The Net | 
| Director: Irwin Winkler
Actors: Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam, Dennis Miller, Diane Baker, Wendy Gazelle
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  81 reviews
Sales Rank: 3931
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), Georgian (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
Picture Format: Array
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 114 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: D11619D
ISBN: 0800141768
UPC: 043396116191
EAN: 9780800141769
ASIN: 0800141768
Theatrical Release Date: July 28, 1995
Release Date: March 6, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
A RECLUSIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYST IS CAUGHT IN A WEB OF INTRIGUE AND DANGER WHEN SHE UNWITTINGLY FINDS THE SECRET BEHIND A POPULAR COMPUTER SECURITY PROGRAM. IT'S PROGRAMMERS HAVE CREATED A BACK DOOR, ENABLING THEM TO TAP INTO CLASSIFIED COMPUTER SYSTEMS.
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The Net, the first of Hollywood's big cyberthrillers of the mid-1990s, was also the most successful, thanks in large part to the natural appeal of star Sandra Bullock. Still riding high from Speed and While You Were Sleeping, Bullock plays a computer expert victimized by sinister cyberforces who steal her identity for reasons unknown. It's a clever combination of high-tech paranoia and Hitchcockian references (including Jeremy Northam as a romantic stranger named Devlin, after Cary Grant in Notorious). Film historians may look back someday on films like this--Roger Ebert calls them "hacksploitation"--to see what they reveal about our society's reaction to the increasing role of technology in our lives, just as we now study the fears of Communism and the atom bomb reflected in films of the 1950s. Dennis Miller and Diane Baker costar. --Jim Emerson
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Way better than I expected July 3, 2009
Bluewater cruiser (san diego, ca)
I'm not normally a big fan of Bullock and the rest are unknowns to me - but the plot was pretty good (and I'm a computer xpurt) and the editing very good, and the suspense really well handled.
 playability June 2, 2009
Mrs. B. Wilcock
Unfortunately when I came to play this is was not possible on my DVD/VHS combi - I didn't know there was region 1/region 2 info on the DVD and my combi is only films region 2 and it told me to eject. Was unable to find details of my order to return and also the delivery note and packaging had been shredded before I attempted to play this. However, I have now seen the film and rate this excellent suspense and content and also I am a fan of Sandra Bulloch. Would have wanted to know the above playing info before purchase as I know some items are from USA. Can return it to you for onward sale if you so require and advise me accordingly.
 One of Sandy's BEST films! April 9, 2009
R. Pepper (Los Angeles)
I love Sandra Bullock but some of her films are hit and miss with me. This is my favorite one so I wanted to write a brief review. I think she should take a break from comedies and do another really great suspense thriller like this. Sandra Bullock plays Angela Bennett and the film makes you go through the nightmare that she does if one day your identity was suddenly deleted. And let's face it, we are living in a time where technology is moving at such a rapid pace and everything is so easily accessible on the internet. All our information is stored in the computer and with a few clicks of the keys, you can become someone else. It's really scary to think about. And that is what happens to Angela after she stumbles upon a conspiracy involving a high-powered, rich CEO. Before she knows it, she's running for her life trying to prove to everyone who she really is while uncovering the truth. Angela is a smart, strong woman and you really feel her frustration at what is happening. You are rooting for her the entire way to win out in the end and for the bad guys to lose. I highly encourage people to check this film out. It may seem slightly dated, but still has a lot of merit about how dangerous computers can be if they fall into dangerous hands. You may also want to check out some other Sandra Bullock thrillers, Murder by Numbers and Premonition.
Suspense, Paroanoia Reign March 26, 2009
Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA)
The suspense is very good in this film. There is a lot of tension in this story which has strong paranoia running through it.
The story starts off slow but kicks in pretty soon and stays that way, making it an involving movie for the viewer. That's why I give it a pretty good rating - the movie gets you involved in it. Sandra Bullock is more cute than annoying, which she normally is to me, so this is my highest-rated movie with her in it.
It is a typical Bullock movie in which she plays a mousy (but profane) woman who is in trouble but finds a way to survive and be the hero. Sound familiar? There also are plenty of holes in this story and certain things just don't add up but overall it is a very entertaining film and definitely recommended.
IF YOU LOVE COMPUTERS, YOU WILL LOVE THIS FLICK March 18, 2009
Noel Serrano (Tampa, Florida United States)
A fellow analyst from Cathedral Software, Dale, sends Angela Bennett (Sandra Bullock) a program on a disk that when run displays a peculiar symbol ( ) in the lower-right corner. Dale instructs Angela to hold the CTRL and SHIFT buttons while clicking the symbol, revealing that it gives the user entry point access to government and military computer systems. It is learned 'they' have recently implemented a newly developed piece of illegitimate 'protection' software called The GateKeeper System and this is what the film hinges upon.
On vacation in Mexico, Jack Devlin (Jeremy Northam) acquaints himself with Angela under the pretense that he is just another computer hacker on vacation. He is later revealed to have been sent by a cyber-terrorist group within Cathedral Software known as the Praetorians. Jack tries to steal the computer disk she has with her that contains the program permitting entry to other computer systems, displayed in the first scenes of the film, but she escapes. Angela then learns just what the Praetorians are capable of with the GateKeeper's backdoor. When she tries to re-enter the United States, Angela discovers that her identity has been changed by the hackers who are stalking her, and she is now listed as "Ruth Marx," a convicted prostitute with a string of drug offenses.
Now a wanted felon, Angela goes on the run. As her life revolves almost exclusively around her work, and her mother (Diane Baker) suffers from Alzheimer's, she is unable to find anyone who can identify her. Finally, she contacts her former lover and psychiatrist (Dennis Miller), but he is also murdered as a result of the hackers' machinations.
Desperate to escape the 'net,' Angela sneaks into the Cathedral office where the hacker is thought to be located. She identifies one of the hackers, the real Ruth Marx (Wendy Gazelle), now using Angela's identity, and contrives to uncover the master plan of the Praetorians, which is to install their own 'Gatekeeper' software into the mainframes of several government and military computer systems. Angela sets off the fire alarm and manages to copy all of the evidence of the hacker's plan onto a disk, just before the fake Angela makes it back to her desk.
At a computer convention, she sends an e-mail to the FBI, revealing the hackers' plan. Jack and Ruth arrive at the computer station where Angela was working at. Jack hacks into the FBI mainframe and tells Angela that everything she did will be deleted by pressing the escape key. But what Jack didn't realize is that Angela inserted a disk containing a virus that will infect any system when the escape key is pressed. In doing so, he releases the virus into Cathedral's mainframe and all of the files are deleted. Angela escapes and she is chased by Jack and Ruth. Jack accidentally kills his partner and the real Angela ambushes Jack, knocking him off a catwalk and sending him to his death.
Based on the evidence that she has sent the FBI, the leader of the hackers is arrested, and Angela gets her life back.
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