Blackhat

“We are no longer in control.”

5.5

2015

2h 13m

CrimeThrillerAction

Director: Michael Mann

Overview

Nicholas Hathaway, a furloughed convict, and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. As Hathaway closes in, the stakes become personal as he discovers that the attack on a Chinese nuclear power plant was just the beginning.

Trailer

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Cast

Nicholas Hathaway

Chris Hemsworth

Nicholas Hathaway

Chen Lien

Tang Wei

Chen Lien

Chen Dawai

Leehom Wang

Chen Dawai

Carol Barrett

Viola Davis

Carol Barrett

Mark Jessup

Holt McCallany

Mark Jessup

Alex Trang

Andy On Chi-Kit

Alex Trang

Sadak

Yorick van Wageningen

Sadak

Henry Pollack

John Ortiz

Henry Pollack

Elias Kassar

Ritchie Coster

Elias Kassar

Jeff Robichaud

Christian Borle

Jeff Robichaud

Tech

Tyson Chak

Tech

Sort Guard

Brandon Molale

Sort Guard

Reviews

Reno

**It's about the virtual terrorism and fighting back it in the same way.** This is the story of the United States and China, that also involves some of the southeast Asian nations when the story takes us there. So this tale is about an explosion at a Chinese nuclear plant and followed by the investigation conducted by the US and Chinese collaboration, the cops hire a convicted hacker to fast up the process and to nab the culprit who was behind the power plant disaster. These people begin their hunting by tracking the clues to the different locations and where they finally land and how it all come end told in the rest of the film. I felt it was a too much realistic presentation. Like a documentary film quality, but full suspense filled story that stretched to over two hours. So sometimes it was very boring, because slowing down in any big development. At a time, some of the important scenes accomplished so fast like most of the action sequences. It mainly revolved around hacking plot, but was not that intelligent, so can be understood by everyone. Initially I disliked those circuit board graphics, which I thought was a good detail, but too much for a film like this and it never looked so convincing. The film was average, but I anticipated lot better than that. I liked the actors though. Whether it was Chris Hemsworth or the Chinese counterparts, all were decent according to what the tale required. The film is not for everybody, particularly if you don't like slow narration, you should not consider it to watch. But the film is not bad for once viewing. _6/10_

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Fixyf

It seems to me that real programmers, for example, like the ones that created my favorite Utopia p2p application, look a little different and are engaged in completely different things. They do not seek to harm users, but rather try to help keep personal data safe.

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