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    Swordfish [HD DVD]

    Swordfish [HD DVD]Director: Dominic Sena
    Actors: John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Sam Shepard
    Studio: Warner Home Video
    Category: DVD

    List Price: $28.99
    Buy New: $1.99
    as of 2/10/2010 07:11 EST details
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    New (23) Used (34) from $1.82

    Seller: ElectroViCity
    Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars 376 reviews
    Sales Rank: 23509

    Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
    Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
    Rating: R (Restricted)
    Media: HD DVD
    Region: 0
    Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
    Number Of Discs: 1
    Running Time: 99 Minutes
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
    Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 5.3 x 0.5

    MPN: HD80943
    UPC: 012569809437
    EAN: 0012569809437
    ASIN: B000E5KJFC

    Theatrical Release Date: June 8, 2001
    Release Date: May 2, 2006
    Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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    Product Description
    Warner Brothers Swordfish - HD DVD
    When the DEA shut down its dummy corporation operation codenamed SWORDFISH in 1986, they had generated $400 million which they let sit around; fifteen years of compound interest has swelled it to $9.5 billion. A covert counter-terrorist unit called Black Cell, headed by the duplicitious and suave Gabriel Shear, wants the moneyto help finance their raise-the-stakes vengeance war against international terrorism, but it's all locked away behind super-encryption. He brings in convicted hacker Stanley Jobson, who only wants tosee his daughter Holly again but can't afford thelegal fees, to slice into the government mainframes and get the money.


    Amazon.com
    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


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    3 out of 5 stars Decent action film/eye candy, but ridiculous politics/philosophy   January 4, 2010
    K. Swanson (Austin, TX United States)
    3.4 stars

    A technically well-made action flick with occasional very interesting lines, Swordfish also gets way above its head in many areas.

    I liked Travolta and Jackman well enough, and Berry is better than the normal starlet in these sorts of summer blockbuster movies (backhanded praise, of course). There were moments here that I really enjoyed, but they always seemed offset by some form of silliness that ratcheted everything else down a notch, like the hacking/bj scene. There's also zero sense of reality (the DOD mainframe gets hacked and they don't immediately track the ISP?), but I doubt that was the goal here.

    The ending is laughable; watch the two deleted endings in the extras and listen to the director's commentary. He claims they added the [spoiler alert] bit about blowing up the terrorists to show that Travolta's character "is a patriot". Yeah, some patriot: he kills dozens of innocent bystanders to "save our American way of life". This is presented as some sort of rationale, incredibly. Look, boys, stick to the slam-bang action and leave the self-glorifying justifications for murder and torture to scumsacks like Dick Cheney. Saving our "way of life"! If paying ten bucks to go watch weirdly violent semi-nationalistic weirdness like this is our way of life, I'd say it might be time to get a new life.



    5 out of 5 stars Swordfish caught for great price   December 9, 2009
    Ronald Whiting (Gloucester City, NJ USA)
    Love the movie. Can't beat the price.Delivered fast.Holly is so beautiful and Travolta is one of my favorite actors.Action and drama make a great movie and swordfish has both.I've seen this movie before and the price gave me a chance to own it on blueray.


    4 out of 5 stars Swordfish   October 17, 2009
    Gilberto Fontanez (new york)
    Great movie everyone does an excellent job u feel tension almost right away and will find yourself glued to this movie to see what happens.


    5 out of 5 stars Wow! What a great first 5 minutes!   October 8, 2009
    Jim Gateley (Sunnyvale, CA)
    5 of 5 stars for this exciting suspense movie. The first 5 minutes of the movie is an amazing set of scenes acting as a kick-start for this high-tension, suspenseful action movie. Right down to the little ball-bearing rolling towards to camera covered in blood--amazing effects!

    Travolta's character is truly evil--calm, cool, collected but evil. Frankly, he is really a terrorist trying to sway events using violence. Ruthlessly cold, he doesn't mind killing people to get his way. For his purposes, he needs a top-class computer hacker (Jackman) who he recruits via Halle Berry's character.

    Thru the whole movie, there are twists and turns. Travolta even makes a speech to Jackman about how Harry Hudini did his tricks "mis-direction"! Several times, you learn things are not as they appeared to mis-direct efforts. Travolta is in total control.

    Lots of action scenes, chases, explosions, machine guns, RPGs, etc. The ending scenes have several surprise twists; remember, mis-direction!



    3 out of 5 stars First Viewing Was A 'Blast'   May 2, 2009
    Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA)
    John Travolta as "Gabriel Shear" was riveting as an anti-terrorist terrorist. The early explosion scene where people are flying sideways is awesome, particularly in the sound department if you have surround system. Oh, and yes, Halle Berry and her figure was on display in this film and quite a sight. Wowzer!

    Some of this script is a takeoff on Dog Day Afternoon, which Travolta's character re-enacts a role from that famous '70s film. "Shear" talks about that movie during the film.

    A few warnings: there is so much computer terminology that I was lost. However, if you find yourself in a similar spot, take heart because that that ends after that first 30 minutes and is no longer a problem. The film also has a strong left-wing bias (wow, what a shock), but it's still fun for at least one viewing. After that, it loses its appeal.


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