Hackers (film)

*This publication was also writen in* SPANISH *and* PORTUGUESE . IMDb Synopsis : *A young teenager ends up being tried - and legally found guilty - of committing cybercrimes. Sentenced to stay away from computers until he reaches adulthood, he ends up returning to the world of crime to save his own skin (and that of his new friends) when he gets drawn into a multi-million-dollar criminal scheme*. Even before the int…

Ah, yes. Anyone that's my age and into computers more than just using them to order pizza online and troll on twitter will probably have a soft spot for this film. I remember when this came out I absolutely loved it. I remember one of the leads getting excited over a P133 laptop, and as I was watching it, me thinking, wow, that's a serious bit of kit right there. Boy how things have changed, and capacitors have turn…

God gave men brains Larger than dogs so they Wouldn’t hump women’s Legs at cocktail parties. (Ruth Libby) Written by Rafael Moreu, following his fascination with computer hacking in 1980s and the hacker culture in general, the 1995 (computer) crime thriller Hackers, while unsuccessful at the box office at the time and not lauded by critics, went on to achieve a cult classic status, being reflective of the youth of e…

Hollywood's inability to tackle current cultural trends became apparent in mid-1990s with couple of films that had new and "hip" concepts of Internet and cyberspace as part of their plots. Results were disappointing, to say the least, mostly because Hollywood film makers showed barely any understanding of the phenomenon. One of exceptions was *Hackers*, 1995 teen-oriented thriller directed by Iain Softley, and mostl…