those who haven’t). So all of you out there who have had a really bad run to begin with – persistence pays. And yes, it helps to have a dad who has been around in the circuit for a while – no insult meant to your acting capabilities at all Ms. Jolie. One has to make the most of the luck factor as well.
“Zero Cool” is the screen name that is used by seven year old Dade Murphy who has taken to computers like a fish to water (could not think of a better line folks – very corny I know). So much so that at this tender age he has the capability of hacking into some of the most secure systems – whatever existed of those in the late 80s – in the US of A. But his luck runs out and soon enough he finds himself in a trial room where the prosecution makes mince meat out of him mercilessly and other than a hefty fine that is imposed on his parents, he is legally banned from being seen around a computer till he is eighteen years old – OUCH!!! That’s harsh. How he manages to stay in touch with the fast moving technology during that time of the world and get to age 18 as “Crash Override” (Jonny Lee Miller) can be understood, only by the director of the movie. When he moves schools he bumps into the much sought after beauty on campus (aargh – Angeliine @ age 18 without cosmetic surgery used to look quite ugly I must say) – Kate Libby (Angelina Jolie) who uses the opportunity to yank his chain like anyone would do with a fresher in school. A few altercations later and more importantly when Dade understands that Libby goes by the screen name of “Acid Burn” is when the two are forced to work together to help a fellow hacker who has been arrested by the FBI.
A barrage of tech dialogues that are absolutely unfriendly even to the biggest of geeks is only the beginning of the list of flaws that in Hackers. The costumes are atrocious but pardonable since the 90s were the most forgettable decade in fashion. Editing and direction are all but absent. And so is acting. So is there anything worth looking forward to here? Not really. And honestly, I tried my best to transpose my brains to 1995 to figure out if there were any pardonable errors. But I came a cropper. When you think hard you realize that a movie like Back To The Future was made in 1985 – a decade before this and yet was so much better in execution. Undeniably a super crappy movie. Playing these days on one of the movie channels. Cannot remember which one. Choose any other movie cause it would be tough to get as low as this one. 2 on 10 and I am being very generous.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2444991257/
“Zero Cool” is the screen name that is used by seven year old Dade Murphy who has taken to computers like a fish to water (could not think of a better line folks – very corny I know). So much so that at this tender age he has the capability of hacking into some of the most secure systems – whatever existed of those in the late 80s – in the US of A. But his luck runs out and soon enough he finds himself in a trial room where the prosecution makes mince meat out of him mercilessly and other than a hefty fine that is imposed on his parents, he is legally banned from being seen around a computer till he is eighteen years old – OUCH!!! That’s harsh. How he manages to stay in touch with the fast moving technology during that time of the world and get to age 18 as “Crash Override” (Jonny Lee Miller) can be understood, only by the director of the movie. When he moves schools he bumps into the much sought after beauty on campus (aargh – Angeliine @ age 18 without cosmetic surgery used to look quite ugly I must say) – Kate Libby (Angelina Jolie) who uses the opportunity to yank his chain like anyone would do with a fresher in school. A few altercations later and more importantly when Dade understands that Libby goes by the screen name of “Acid Burn” is when the two are forced to work together to help a fellow hacker who has been arrested by the FBI.
A barrage of tech dialogues that are absolutely unfriendly even to the biggest of geeks is only the beginning of the list of flaws that in Hackers. The costumes are atrocious but pardonable since the 90s were the most forgettable decade in fashion. Editing and direction are all but absent. And so is acting. So is there anything worth looking forward to here? Not really. And honestly, I tried my best to transpose my brains to 1995 to figure out if there were any pardonable errors. But I came a cropper. When you think hard you realize that a movie like Back To The Future was made in 1985 – a decade before this and yet was so much better in execution. Undeniably a super crappy movie. Playing these days on one of the movie channels. Cannot remember which one. Choose any other movie cause it would be tough to get as low as this one. 2 on 10 and I am being very generous.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2444991257/
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