Hackers
Seen it?1995 | 105 min | Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
It's still drawing plenty of interest, but middling reviews (33% on Rotten Tomatoes) and a lukewarm 6.4 out of 10 from audiences held it back. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans, anyone who likes to be kept guessing and action fans. If you loved Live Free or Die Hard or eXistenZ, start here.
- The mood
- Tense, dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 45 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG-13: slapstick violence. Probably too much for younger kids.
Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discovers a plot by a nefarious hacker, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
33% on Rotten Tomatoes, 46 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
6.4 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$8 million worldwide on a $20 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
About 326K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Iain Softley
- Jonny Lee MillerDade Murphy / 'Crash Override' / 'Zero Cool'
- Angelina JolieKate Libby / 'Acid Burn'
- Matthew LillardEmmanuelle Goldstein / 'Cereal Killer'
- Jesse BradfordJoey Pardella
- Renoly SantiagoRamon Sanchez / 'Phantom Phreak'
- Laurence MasonPaul Cook / 'Lord Nikon'
- Fisher StevensEugene Belford / 'The Plague' / Mr. Babbage
- Lorraine BraccoMargo
- Wendell PierceS.S. Agent Richard Gill
- Michael GastonS.S. Agent Bob