Actors: Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Matthew Lillard, Fisher Stevens, Lorraine Bracco
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Hackers
"Hackers" is an exciting cyberclassic about a group of gifted, misunderstood teenagers who enjoy hacking into computers but never to harm anyone. They are put in peril when one of them discovers a secret computer file hidden in the garbage of a supercomputer that belongs to a multinational corporation. He is subsequently arrested and charged with planting a virus that will cause oil tankers to spill over and create a natural disaster. He's innocent and completely clueless, and his friends set out to prove it, led by Dade Murphy/Zero Cool/Crash Override (Jonny Lee Miller), a gifted hacker with a secret. Dade is new to the gang but he is also the most talented. Dade faces tough but amorous competition with Kate Libby/Acid Burn (Angelina Jolie) a beautiful and intelligent hacker who resents his imposition on her life and her friends. They have to overcome this to defeat the villain, a mastermind hacker called The Plague (Fisher Stevens) who has himself planted the virus to cover up his attempt to defraud the company of millions using a sophisticated worm. The young hackers set out to prove this scheme, clear their names and earn respect from the adult authorities who mistrust and slander them.
--Danielle Petty, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Hackers
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 10% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 70% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Technology/treasure/info search
Yes
involving:
- computer info
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- mastermind
Eccentric:
Yes
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- skinny (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 0 (not a murder mystery)
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- licking
- actual description of sex
- sex under blankets
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 10 (a tremendous amount)
Kind of violence:
- mission to destroy something
- mission to protect something
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
