Director - Michael Mann
Stars - Viola Davis, Chris Hemsworth, Leehom Wang, Wei Tang
Story - We start the story with someone hacking into a Chinese nuclear power plant and destroying the water pump that cools the fuel rods causing a major explosion and a near melt down. The Hacker then hacks into the stock exchange and pushes up the price of soy, stealing 75 million. China and US Government decide that they would be working better as a team than separate in finding out who this Hacker really is.
We then meet Nick aka 'Thug Thor' in jail, and find out he is a Hacker that is serving a 15 year sentence. Long story short, he was the Chinese government investigator's roommate at MIT, and they wrote part of the code that the Hacker used.
The rest of the movie is trying to find out the identity of the hacker and figuring out what his next act of terrorism would be. They travel the world, there is a romance and some people die.
What Did I think - Ummmm, not the best Michael Mann movie I have seen. With movies like, Manhunter, Heat and The Insider, I was expecting a way better movie. I think the story was OK, but the tension and action was not kept at a good pace to sustain the story all the way through. There was too much lag time between the action, and there were time where I just wanted to take a little nap until something happened.
Chris Helmworth who is dreamy and a great action actor, I think was miscast as one of the world's top Hacker's. It was weird that he knew how to fight and shoot a gun so comfortably when he was supposed to be this super geek.
Viola Davis however was wonderful, as usual. I think that she is slated to become one of the next great actors of our time. She made this movie tolerable as the hardened FBI agent that will do anything to find her man.
Leehom and Wei were good, but you could tell that English was not their first language which tends to make folks overact a bit.
My verdict is to skip this one and check out another flick by Mann. I suggest Manhunter!
Snack & Bevies - Pork Buns and Ginger Beer Fizz(Tsingtao and ginger beer)
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