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Swordfish (2001)

Swordfish poster
Directed by
Dominic Sena
Genre
action film, heist film
Country
Australia, United States
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
R
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 2,986 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A former hacker is forced to help a criminal plan a bank heist. The job involves high stakes and digital trickery.

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What happens

Swordfish is a 2001 American action thriller film directed by Dominic Sena, written by Skip Woods, produced by Joel Silver, and starring John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Vinnie Jones, and Sam Shepard. Stanley Jobson is an ex-con and computer hacker who is recruited into a bank robbery conspiracy. Swordfish was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on June 8, 2001. The film received mostly negative reviews, and grossed over $147.1 million in worldwide box office receipts on a production budget of $102 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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