Alan Arkin, Harrison Ford, Jimmy Bennett
Jack Stanfield is a bank security expert, whose specialty is designing infallible theft-proof financial computer systems. But there's a hidden vulnerability in the system he didn't account for - himse...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 5, 2006
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November 13, 2009Quite typical of this style of film, so not particularly original, yet it was easy watching and had some good little technical moments. Definitely a film worth watching, liked the mix of Harrison Ford and Paul Bettany in this.
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September 18, 2009This film rips off so much from other films, I feel like I?ve seen it before! Bettany and Ford are quite good in it though!
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October 25, 2008Very suspenseful with a good cast. Paul Bettany is good in everything he does, so that's not surprising.
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November 20, 2009While it is nowhere near Harrison Ford's best attempt, it is a fun movie and highly entertaining. It has beautiful visuals and decent performances. The plot was actually pretty interesting and a different kind of heist attempt.
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Critic Reviews
October 7, 2006
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
May 12, 2006
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
The movie gets a lift from Mary Lynn Rajskub in a glamorized version of her nerd's wet dream Chloe on 24, which is also better this year with the Chloe quotient pumped up. full review
February 10, 2006
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
[A] tense but too often preposterous thriller. full review
February 10, 2006
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
It's a tricky thing, but an ideal thriller enables an audience to enjoy watching characters suffer. Here, that's difficult. full review
February 9, 2006
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Harrison Ford needs a better agent. Or a sharper pair of reading glasses for perusing scripts. He just seems to keep choosing the same tired heroic roles, and ends up coming across as a caricature of ... full review
February 9, 2006
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Firewall is an ingenious attempt to update an old plot with new technology, and it is made with competence, skillful acting, and the ability to make us feel cleverer about digital stuff than we really... full review
February 8, 2006
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Having once vehemently ordered Russian hijackers to "Get off my plane!," Harrison Ford can't even get a few techie terrorists out of his living room in Firewall. full review
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January 26, 2007The reader who suggested that this had nothing to do with a firewall unfortunately seems to be lacking some general knowledge of computers, or clearly failed to understand the central plot. The title does NOT refer to a physical firewall, rather the whole idea was to break through the bank's security firewall developed by Ford on the bank's computer network. Professional criminals forced him into breaking through it by holding his family hostage!
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December 31, 2006Anyone else notice that this movie had absolutely nothing to do with firewalls? The title kinda throws you off, don't you think?
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