Swordfish

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Swordfish

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Released Jun 8, 2001

1h 39m

Mystery & Thriller

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Behind the world's most sophisticated security systems, billions of illegal government funds lie. Gabriel Shear plans to finance his own brand of ruthless patriotism if he can break into this virtual Fort Knox. He needs parolee Stanley Jobson, the only man capable of penetrating the layers of firewalls and encrypted passwords. Now Shear and his partner Ginger use every lure, including the promise to reunite Jobson with his daughter, to obtain the greatest computer hack ever.

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Critics Consensus

Swordfish is big on explosions, but critics dislike how it skimps on plot and logic. Also, the sight of a person typing at a computer just isn't that interesting.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Cool explosions are the best thing here.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 28, 2010

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David Ansen

Newsweek

It's a good thing the action is noisily distracting, because you don't want any down-time in which to ponder the plausibility, or the sense, of anything that is happening.

Nov 1, 2007

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Peter Rainer

New York Magazine/Vulture

Another in a long line of middling movies for Travolta.

Jan 22, 2002

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Douglas Davidson

Elements of Madness

As someone who continues to exult in the fun of "Gone in 60 Seconds," it pains me to say that "Swordfish" doesn’t have the same charm today as it did then.

Jun 10, 2025

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Katie Hogan

FILMHOUNDS Magazine

...the action sequences, even the hacking conversations all make for a relatively fun film, for its time.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 9, 2025

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Steve Warren

Southern Voice (Atlanta)

Director Dominic Sena, moving up from Gone in Sixty Seconds, puts everything you're supposed to see and hear on the screen and makes you believe enough of it while it's happening that you won't have serious vague moments until you leave the theater.

Rated: 2.5/4

May 7, 2023

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Daniel N

Brilliant movie. Arguably one of John Travolta's best performances.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/30/25

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Ken D

Swordfish is a fun film and to be taken too seriously. However, John Travolta and Halle Berry are top class, while Hugh Jackman clearly shows he can’t do character acting which is a spoiler when he is in a scene. In the film Gabriel talks about an alternative ending to one or two films he had seen. And I agree with such sentiment because Stanley is in fact a felon, an accomplice to murder and a murderer himself so he should have been arrested a sent to jail.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/15/25

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Gerry D

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/06/25

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Christopher J

ok movie but it is disappointing and confusing

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/28/24

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Matt W

This movie is so stupid it's fun. This was a bad time for movies and every movie was trying to be The Rock. So over the top and campy. Crap, but crap that came from a puppy.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/20/24

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A good movie that was released at the wrong time, whether it's the plot twist, the cast, or the special effects, is a commercial blockbuster that is 100% worth watching. Unfortunately, it was released just before 9/11. It led to a significant box office crash.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/08/24

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Synopsis

Behind the world's most sophisticated security systems, billions of illegal government funds lie. Gabriel Shear plans to finance his own brand of ruthless patriotism if he can break into this virtual Fort Knox. He needs parolee Stanley Jobson, the only man capable of penetrating the layers of firewalls and encrypted passwords. Now Shear and his partner Ginger use every lure, including the promise to reunite Jobson with his daughter, to obtain the greatest computer hack ever.

Director: Dominic Sena
Producer: Joel Silver, Jonathan D. Krane
Screenwriter: Skip Woods
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Village Roadshow Prod., Silver Pictures, Jonathan Krane Group, Warner Brothers
Rating: R (Some Nudity|Language|Some Sexuality|Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 8, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 4, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $69.8M
Runtime: 1h 39m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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