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There exists a world within
our world. A world beneath what we call cyberspace. A world protected
by firewalls, passwords and the most advanced security systems. In
this world we hide our deepest secrets, our most incriminating information,
and of course, a whole lot of money. This is the world of Swordfish.
Gabriel Shear (JOHN TRAVOLTA), a charismatic and dangerous spy wanting
to finance his own brand of patriotism, needs to get inside this world.
If he can get in, billions in illegal government funds wait for the
taking. To actually steal the money, however, he’ll need a superhacker,
someone whose talents make even the most airtight security systems
of the world look like child’s play.
That’s where Stanley Jobson (HUGH JACKMAN) enters the picture. One
of the two best hackers on the planet, Stanley has been forbidden
to get within 50 yards of the nearest electronics store after doing
time for wreaking havoc on the FBI’s controversial high-tech cyber
surveillance operations. Now Stanley is living out his life in a broken-down
trailer, penniless, alone and without the one thing that gives his
life meaning — his daughter Holly, whom he lost in a divorce.
Gabriel and his beautiful partner Ginger (HALLE BERRY) lure Stanley
into their clandestine world, baiting him with the one thing he can’t
have — a chance to reunite with Holly and start a new life. But once
Stanley enters their world, he realizes that nothing in this operation
is what it seems and he has become a pawn in a plot that’s a lot more
sinister than a high-tech bank heist. |
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