Swordfish Movie Review 2001

CIA operative Gabriel Shear (Travolta) uses associate Ginger (Berry) to coerce a computer hacker (Jackman), who's just been released from prison, to steal nine billion dollars from a DEA slush fund. In return, the hacker gets a fresh start with his wife and daughter. The plot goes on from there, but it's too convoluted and pointless to bother with. As is usually the case with anything directed by Sena or produced by Joel Silver, the emphasis is on flash, high-energy action set pieces, and collateral damage, all of which is well done, if eventually repetitive, here. Travolta is an expert at playing the smirking supervillain, but it does wear. Jackman and Cheadle give better performances than the flick deserves, and Berry has fun with her obligatory femme fatale role.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 99 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Hackers, Spies & Espionage, Vigilantes, CIA/NSA, Boom!, Buses, Terrorism, L.A., Ex-Cons

Screenplay

Skip Woods

Cast

John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Vinnie Jones, Sam Shepard, Zach Grenier, Camryn Grimes, Rudolf Martin, Drea De Matteo

Cinematography

Paul Cameron

Director

Dominic Sena

Music

Christopher Young

Other

Edward Tise, Paul Oakenfold, Stephen E. Rivkin, Geoff Hubbard, Andrew Laws, Jeff Wallace, Ha Nguyen, Jeff Mann

Producer

Joel Silver, Jonathan D. Krane, Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment, Warner Bros.