Swordfish (film)
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| Directed by | Dominic Sena |
| Produced by |
Joel Silver Jonathan D. Krane |
| Written by | Skip Woods |
| Starring |
John Travolta Hugh Jackman Halle Berry Don Cheadle Vinnie Jones |
| Music by |
Christopher Young Paul Oakenfold |
| Cinematography | Paul Cameron |
| Edited by | Stephen E. Rivkin |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $102 million |
| Box office | $147 million |
Swordfish is a 2001 American action crime thriller film directed by Dominic Sena and starring John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle and Vinnie Jones. The film centers on Stanley Jobson, an ex-con and computer hacker who is targeted for recruitment into a bank robbery conspiracy because of his formidable hacking skills. The film was a slight box office success and was negatively received by critics upon release.
Stanley Jobson (Hugh Jackman) is a highly skilled computer hacker. Having served time for infecting the FBI's Carnivore program with a computer virus, he is now on parole but forbidden from using computers. His alcoholic ex-wife Melissa (Drea de Matteo), who married a rich porn producer and is currently a part-time porn actress, has sole custody over their daughter Holly and a restraining order preventing him from visiting their daughter. One day, he is solicited by Ginger Knowles (Halle Berry), speaking for her boss Gabriel Shear (John Travolta), for his hacking skills. He goes to meet Gabriel in Los Angeles, where he is put on the spot to crack a secure government server within a minute while simultaneously held at gunpoint and receiving fellatio. When he succeeds, Gabriel offers Stanley $10 million to program a multi-headed worm, a "hydra", to siphon $9.5 billion from several government slush funds.
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