This film was made in 1992, but looks
like a Robert Redford classic circa 20 years earlier. In many other ways, it
feels brand new. Made at the very dawn of the Internet age, the plot centers
around a mysterious black box which could hack the entire world economy and
perhaps even bring it down, usher in a Golden Age of Cyber-Utopia…or not.
Meanwhile, the NSA (who else? LOL) want the box for domestic spying, while Muh
Russians are waiting in the wings. The only thing missing is a guy with orange
hair running for president… And yes, the DNC, of all people, are the *good*
guys in this slightly comical film about cloak-and-dagger break-ins, over-aged
computer nerds, and the hack to end all hacks. Funny Swedish television showed
it just on the heels of the Mueller indictment of 13 nothing-burgers. The first
time as COMEDY, the second time as farce!
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