| Swordfish (2001)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| John Travolta |
Gabriel Shear
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| Halle Berry |
Ginger Knowles
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| Hugh Jackman |
Stanley Jobson
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| Don Cheadle |
Agent J.T. Roberts
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| Sam Shepard |
Senator James Reisman
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| Vinnie Jones |
Marco
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| Drea de Matteo |
Melissa
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| Rudolf Martin |
Axl Torvalds
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| Zach Grenier |
Assistant Director Bill Joy
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| Camryn Grimes |
Holly Jobson
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| Plot |
| Swordfish is a superficial movie, so let's address the superficial facts: Halle Berry was well paid to bare her breasts in this gratuitous cyber-action thriller, and while Berry's many fans will enjoy a cheap drool at the actress's expense, her brief topless scene doesn't justify this insipid parade of glossy violence from the director of 2000's Gone in 60 Seconds. Add yet another notch in John Travolta's bad-movie belt, and you've got Hollywood bankruptcy in full blossom. Go ahead, marvel at director Dominic Sena's biggest money shot--a 360-degree pan as a robbery hostage is blown to bits by a bomb that pelts a surrounding SWAT squad with deadly ball bearings. The plot, as if it matters: Travolta's a slick, self-appointed antiterrorist who recruits a top-flight computer hacker (Hugh Jackman) to transfer a $9.5 billion government slush fund into a cluster of secret accounts. Berry's the curvaceous bait who lures Jackman into the scheme; Don Cheadle's an FBI agent hot on their tails; and an obligatory subplot turns Jackman's daughter (Camryn Grimes) into an innocent bargaining chip. By the time a hostage transport bus is airlifted in the film's not-so-thrilling climax, Swordfish will hold your passive attention or put you to sleep--it all depends on your tolerance for Sena's brand of derivative bloodlust. It's pornography of a sort, and efficiently mechanical, but you can bet good money that Berry and her costars didn't cash their paychecks proudly. --Jeff Shannon |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Action; Crime; Thriller |
| Director |
Dominic Sena |
| Producer |
Joel Silver; Paul Winze; Jonathan D. Krane |
| Writer |
Skip Woods |
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| Studio |
Warner Bros. |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
| Running Time |
99 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
6/4/2001 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
777 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
8/31/2006 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
1.85:1 |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
085392132225 |
| Chapters |
29 |
| Release Date |
6/1/2004 |
| Subtitles |
English; French; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Snap Case |
| Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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Feature-Length Audio Commentary by Director Dominic Sena Behind-The-Scenes Documentaries The Making Of Swordfish and The Effects In Focus 2 Alternate Endings Interactive Menus Theatrical Trailer Scene Access
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