Hackers (1995)

Directed by

Iain Softley

Genre

drama film, techno-thriller, crime film, teen film, thriller film, crime thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 1,499 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of teenage hackers in 1990s New York uncover a conspiracy involving a powerful businessman and a data theft. They must use their computer skills to stay ahead of the law and clear their names.

energeticstylishnostalgicplayfultensequirkyfast-pacedrebellious

What happens

Hackers is a 1995 American crime thriller film directed by Iain Softley and starring Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Fisher Stevens, and Lorraine Bracco, with Jesse Bradford, Matthew Lillard, Laurence Mason, and Renoly Santiago. The film follows a group of high school hackers and their involvement in an attempted theft. Made in the mid-1990s when the Internet was just starting to become popular among the general public, it reflects the ideals laid out in the Hacker Manifesto quoted in the film: "This is our world now... the world of the electron and the switch... We exist without skin color, without nationality, without religious bias... and you call us criminals... Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity." The film received mixed reviews from critics, and underperformed at the box office upon release, but has gone on to achieve cult classic status. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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