SWORDFISH |
2001 |
This film begins with John Travolta giving a little speech criticizing realism in films these days. Oh, the irony. It's never made completely clear who or what Travolta plays in this, just that he has lots of money and guns and he apparently wants more money and guns. He hires a has-been super hacker, new Aussie star Hugh Jackman, to help him hack into the World Banc (I think) to steal $9 billion dollars of government slush fund money. Halle Berry fits into this as Travolta's girlfriend and Don Cheadle is the FBI agent tracking all of them. As you can probably guess, the plot is confusing and convoluted by the film's flashiness and sheer stupidity. And hey, I was able to follow the first Mission: Impossible and Memento no problem, so its not like I missed something. There are just a lot of dumb little things like Travolta driving a car with the steering on the right side. What is that all about? Is that supposed to make him more mysterious or something? And who can follow all that hacker lingo? To try to appeal to our intellectual side, the film attempts to make you ponder the relationship between morality and the price of freedom. Forget it. The one very cool Matrix-esque scene is about 10 minutes into the film and after that any time is a good time to run to the bathroom. You won't miss much.
Halle Berry's breasts, for which she was paid a half million dollars to reveal: 5 Stars |
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2 Stars |
CDF |