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For an actually good hacker film, see 23 (1998), about the story of Karl Koch.

• tdicola 11y ago
  Or Sneakers, that's my favorite Hollywood hacker flick. It's a little campy in parts but surprisingly authentic and a lot of fun to watch.
• e12e 11y ago
  23 (the German original, not the similarily-named holkywood turky!) is great. Fwiw I love Hackers too, but they are so different, it's hard to compare them. I also like "Hackers 2"/"Takedown" despite the various controversies (the book being a rip off of another book, the script being a rip off, both book and script being factually inaccurate etc). Still now that Mitnicks own autobiography is out, while the movie might not be a kind treatment of him, or his friends. I still think it's quite a good hacker film, with some traces of accurancy (think "inspired by true events" rather than "based on"). Btw, the name "Hackers 2" was just an attempt at marketing - the two films have nothing to do with each other.