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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Nov 14, 2001
Pros: Wait. I'm still thinking. Special effects, Flashy cinematography , the opening scene, Martin
Cons: Pacing uneven, the dead horse is battered mercilessly
Summary: Sports fans! This flick has zilch to do with sitting on that boat with your feet up, waiting for the big one to latch on to your line. Well, maybe it does. Hook line and sinker are words that do apply. The question is, who is the fish?
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 18, 2008
Pros: Very good hacker movie, nice mix of action and drama
Cons: Gets overlooked because of nude scene. Too many sub plots
Summary: This movie was watched for one reason and one reason only; Halle Berry showed her boobs. But I have some great news, it is a good movie even without that scene. This movie is the new 'Hackers', a cool new age movie that shows the life of a burnout ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 10, 2002
Pros: Acting and Action
Cons: The rest of the movie
Summary: Swordfish was an Ok movie, nothing great. The action and explosions were good. The acting was pretty good. The story line stunk. It was your typical action explosion movie.
Gab (John Travolta) needs a hacker to hack into the DEA’s accounts ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 6, 2002
Pros: Action, suspense, technology
Cons: Shallow, unbelievable, unlikable, poorly-developed characters and plot.
Summary: Swordfish is a shining example of a potentially interesting and engaging plot destroyed by bad dialogue and poor characterization. The movie opens with a bland, over-rehearsed monologue about the lack of “freshness” and “believability” in film. ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 30, 2002
Pros: Halle Berry, John Trovolta, decent action scenes, misdirection, oh and Halle Berry's boobs.
Cons: Not a sequeal yet, could be a confusing story to follow for some viewers.
Summary: Swordfish. Plain and simple I like the movie. At first I was a little sceptical when I was told by my friends how good of a movie it was. I thought they were saying that, just because pretty lady Halle Berry showed you her breasts and teased you ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 29, 2002
Pros: Great special effects and action sequences.
Cons: That make absolutely no sense whatsoever.
Summary: "You know what the problem is today with Hollywood? It's not so much that they make sh** as much as they try to repeat sh**. Either that or they try to reproduce old sh** and pass it off as something new."
That little re-write of John ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 29, 2002
Pros: Cast. Opening Sequence
Cons: Direction
Summary: When I first saw the cast listing of Swordfish, I had to admit that I was impressed. John Travolta, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle and Hugh Jackman have all done incredible work in the past. All are terrific actors with great stage presence. I am happy to say ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 10, 2002
Pros: Fast Action Movie
Cons: The ending could be played out more
Summary: Even though this movie has been out for a while this is still a good movie to watch over and over. Some of the good features of the movie is when their in a car getting chased by a mob and shooting at everything. Another good part of the movie is where ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 29, 2002
Pros: Good action, and great cinematography.
Cons: Somewhat crass and acting is not always the best.
Summary: “Are you a good terrorist, or a bad terrorist?” If this question makes any sense to you at all, then you might enjoy Swordfish. John Travolta keeps climbing the weird ladder, and on this rung, he plays an ultra cool, sorta bad sorta good guy. Whether or ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 7, 2002
Pros: Exciting, slick, fast paced, and well acted movie.
Cons: Not a lot I can think of.
Summary: ~ ~ Okay. I have to own up right at the start to being a big fan of John Travolta, especially when he’s playing “bad guys”, which he does to perfection in this latest offering from Director Dominic Sena, who was also responsible for Nicholas Cage’s last ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 5, 2002
Pros: All-action, good special effects (but not over-done)
Cons: High level of violence and swearing
Summary: To say I was blown away by this controversial film would be understating it. I suggested it to my husband after reading an excellent review here. I didn’t expect to like it myself, with it being an all-action, car chases, explosions, bursting with ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 26, 2002
Pros: Halle Berry, John Travolta, Gene Hackman
Cons: It is a bit out there
Summary: I had to get my husband's opinion on this movie, so here it is. First of all we get to see Halle Berry with alot more skin than usual if you know what I mean. Second, this movie falls into my category of "out there!" This being exactly why I liked it! ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 18, 2002
Pros: Hugh Jackman and John Travolta have their share of charisma
Cons: Trashy, ludicrous and as far from reality as one could imagine.
