Swordfish
Swordfish is a 2001 American action thriller film directed by Dominic Sena, written by Skip Woods, produced by Joel Silver, and starring John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Vinnie Jones, and Sam Shepard.
Plot
Cyber-hacker Stanley Jobson becomes notorious for infecting the FBI's Carnivore program with a computer virus. Stanley's parole forbids him from accessing the internet and computers while his ex-wife, Melissa, an alcoholic and part-time porn star, issued a restraining order against him. This also prevents him from seeing his daughter, Holly.
More details
| author | Skip Woods |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Dominic Sena |
| editor | Stephen E. Rivkin |
| events | computing |
| genre | action crime thriller |
| keywords | abduct arrest bank heist being followed bulletproof vest carnivore claymore mine coffee shop computer virus computer worm crack cyber-hacker dea dea agent defense department dog day afternoon drug enforcement administration fbi fbi agent follow force frame hacker j edgar hoover kill learn money transfer monitor monte carlo mossad news report porn producer porn star rescue restraining order rocket-propelled grenade secret organization sikorsky s-64 skycrane slush fund stolen money survive terrorist united states department of defense wait worm |
| musicBy | Christopher Young |
| producer | Joel Silver Jonathan D. Krane |
| productionCompany | NPV Entertainment Silver Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | Long Beach Monaco |
| theme | heist terrorism |