Blackhat (2015)

★ 5.5 2h 13m 2,170 votes IMDb
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Nicholas Hathaway, a furloughed convict, and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. As Hathaway closes in, the stakes become personal as he discovers that the attack on a Chinese nuclear power plant was just the beginning.

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Cast

Chris Hemsworth
Chris Hemsworth as Nicholas Hathaway Age 42 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Christopher Hemsworth AM (born 11 August 1983) is an Australian actor. Born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, and Bulman, Northern Territory, he rose to prominence playing Kim Hyde in the Australian...
Tang Wei
Tang Wei as Chen Lien Age 46 · Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China Tang Wei (born 7 October 1979) is a Chinese actress. She rose to prominence for her appearance in Lust, Caution (2007). She has received various accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award, a Go...
Leehom Wang
Leehom Wang as Chen Dawai Age 49 · Rochester, New York, USA Leehom Wang (born May 17, 1976) is an American-born singer-songwriter, record producer, actor and film director of Chinese descent based in Taiwan. Formally trained at the Eastman School of Music, W...
Viola Davis
Viola Davis as Carol Barrett Age 60 · St. Matthews, South Carolina, USA Viola Davis (/vaɪˈoʊlə/ vy-OH-lə; born August 11, 1965) is an American actress and film producer. Her accolades include both the Triple Crown of Acting and EGOT. Time named her one of the 100 most inf...
Holt McCallany
Holt McCallany as Mark Jessup Age 62 · New York City, New York, USA Holt McCallany (born Holt Quinn McAloney; September 3, 1963) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of FBI Special Agent Bill Tench on the series Mindhunter (2017–19). He has had leading...
Andy On Chi-Kit
Andy On Chi-Kit as Alex Trang Age 48 · Providence, Rhode Island, USA Andy On Chi-Kit (Cantonese: 安志傑) (born 11 May 1977 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States) is a Chinese American actor and martial artist. He was born Andy Tien and as a child, he idolized Jackie...

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Reno 6/10 Nov 04, 2016
**It's about the virtual terrorism and fighting back it in the same way.**

This is the story of the United States and China, that also involves some of the southeast Asian nations when the story takes us there. So this tale is about an explosion at a Chinese nuclear plant and followed by the investigation conducted by the US and Chinese collaboration, the cops hire a convicted hacker to fast up the process and to nab the culprit who was behind the power plant disaster. These people begin their hunting by tracking the clues to the different locations and where they finally land and how it all come end told in the rest of the film.

I felt it was a too much realistic presentation. Like a documentary film quality, but full suspense filled story that stretched to over two hours. So sometimes it was very boring, because slowing down in any big development. At a time, some of the important scenes accomplished so fast like most of the action sequences. It mainly revolved around hacking plot, but was not that intelligent, so can be understood by everyone.

Initially I disliked those circuit board graphics, which I thought was a good detail, but too much for a film like this and it never looked so convincing. The film was average, but I anticipated lot better than that. I liked the actors though. Whether it was Chris Hemsworth or the Chinese counterparts, all were decent according to what the tale required. The film is not for everybody, particularly if you don't like slow narration, you should not consider it to watch. But the film is not bad for once viewing.

_6/10_
Fixyf Feb 18, 2020
It seems to me that real programmers, for example, like the ones that created my favorite Utopia p2p application, look a little different and are engaged in completely different things. They do not seek to harm users, but rather try to help keep personal data safe.

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