Swordfish (2001)

Stars	User	Rating
4	Magb	25 _5th
Swordfish's idiotic idea of how computer hacking works wouldn't be a problem if the movie were otherwise good. Actually, it wouldn't be a big problem if the movie were bad -- which it is -- either. The real problem is that the movie is bad.
4	somnivore	40 _1st
They've successfully 'misdirected' this movie.
3	glumpy_99	79 _56th
Preposterous action/hacker flick is great fun, as long as you can accept that Travolta's sanctimonious, overwrought opening speech is the key to reading the film proper; this is designed to be a heightened, absurdly silly pot-boiler, though the problem comes in that the screenplay and direction don't quite have the balls (or requisite skill) to take it right over the top where it belongs. Still there's much to enjoy here starting with one of Travolta's weird, 'beginning of the end' performances.
2	Pickpocket	4 _35th
A ridiculous premise and story with some really lame acting, cinematography and I can't leave out Travolta's hair. 4/10 seems generous but Halle Berry is naked in this and I really appreciated it.
2	WoozyB	40 _4th
Below average action movie that makes hackers seem like glamorous, rugged movie stars.
2	andayb	35 _10th
riddled with techno buzzwords and cursed with one of the most idiotic scripts in the genre, swordfish is where every computer nerd's boner go to die. tries to ride on the tailcoat of the matrix by blatantly copying its style, cinematography, score and even color scheme, fails in a spectacular fashion. "hollywood makes bad movies", well no shit, sherlock. the sad thing is jackman and cheadle try to take their jobs seriously. on the flip side, though, are the spectacular boobs of halle berry.
1	doctor7	10 _5th
It feels like a high action packed, low plot sequel but it doesn't have a film to be the sequel to. It fails to be entertaining on any level, even the action is pretty bad, and isn't worth watching.
1	Kerrek	12 _3rd
So bad it's insulting.
1	rockwell	31 _8th
if john travolta is your favorite actor you dont like cinema
1	Ytadel	3 _28th
Little known pop culture factoid: Halle Berry reveals her breasts in this movie.
1	twincinema	65 _43rd
We were so naive pre-9/11. John Travolta has the most confusing facial hair in film history. Did every action film post-Matrix have to look exactly like the Matrix? It's weird to see Hugh in this role as we have been living in a Huge Jackedman future for so long.
1	TedDedon	30 _8th
The only reason this piece of garbage gets a 30 is because Halle Berry shows her boobs in it.
1	Shmendrek	1 _10th
I don't remember much of this besides the boobs. Not a good sign.
1	Boobjuice	10 _6th
Sorry Halle Berry, flashing your tits won't save this sinking ship (though I guarantee you, her boobs were the ONLY thing anybody remembers about this movie). Why anyone made this is just beyond me.
1	purgatos	25 _7th
The computer stuff makes no sense. Also some of the story makes no sense. Then the stuff that does make sense is terrible.
1	spleen	54 _23rd
Proves that no script is too cliched and stupid. A heist for people who spell heist with a "y" and think a caper is a small fish.
1	Okkervil	31 _22nd
Two great performances.
1	DavidBlast	30 _13th
As if poor Halle Berry hadn't been through enough, it must have been a terrible day when she was called back for reshoots, only to find producers threatening her at gun point, to show her breasts. This, of course, was after everyone had discovered, that nobody bought into the formula of: hacking plus blowjob minus time = plausibility.
1	jkathrens	13 _3rd
Oh, the hype promised so much and the movie delivered so little. Known mostly as the movie for which Halle Berry was paid a very large sum of money to finally show her breasts on screen, which she did in a poorly conceived and directed scene. It went perfectly with the rest of the poorly conceived and directed movie. Also, computer hackers do not look like Hugh Jackman.
1	hellboy76	55 _19th
I remember Travolta's stupid hair, and Halle's not so stupid tits.
1	joel-w-m	3 _5th
So, Berry shows off her bod, Travolta's got blonde highlights, and Jackman looks like the sixth member of N'Sync: Not necessarily fatal to taking the film seriously but it says something that they're almost the only things I remember aside from a couple good bad-guy monologues, one cool scene where a bus dangles from a helicopter, and one cheesy montage of our hacker protagonist dancing to funk while talking to his computer. A mildly entertaining action thriller, but it's both dated and generic.
1	sylowi	80 _54th
I remember liking this but don't remember why.

Average Percentile 34.49% from 7275 Ratings