Review of Swordfish (2001) by Phil S — 11 Jul 2009

Excellent action movie! The beginning benefits greatly from fast forwarding to an awesome slo mo spinny explosion set piece from the finale, and it doesn't let up from then on. Found the moral twist to the robbery plot intriguing and quite original, even pretty clever! (although who went back to pick up Halle Berry????).

Awesome soundtrack and the whole thing looks amazingly cool... although the only criticism I have is some times it's just trying too hard to generate that coolness: Travolta's goatee and silly hair, Jackman's earring and silly tattoos, and hacking done through flashy CGI 8 screen super computers.

... Although in large it all works out, great soundtrack, great action, baps and cool cars. Vinnie Jones is embarrassingly bad though....Well I thought so.