Swordfish

John Travolta Actor , Hugh Jackman Actor , Halle Berry Actor , Don Cheadle Actor , Vinnie Jones Actor

MPAA Rating: R
Contains:Violence,Nudity,Adult Language,Sexual Situations

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Swordfish

Theatrical Release Date: 2001 06 08 (USA)

UPC: 012569828490

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: R Contains:[Violence, Nudity, Adult Language, Sexual Situations]

Summary: 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, a charismatic spy who plots to steal a multi-billion-dollar fortune in illegal government funds. In order to make his scheme work, however, Gabriel needs some help from a computer hacker, which is where Stanley Jobson (Hugh Jackman) comes in. Stanley has been paroled from prison after serving a lengthy sentence for penetrating the FBI's cyber-surveillance operations. Issued a restraining order that keeps him away from computers and living penniless in a trailer park, Stanley wants only to be reunited with his daughter Holly, who's in the custody of his ex-wife, now remarried to a pornographer. Gabriel and his partner Ginger (Halle Berry) offer Stanley the chance to get his child back in exchange for his help, but the hacker soon realizes he's a pawn in a larger operation than the high-tech bank heist he thought he was perpetrating. In the meantime, a dedicated federal agent (Don Cheadle), the same man who once arrested Stanley, is trying to expose Gabriel's operation. Swordfish also stars Sam Shepard and Zach Grenier. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Category: Crime

Features: 2 alternate endings
Commentary by director Dominic Sena
HBO first look: Swordfish
Effects in focus: the flying bus
Planet Rock club reel music video
Swordfish: in conversation: cast/crew interviews
Theatrical trailer