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Better than even WarGames, The Matrix or Blackhat? Better than Swordfish or Live Free or Die Hard? Hackers even? I always considered Sneakers a spy movie rathe
by Maursault 5y ago
Better than even WarGames, The Matrix or Blackhat? Better than Swordfish or Live Free or Die Hard? Hackers even?
I always considered Sneakers a spy movie rather than a hacker movie, properly sandwiched in a triple-feature between Three Days of the Condor and Spy Game.
- syntheweave 5y agoThe difference is mostly in plausibility of tools and techniques. Other hacker movies let themselves get wildly ungrounded and metaphorical. Sneakers feels authentic, which I suppose also positions it as more of a spy thriller. I'd also nominate Cloak & Dagger for the "hacker spy thriller" category, albeit it's driven by a child protagonist, which is both unique and highly implausible.
- Maursault 5y ago> albeit it's driven by a child protagonist Right, the E.T. star, but that Dabney Coleman never gets old
- technofiend 5y agoReally? I remember hating the movie because it was about as plausible as Lawnmower Man. Even with quantum computers here a mysterious black box that can decrypt anything is as of now outside the realm of a state actor.
- coldtea 5y ago>Better than even WarGames, Well, WarGames was early, so it has that, but otherwise is a naive 80s teen movie, and the hacking is... well... The Matrix is decent, but is basically an action movie with some wholesale "philosophy" thrown in. Swordfish is not even worthy of a mention. And Live Free or Die Hard is downhill of Swordfish. Hackers is decent-ish, if one ignores the depiction of hacking. Sneakers is not very good, but better (and with better actors) than all the above. >I always considered Sneakers a spy movie rather than a hacker movie Well, one of the main hacker employments is spying, no?