Swordfish is a high-concept American action thriller centered on elite hacking, cybercrime, and large-scale financial manipulation. Directed by Dominic Sena and starring John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, and Halle Berry, the film blends kinetic action set pieces with early-2000s digital paranoia. Its narrative focuses on coercion, surveillance, and the use of technology as a weapon within a crime-driven plot.

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The 90s saw an ever-growing number of action-thrillers based around computers and the internet as more and more people connected to the information superhighway. Fresh from the success of The Matrix, legendary producer Joel Silver (Road House, The Invasion) would ride the wave of this global phenomenon into the next millennium with high concept hit Swordfish.

Former master hacker Stanley Jobson (Hugh Jackman) is on parole after getting caught infiltrating an FBI program. Even so much as glancing at a computer could send him straight back to prison, but Stanleys new offline life is interrupted when hes approached by the mysterious Gabriel Shear (John Travolta), who offers him $10 million for one last hacking job. Unable to resist the lure of the computer screen, Stanley accepts and finds himself caught in the middle of a complex web of intrigue involving several covert agencies and a nine billion-dollar government slush fund.

Slick, stylish and action-packed, Swordfish is a nail-biting high-tech thriller from its explosive opening to its thrilling climax, with a great supporting cast including Halle Berry, Don Cheadle and Vinnie Jones.

Från IMDB:
A covert counter-terrorist unit called Black Cell led by Gabriel Shear wants the money to help finance their war against international terrorism, but its all locked away. Gabriel brings in convicted hacker Stanley Jobson to help him.

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