One can see the filmmaker's influences: the movie Hackers, computer games, and tech news for the last few years.
The movie's probably got the most realistic depiction of computers onscreen yet - though it still suffers the same errors that make some people's skin crawl...like the keyboard noise (those keyboards don't make that much noise - especially THOSE keyboards), the fact that the characters navigate by typing on the keyboard (I mean when using windows interface), and so on.
What is nice is the use of the GNOME desktop throughout the movie and the obvious inferrence to Linux.
The Evil Villain, Gary Winston, appears to be a clone of both Bill Gates and Steve Jobs: he has an exaggerated cutthroatness of Gates with the style of Jobs (check out his office! I want those "seasons" windows!). Tim Robbins, as expected, did a great job as the ego-maniacal CEO.
In all the content of the movie is poor. Ryan Phillippe has a hard time showing any real human emotion. Not even halfway into the film is it obvious who's behind all the odd deaths. In fact, the movie seems to rely on visuals and suspense to make it a good movie. In comparison, the movie Hackers was WAY off in accurate depiction, but the storyline is enjoyable and the characters interesting and unique.
In conclusion to a rambling comment, the movie is so-so. It was compelling enough to watch it the whole way through, but it lacked the integrity and plotline of a great movie.
The movie's probably got the most realistic depiction of computers onscreen yet - though it still suffers the same errors that make some people's skin crawl...like the keyboard noise (those keyboards don't make that much noise - especially THOSE keyboards), the fact that the characters navigate by typing on the keyboard (I mean when using windows interface), and so on.
What is nice is the use of the GNOME desktop throughout the movie and the obvious inferrence to Linux.
The Evil Villain, Gary Winston, appears to be a clone of both Bill Gates and Steve Jobs: he has an exaggerated cutthroatness of Gates with the style of Jobs (check out his office! I want those "seasons" windows!). Tim Robbins, as expected, did a great job as the ego-maniacal CEO.
In all the content of the movie is poor. Ryan Phillippe has a hard time showing any real human emotion. Not even halfway into the film is it obvious who's behind all the odd deaths. In fact, the movie seems to rely on visuals and suspense to make it a good movie. In comparison, the movie Hackers was WAY off in accurate depiction, but the storyline is enjoyable and the characters interesting and unique.
In conclusion to a rambling comment, the movie is so-so. It was compelling enough to watch it the whole way through, but it lacked the integrity and plotline of a great movie.