When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.
Acting
Redford and Poitier's grumpy dad energy is unmatched
Writing
Dialogue so quotable it hurts
Score
James Horner's jazzy sneaking-around music
Director
Phil Alden Robinson
Robert Redford
Bishop
Sidney Poitier
Crease
David Strathairn
Whistler
Dan Aykroyd
Mother
River Phoenix
Carl
Ben Kingsley
Cosmo
Denise Dowse
Bank Teller
Timothy Busfield
Dick Gordon
Mary McDonnell
Liz
Donal Logue
Dr. Gunter Janek
Eddie Jones
Buddy Wallace
James Earl Jones
Mr. Bernard Abbott
Bodhi Elfman
Centurion S&L Night Guard
Gary Hershberger
College-Aged Bishop
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Setec Astronomy' anagram took real codebreakers hours to solve on set; the actors genuinely couldn't crack it.
This film basically predicted Anonymous and WikiLeaks decades early, but made hacking look like a really fun dinner party.
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