Swordfish (2006, HD DVD)

Sports fans! This flick has zilch to do with sitting on that boat with your feet up, waiting for the big one to latch on to your line. Well, maybe it does. Hook line and sinker are words that do apply. The question is, who is the fish? * * * There has been a lot of hype surrounding this movie, and given most of the parameters, by elimination, I think I know the problem. And if you hang on to that line for another few minutes, I'll tell you what it is. Directing Dominic Sena, The director, in spite of the fact that he was born in Ohio, which automatically makes him superior to the rest of the.

Yes, the sole reason for going to SWORDFISH was to see some skin. There is no shame in my game, and there is no shame in the baring of what had yet been flashed on screen. The breasts of one pretty and talented actress, Halle Berry. Was she really paid a half million to flash them to us? I don't know, she says No, but if so, it certain has paid dividends. I paid $8.75 and so did 2 other friends that night. That comes to just under $27.00 earned that night, as no one would have gone had I not been pushy enough to demand to be driven to go see SWORDFISH. The story: Diverting our attention from..

You know the problem with Hollywood is? They make $hit. You know, Gabriel Shear (John Travolta, Saturday Night Fever) is right. For many years, Hollywood has been producing a lot of $hit. $hit like Swordfish. Now I am not some hard-to-please film critic who only seeks richly made, vastly profound films with lots of depth. Heck, I am a sucker for junk food entertainment (provided it is actually palatable). No, it is easy to disparage this film s ho-hum characters, pathetic script, the ridiculous twists, and the over-saturation of CGI effects used to help create what the filmmakers call action..

Swordfish is your typical Hollywood computer movie - completely unbelievable and far-fetched. The actors are shown using Dell computers with Apple keyboards and mice (probably because the Apple boards look cooler). People are able to hack into systems in less than a minute, and they speak of encryption techniques that don't even exist. Even so, this isn't a totally bad movie. It's your typical summer fare and Travolta does make a good bad guy. In Swordfish, Hugh Jackman plays a notorious computer hacker who was just recently released from jail. Because of his arrests, the courts banned him...