Summary: If the real world were anything like Swordfish, computer hackers would all be buff studs like Hugh Jackman, sleazeball crooks with an endless supply of cash would only be working to protect "the American way," gunmen would be able to stand up in a moving ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 13, 2002
Pros: Airborne bus; slick car chase; Halle Berry
Cons: Is there anything in this movie which is NOT ludicrous?
Summary: “You know the problem with Hollywood is? They make $hit.”
You know, Gabriel Shear (John Travolta, Saturday Night Fever) is right. For many years, Hollywood has been producing a lot of $hit. $hit like Swordfish. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 4, 2002
Pros: Borrowed and blue but manages to last through a bumpy ride...
Cons: May be too intense for certain audiences...
Summary: John Travolta's rollercoaster ride to Hollywood immortality has never been an easy one. After the stardom of TV's Welcome Back Kotter, we watched him skyrocket into Saturday Night Fever and Grease with the inward satisfaction of a ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 23, 2001
Pros: This film has some intense action sequences.
Cons: Unfortunately it has a canned plot and parts of the storyline are a bit faulty.
Summary: I first saw swordfish in the theatres. Myself, a fraternity brother, and a potential rushee. We had some time to burn before painting the town. It looked like it would be a guy a movie and we decided to run with it. The first ten minutes makes the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 22, 2001
Pros: For at least 99 minutes, there will be fewer adolescent males loose in the mall.
Cons: When they emerge from the theater, they may be worse than they were before.
Summary: In the opening scene of Swordfish, John Travolta’s character, suave playboy-slash-soldier of fortune Gabriel Shear appears to be pitching a story idea to an unseen movie mogul, although it turns out to be a hostage negotiation. In the course of ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 17, 2001
Pros: An action movie with a real plot!
Cons: Lots of violence
Summary: Good movie. I usually don't like action movies because most of them are completely pointless. This one has a good storyline and plot and it gives you something other than just senseless violence and stupidity. No, I did not watch it for the boobs, if you ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 5, 2001
Pros: Special effects, opening scene, and drama
Cons: Not in depth enough
Summary: I think that Swordfish was a good movie overall. It had all the essentials for an action packed movie. John Travolta played one of his best roles in this movie. Along with the great cast, the movie had everything from drama to sexual content. I like ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 24, 2001
Pros: Tight plot, action, and topical theme
Cons: Slow at times, some issues left hanging
Summary: The movie Swordfish centers upon the heist of 9.5 billion dollars from a federal reserve account. To secure this money, our antagonist, Gabriel Shear (played ably by John Travolta) employs the skills of our protagonist, Stanley Jobson ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 20, 2001
Pros: Introduction discussion on Hollywood and cool explosion.
Cons: The rest of the movie besides the first 10 minutes.
Summary: So ye ‘ol fisherman have come looking for a glowing review of Swordfish, eh? Will you better throw that fish back into the sea. Now I like sushi; the only one in my family that does, and although they may have enjoyed this film, I would rather ... read more
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John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry. A high-tech criminal mastermind recruits an ex-con hacker to help him steal billions from the DEA, but there...
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John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry. A high-tech criminal mastermind recruits an ex-con hacker to help him steal billions from the DEA, but there...
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When the DEA shut down its dummy corporation operation codenamed SWORDFISH in 1986, they had generated $400 million which they let sit around; fifteen...
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Release Date: 2001-10-30, Rating: R (Restricted)
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Star John Travolta revisits the grinning villain territory he explored in BROKEN ARROW and FACEOFF with this stylish supercharged techno-thriller. He ...
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Director Dominic Sena follows up his stylish action film Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) with this high-tech thriller. John Travolta stars as Gabriel Shear,...
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John Travolta (Actor), Hugh Jackman (Actor), Dominic Sena (Director) | Rated: R | Format: DVD# DVD Release Date: June 1, 2004# Run Time: 99 minutes
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