Blackhat

Watch: Blackhat

1/16/20152h 13m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ We are no longer in control. ~

Overview:

Nicholas Hathaway, a furloughed convict, and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. As Hathaway closes in, the stakes become personal as he discovers that the attack on a Chinese nuclear power plant was just the beginning.

Director:

Michael Mann

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$70,000,000.00

Revenue:

$17,752,940.00

Key words:

race against time
computer
hacker
computer virus
technology
anti hero
nuclear power plant
national security agency (nsa)
malaysia
betrayal
fugitive
on the run
conspiracy
shootout
hacking
terrorism
cat and mouse
one against many
terrorist plot
stock exchange
cybercrime
cyber terrorism
chinese military
cyber thriller

Cast

Chris Hemsworth

~ as ~

Nicholas Hathaway

Tang Wei

~ as ~

Chen Lien

Leehom Wang

~ as ~

Chen Dawai

Viola Davis

~ as ~

Carol Barrett

Holt McCallany

~ as ~

Mark Jessup

Andy On

~ as ~

Alex Trang

Yorick van Wageningen

~ as ~

Sadak

John Ortiz

~ as ~

Henry Pollack

Ritchie Coster

~ as ~

Elias Kassar

Christian Borle

~ as ~

Jeff Robichaud

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Reviews (2)

Reno
Written 9 year(s) ago
6
It's about the virtual terrorism and fighting back it in the same way.

This is the story of the United States and China, that also involves some of the southeast Asian nations when the story takes us there. So this tale is about an explosion at a Chinese nuclear plant and followed by the investigation conducted by the US and Chinese collaboration, the cops hire a convicted hacker to fast up the process and to nab the culprit who was behind the power plant disaster. These people begin their hunting by tracking the clues to the different locations and where they finally land and how it all come end told in the rest of the film.

I felt it was a too much realistic presentation. Like a documentary film quality, but full suspense filled story that stretched to over two hours. So sometimes it was very boring, because slowing down in any big development. At a time, some of the important scenes accomplished so fast like most of the action sequences. It mainly revolved around hacking plot, but was not that intelligent, so can be understood by everyone.

Initially I disliked those circuit board graphics, which I thought was a good detail, but too much for a film like this and it never looked so convincing. The film was average, but I anticipated lot better than that. I liked the actors though. Whether it was Chris Hemsworth or the Chinese counterparts, all were decent according to what the tale required. The film is not for everybody, particularly if you don't like slow narration, you should not consider it to watch. But the film is not bad for once viewing.

6/10
F
Fixyf
Written 5 year(s) ago
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It seems to me that real programmers, for example, like the ones that created my favorite Utopia p2p application, look a little different and are engaged in completely different things. They do not seek to harm users, but rather try to help keep personal data safe.