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Swordfish (2001)
IMDb Rating 6.2
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
John Travolta Gabriel Shear
Halle Berry Ginger Knowles
Hugh Jackman Stanley Jobson
Don Cheadle Agent J.T. Roberts
Sam Shepard Senator James Reisman
Vinnie Jones Marco
Drea de Matteo Melissa
Rudolf Martin Axl Torvalds
Zach Grenier Assistant Director Bill Joy
Camryn Grimes Holly Jobson
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
Studio Warner Bros.
Country USA
Language English
Audience Rating R (Restricted)
Running Time 99 mins
Movie Release Date 6/4/2001
Color Color
Personal Details
Format DVD
Seen It Yes
Index 777
Collection Status In Collection
Purchase Date 8/31/2006
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
Extra Features
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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