| Hackers | 
 enlarge | Director: Iain Softley
Actors: Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Jesse Bradford, Matthew Lillard, Laurence Mason
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  301 reviews
Sales Rank: 2928
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 105
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: 907169
ISBN: 6305047456
UPC: 027616716927
EAN: 9786305047452
ASIN: 6305047456
Theatrical Release Date: September 15, 1995
Release Date: August 25, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Clean disc; minor shelf wear to case.
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As a depiction of the computer-hacker underground, this movie is bogus to the bone. As a thriller, it's cartoonish and conventional. The premise (computer-happy kids hack into the wrong system, and the Forces of Repression come after them) is recycled from John Badham's 1983 WarGames. And the corporate-creep bad guy, played by Fisher Stevens, steeples his fingers and growls mossy villainous cliches. ("By the time they realize the truth, we'll be long gone with all the money.") For all its postmodern trappings the movie is working with sub-prehistoric storytelling tools. But it does succeed on one level, as a movie about adolescent bonding and alienation. The director, Iain Softley, helmed the Beatles-in-Hamburg biopic Backbeat, and he seems to have an instinct for the emotions that pull kids together around common interests and the insecurities that drive them apart. The familiar crises of loyalty and betrayal have an ache of real loneliness. It doesn't hurt that the two stars, Jonny Lee Miller (Sick Boy Williamson in Trainspotting) and Angelina Jolie (Gia), are just about equally gorgeous and charismatic; their longing glances steam up the screen. --David Chute
Product Description
"Hackers" chronicles a group of teenage computer wizards whose practical jokes land them in a dangerous industrial-espionage plot.System Requirements:Widescreen format 16x9-enhanced Languages: English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround) French (Dolby Stereo surround) Subtitles: English French and Spanish Eight-page trivia booklet theatrical trailer Included Trivia Booklet Interactive Menus Video Format: Widescreen (no AR specified) Enhanced for 16x9 TVs English: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround French: Dolby Digital Surround Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 027616716927 Manufacturer No: 907169
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 Extremely accurate September 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was the most accurate portrayal of hacking I have ever seen. The speed at which they are able to connect via analog modem was also very accurate. I thought that the personal, proprietary browser and instant messaging technology added a very interesting aspect to the film. If it wasn't for this movie, I would never have seen those kickflippin' graphics with the jail bars that load so quickly when you try talk to a corporate computer. The soundtrack also very accurate, as well as the references to the RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) architecture, were a real testament to the research the film company had to have done. By far, the most impressive and accurate character in this film is Mr. The Plague -- as a security expert myself, I felt the portrayal of his work environment could have itself been a picture of my very own work! (Except my work environment sadly does not feature Penn of Penn & Teller, nor is my skateboard quite as retro, but still)
The fact that prompts are plain text now but in 1995 they were huge, wavy, green letters just goes to show the degree to which Microsoft has slowed progress in the computer market.
I think this film wholly does inspire us to 'hack the planet'.
Cult classic at it's best May 19, 2008
Ok, this is a cheesy movie. It glorifies the life of a hacker, and over-simplifies things so the audience doesn't get completely lost.
But the movie plays off of that. It's a classic, some will get it and will love it, others will not.
Either case, Angelina Jolie looks amazing back when she looked a little more natural.
great movie February 2, 2008
yeah, this is one of many angelina jolie movies that was pretty good, other good actors in it too!
Sheer bad fun December 17, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Hokey hokey hokey. Dear God, I'm glad I didn't watch this when it first came out. The hilarity would be nowhere NEAR as side splitting before I got a bit more in tune with my techno side.
Great cast (and yes, I'm the only person on the planet who doesn't think Angelina Jolie is the shizzy), hilarious dialogue, and a "just this side of almost approaching semi-plausible" premise, coupled with a great score and some spiffy graphics and you have a good flick to watch whilst drunk, high, or just in the mood for some amusement. The addition of the delicious Jesse Bradford only makes it that much better.
Of particular amusement factor are the views "inside the computer." Damn, I can see why they opted for fanciful high-tech graphics rather than a bland succession of ASCII scrolling across the screen.
So bad it's good.
I love it December 14, 2007
I really enjoy this movie. Yeah sure, that's not the way hackers do their stuff, but its a movie!! it has to be fun!, and this is fun.
The underground atmosphere is really cool.
Love it!
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