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Luckily they listened to Kevin Poulsen that was technical adviser :) It's very unfortunate that the movie was otherwise so poor. Michael Mann is one of my long
by mhomde 10y ago
Luckily they listened to Kevin Poulsen that was technical adviser :) It's very unfortunate that the movie was otherwise so poor. Michael Mann is one of my long time favorites. A hacking movie with the mood and grittyness he's famous for could and should have been awesome.
Not sure exactly where they were wrong, I think I found bot the plot uninsteresting as well as the characters. Also Hollywood tendency of casting jocks and models as hackers :/
- Renevith 10y agoYeah, I also struggled to figure out how it went wrong. Mann of course is a strong director, and the actors are (otherwise) quite good as well. Try Hemsworth in Rush, or Wei Tang in Lust, Caution if you want to see either of them really shine. Though as you mentioned they weren't quite cast to type. And in Wei's case acting in a second language probably doesn't help. Still the whole thing really underperformed.