Angela Bennett is a freelance computer systems analyst who tracks down software viruses. At night she hooks up to the internet and chats to others 'surfing the net'. While de-bugging a new high-tech game for a cyber friend, she comes across a top secret program and becomes the target of a mysterious organization who will stop at nothing to erase her identity and her existence, in order to protect the project.
Acting
Bullock makes 'ordering pizza online' feel like defusing a bomb.
Production
Peak 'INTERNET IS SCARY' production design, chef's kiss.
Practical Effects
Actual 1995 websites rendered with terrifying authenticity.
Director
Irwin Winkler
Sandra Bullock
Angela Bennett
Jeremy Northam
Jack Devlin
Dennis Miller
Dr. Alan Champion
Wendy Gazelle
Imposter Angela (Ruth Marx)
Diane Baker
Mrs. Bennett
Ken Howard
Michael Bergstrom
Ray McKinnon
Dale Hessman
Daniel Schorr
WNN Anchor
L. Scott Caldwell
Public Defender
Robert Gossett
Ben Phillips
Kristina Krofft
1st Nurse
Tony Perez
Mexican Doctor
Juan Garcia
Resort Desk Clerk
Margo Winkler
Mrs. Raines
Gene Kirkwood
Stan Whiteman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film basically INVENTED the 'hacker typing furiously while code scrolls' trope that plagued cinema for decades. You're welcome, Swordfish.
The 'cyberterrorism' plot involving a government backdoor called 'Praetorian' was eerily prescient—NSA whistleblowers later confirmed similar real programs existed. Angela Bennett was right, we just didn't listen.
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