Swordfish

"Log on. Hack in. Go anywhere. Steal everything."

Jun 8 2001 R 1h 39m
Action, Crime, Thriller

Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. Enter Stanley Jobson, a n'er-do-well encryption expert who can log into anything.

Plot

When the DEA shut down its dummy corporation operation codenamed SWORDFISH in 1986, they had generated $400 million which they let sit around; fifteen years of compound interest has swelled it to $9.5 billion. A covert counter-terrorist unit called Black Cell, headed by the duplicitious and suave Gabriel Shear, wants the money to help finance their raise-the-stakes vengeance war against international terrorism, but it's all locked away behind super-encryption. He brings in convicted hacker Stanley Jobson, who only wants to see his daughter Holly again but can't afford the legal fees, to slice into the government mainframes and get the money.

Written by

Skip Woods

Directed by

Dominic Sena

Cast

John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America, Australia

Production Companies

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

Languages

English, Deutsch

Awards

5 wins & 10 nominations total

Trailers
Swordfish (2001) Official Trailer - John Travolta, Halle Berry Movie HD
Scores
# of Votes
202,782
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
32
Popularity
NA