Patrick Stewart, Vincent Kartheiser, Brenda Fricker

Ex-security officer Ralph Bentley is determined to get the money he deserves. After being fired by a millionaire in an embezzlement scandal, the British Secret Service-trained Bentley decides to take...( read more  read more... ) over the ritzy Shady Glen School and hold the wealthiest young students for ransom. Having designed the security system himself, one would think Bentley was in a prime position for success. Enter Ozzie Paxton, a young kid who enjoys a prank, especially one based on computer technology. Slipping through the school's hidden passageways, Ozzie in now the school's only hope. Ozzie has a chance to put into action the same kind of mind-to-mind warfare he has been playing on the computer for years. Only this time the stakes are real.

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PG-13, 1 hr. 46 min.

Directed by: Roger Christian

Release Date: January 1, 1997

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  • June 28, 2009
    luv it i knew from the beggining the film would be good
  • June 10, 2009
    Quite good that it's sort of a children's production of Die Hard crossed with The Rock, with plenty of violence but no blood or death - which isn't very convincing but at least it protects the PG rating. Patrick Stewart's lip-smacking gusto as the chief bad guy is ...( read more)the film's main asset.
  • April 21, 2008
    Patrick Stewart out smarted.
  • April 18, 2008
    ermmn just seen most of this for the 1st time n think its an ok film..this is an daft die hard but aimed at kids :P the teen hero is played by vincent kartheiser ( who is in now pete campbell in mad men) this is an ok film i guess its an enjoyable hour n a half movie..
  • March 4, 2008
    I love this movie so much, it is totally awesome, a teenage boy, out smarting an evil computer genius and his 'gang' lol.
  • February 17, 2008
    I thought this was pretty good movie for when it was made..
  • February 1, 2008
    As good an actor as Patrick Stewart is I'm surprised he gets such lousy roles as this.
  • September 19, 2007
    This looks like a comedy... wtq is Patrick Stewart doing in it?
  • September 7, 2007
    any movie gets twice as awesome when brenda fricker is in it. if "the man" had a physical form...i'm sure it would look almost identical to patrick stewart. a stabbing westward song is in the opening sequence if i'm remembering correctly. i haven't said anything about the movie, ...( read more)have i? no, i haven't.

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  • MirandaAngel
    March 15, 2007
    I really love the trailer for this film, its sick!, But sadly I haven't seen it yet!

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