After snooping into a computer system they weren’t supposed to access, a group of hackers uncover a plot to cause a global environmental disaster – can they stop it or will they get the blame?
Oh boy! Hackers was released in 1995 and it is certainly very much a film of its time. I’m going to try and keep this as a review of the film and not start shouting that that’s not how technology works and laugh at the fact the titular hackers get excited over a modem but misspeak the speed (He’s says it’s 28.8 BPS modem when he should have said either it was a 28,000 BPS modem or a 28.8 KBPS modem – yes I am that sort of computer nerd). I am also going to try to stay away from the male gaze and objectification of Kate (Angelina Jolie in her first major film role) as that was very much acceptable in the 1990s/early 2000s and while it’s super-obvious now it wouldn’t have been an issue back when the film was released (sadly). So, putting rampant sexism and the writer’s…
Director: Iain Softley
Stars: Angelina Jolie, Jonny Lee Miller, Fisher Stevens
Katy’s Rating: 
6/10 – Fair
