Hackers

Hackers (1995)

  • 31% of critics liked it
    (32 reviews)

  • 66% of users liked it
    (115,006 ratings)

In this high-tech thriller, Dade Murphy (Jonny Lee Miller) has been fascinated with computers all his life; at the age of 11, he was able to break into the computer network of several top Wall Street investment and banking firms, and he nearly caused a major stock market crash in the process. As… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 44 min.
Directed By
Iain Softley
Written By
Rafael Moreu
Genres
Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Sep 15, 1995 Wide
On DVD
Apr 24, 2001
MGM Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Joe Leydon, Variety

    There is a great deal more style than substance here.

  • Janet Maslin, New York Times

    Though this scheme involves loads of important data, it manages to sound dopey all the same.

  • Joe Brown, Washington Post

    How do you make typing look exciting?

  • Mike Clark, USA Today

    To its credit, Hackers recalls the pumped-up energy of Pump Up the Volume, as well as its casting prowess.

  • Hal Hinson, Washington Post

    Tirelessly modish, hyper-glossy, super-superficial. It's also cacophonous. And, for all of its drum-beating for brain power, dumb.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jennifer X


    Hackers is hi-LAR-ious because of the way it portrays the Internet. The hacking duels between Jonny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie are at once ridiculous and kinda sexy. A LOT of fun.

  • moon r


    Attempted glamorisation of New York teen hackers fighting corporate greed comes off as a bit too cheeky. All racial stereotypes are represented though ...

  • Michael G


    I can objectively say that Hackers is a badly-dated, ridiculous piece of crap that's pure camp to anyone that's ever used a computer. BUT... I had fun watching it. Most of the characters were ridiculous and between Fisher Stevens' egotistical geek and Lorraine… More

  • Bethany M


    Quite a good film. Keeps you intrigued for the most part of the film.

  • James A


    I like a movie that tries to make nerds look like extreme raver rebels. Or DO I!?

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