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      1998 1h 36m Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 78% 5,000+ Ratings Audience Score Two computer hackers (August Diehl, Fabian Busch) begin to explore government databases but have trouble dealing with the consequences. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Jim Carey did better then I expected Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Very good german movie. 3,5/5 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member One of my all time favourite films!! Great film based on real events! Hagbad Celine/Karl Koch :) Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a467/MeisterKill/vlcsnap-2011-04-25-02h28m33s132.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> Definitely an interesting film which is based on a true story about computer hackers in Hannover, Germany in the 1980s. They go from hacking banks, to drastic things such as nuclear power plants. Then again, there is always a catch with hacking, alas, it is a crime, there, the plot thickens. Also, you can't forget the Illuminati.... 23. This movie was pretty intense so to say, and very interesting to watch and observe. The acting was decent as well. Overall, an entreating movie that has to deal with a lot of things, and it kept it very interesting. The soundtrack was pretty cool too. Pretty intense for one of August Diehls' first films. <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a467/MeisterKill/vlcsnap-2011-04-25-02h23m59s163.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member In the 1980's free thinking Karl Koch (August Diehl) is an idealistic and interested young man. He is an active fighter against nuclear power, which his financially situated father does not like at all. The minute his father dies, Karl starts to change his life. With the money he inherits he buys his first computer. And becomes one of the world's first Hacker. He is good at what he is doing: not only the German National Bank, also the Pentagon and the Ministry of Defence are no problem for him. But he does not break into the databases for fun. Karl is convinced that the Illuminati rule the world, since he read the books by Robert Shea. The number 23 is the most important sign for him, that the Illuminati have their hands in something. And he soon finds the 23 everywhere around him. "America" becomes his own personal enemy. He is convinced that it is Adam Weishaupt, one of the founders of the Illuminati, on the Dollar-bill; not George Washington. And because America is so contaminated with the Illuminati, Karl does the obvious thing: he becomes a spy for the KGB, America's worst enemy. Drugs keep him awake while he works day and night against his enemies...and his own paranoia. And he does not notice that he is just used by the KGB. "Nothing is true, everything is allowed." Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member man,this is just too difficult to understand.. i only enjoy the first 30 minutes, the rest is just too confusing. maybe i'm not smart enough to watch this kind of movie.. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Mark R. Leeper rec.arts.movies.reviews Rated: high +2 out of -4..+4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Two computer hackers (August Diehl, Fabian Busch) begin to explore government databases but have trouble dealing with the consequences.
      Director
      Hans-Christian Schmid
      Screenwriter
      Hans-Christian Schmid
      Production Co
      Claussen & Wöbke Filmproduktion GmbH
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      German
      Runtime
      1h 36m