Review of Swordfish (2001) by Scott C — 09 Mar 2013

Most notable for Halle Berry's topless scene.

This review of Swordfish (2001) was written by Scott C on 09 Mar 2013.

Swordfish has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Swordfish

Review of Swordfish (2001)

By Andrew K (2,033) on 30 Aug 2016

The explosions are amazing to the point of putting Michael Bay to shame but the dialogue and plot are boring and moronic…

Read Review

Review of Swordfish (2001)

By Bradford Y (54) on 02 Jul 2016

Not a film I will watch again --- except perhaps to see an absolutely gorgeous Halle Berry --- whose topless scene makes this tedious movie…

Read Review

Review of Swordfish (2001)

By Maksim B (511) on 30 Aug 2016

The explosions are amazing to the point of putting Michael Bay to shame but the dialogue and plot are boring and moronic…

Read Review

Review of Swordfish (2001)

By Sean Means (81) for Film.com (1,892) on 09 Dec 2014

John, John, John -- one more bad-guy role in a bad movie and you're going to need another comeback…

Read Review

Review of Swordfish (2001)

By Michael S (3,461) on 14 Nov 2014

Just a mindless exercise of cramming action into an in-cohesive plot…

Read Review

Review of Swordfish (2001)

By Johntravolta321 (11) on 17 Jul 2016

People has they own opinion. And most people will agree with me that this is a very good movie. I was blown away while watching the movie…

Read Review

Review of Swordfish (2001)

By Richard S (2,067) on 03 Jun 2016

Hacking scene is unreal and a joke to the movie…

Read Review

Review of Swordfish (2001)

By Jeremy W (358) on 23 Jan 2018

It is worth watching this movie for the wine drinking/dancing/hacking scene alone…

Read Review

Review of Swordfish (2001)

By Jacob B (1,524) on 23 Oct 2016

Travolta is terrific as a bad guy. Its a shame and a mistake that 'Golden Raspberries' nominated him for a 'Razzie…

Read Review

Review of Swordfish (2001)

By Tyler S (1,583) on 03 Feb 2016

This tech savvy film feature decent performances by the 3 leads, but other than that, the plot didn't make a lot of sense…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Saw III (2006)

By Masonh (3) on 04 Feb 2007

This movie is just a whole bunch of people dying in rediculously painful ways with no way of escape…

Read Review

Review of Saw (2004)

By Kevinb. (15) on 20 Jul 2006

Uh...first of all...this isnt a horror film...its a snuff film...its not scarey, it just nasty...bad acting and stupid plot...as most snuff…

Read Review

Review of Ocean's Twelve (2004)

By Matthewm. (10) on 07 May 2006

I think this is the worst film I have ever seen. The Slate review had it right. All smarm. Tries to be far more clever than it actualy is…

Read Review

Review of Justice League (2017)

By Norse (39) on 20 Nov 2017

This movie was a terrible disappointment…

Read Review

Review of Simran (2017)

By Nandini Ramnath (221) for Scroll.in (342) on 14 Sep 2017

The monomania that characterises Simran - the furtherance of the assertion that Kangana Ranaut can carry off just about anything - dooms the…

Read Review

Review of The 39 Steps (1935)

By Marcus W (1,161) on 06 Jan 2013

It may be clever, but the comedic tonal shifts and the lack of any real suspense make it drag…

Read Review

Review of 28 Days Later (2002)

By Richs. (2) on 31 May 2007

One of the worst movies I've ever seen. I'll always remember how bad it was because I was laughing the whole way through…

Read Review

Review of Hunting Elephants (2013)

By Hannah Brown (91) for Jerusalem Post (83) on 22 Mar 2016

Levi, who made Lost Islands, a melodrama that was quite popular here a few years ago, is an accomplished showman and has made an entertaining comedy…

Read Review

Review of Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)

By Ragnar L (5) on 21 Jul 2009

German version of the 'Lock stock and Two Smoking Barrels' if you consider dialogue and the style of the film…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

No Time to Die

2021

74%254 Reviews

Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022

65%84 Reviews

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

The Equalizer

2014

69%994 Reviews

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023

79%186 Reviews

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

79%1,167 Reviews

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

Deadpool

2016

78%1,333 Reviews

Godzilla vs. Kong

2021

66%184 Reviews

Oppenheimer

2023

85%310 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Swordfish

2001

58%661 Reviews

Waiting for "Superman"

2010

76%716 Reviews

The Good Shepherd

2006

61%773 Reviews

Gangster Squad

2013

57%837 Reviews

Broken City

2013

52%669 Reviews

The Reader

2008

72%847 Reviews

Let the Right One In

2008

82%1,023 Reviews

The Thing

2011

55%1,049 Reviews

National Security

2012

52%357 Reviews

Kubo and the Two Strings

2016

80%1,033 Reviews