I thought that Swordfish was the #3 film on my top ten list for movies of the summer of 2001. The special effects were absolutley incredible, the acting was brilliant, and the writing was very bizarre. In fact, John Travolta's monologue in the opening scene was very slick because of the way he explained Hollywood's policys and styles of filmmaking. I also thought that the directing by Dominic Sena (Gone in Sixty Seconds) was very well done, and the producing by Joel Silver (The Matrix 1, 2, 3) couldn't have been better.
A recently jailed computer hacker named Stanley (Hugh Jackman) has been living in Texas on parole and has just had a visitor. His visitor was a sexy DEA agent named Ginger (Halle Berry) who has given him an offer that will reward him millions. Her offer was to have Stanley go to Los Angeles and meet a terrorist named Gabriel (John Travolta). When Stanley accepts the job, he meets Gabriel and discovers that Gabriel wants him to hack in codes to banks that will transfer unused government funds to Gabriel's account so that Gabriel can develop a whole new technology and intensity to terrorism throughout the world.
I love the first action sequence of the movie because it was the same camera concept Joel Silver used for The Matrix when Keanu Reeves dodges the bullets.
I honestly hope that Joel Silver will produce a sequel to Swordfish and have Dominic Sena come back to direct it.
Produced by Joel Silver, and directed by Dominic Sena, Swordfish is a knockout thriller that was one of the best movies of the summer of 2001!
A recently jailed computer hacker named Stanley (Hugh Jackman) has been living in Texas on parole and has just had a visitor. His visitor was a sexy DEA agent named Ginger (Halle Berry) who has given him an offer that will reward him millions. Her offer was to have Stanley go to Los Angeles and meet a terrorist named Gabriel (John Travolta). When Stanley accepts the job, he meets Gabriel and discovers that Gabriel wants him to hack in codes to banks that will transfer unused government funds to Gabriel's account so that Gabriel can develop a whole new technology and intensity to terrorism throughout the world.
I love the first action sequence of the movie because it was the same camera concept Joel Silver used for The Matrix when Keanu Reeves dodges the bullets.
I honestly hope that Joel Silver will produce a sequel to Swordfish and have Dominic Sena come back to direct it.
Produced by Joel Silver, and directed by Dominic Sena, Swordfish is a knockout thriller that was one of the best movies of the summer of 2001!