Lest we confuse the film for brainless which it is, we can count on the anecdotehappy character played by travolta to offer cliff notesinterpretations for the laymanonthego on everything from the. He kept the body in the cellar to later use as misdirection in his getaway since he was obviously 10 steps ahead of everybody else in the movie. A sinister mastermind and his elite criminal crew attempt the catch of a lifetime. Discover the growing collection of high quality most relevant xxx movies and clips. I am truly thrilled to have this movie in my collection again. A covert counterterrorist unit called black cell, headed by the duplicitious and suave gabriel shear. The movie also has a visual look to it that i cant put quite into words. Jun 04, 2001 the plot centers around kyle ribb luke hemsworth, a smalltime drug dealer who gets a promotion and joins forces with another dealer, swin horn duke, to make a large delivery to arkansas. With john travolta, hugh jackman, halle berry, don cheadle.
Three hummers sit in the middle of the floor, surrounded by broken glass. The movie is a tightlywoven thrill ride with a few wild curves. John travolta, hugh jackman and halle barry are at their best. Though wellmade, its cynical attitude leaves a sour taste in ones mouth, in more ways than one. Swordfish is a 2001 american crime thriller film directed by dominic sena and starring john. Its not just a typical heist film, or action plot where the hero has to save the hostages, blowing the hell out of the bad guys in the process. Nonetheless, as a summer movie, it delivers the goods, which bear the. The climax of the film takes place on a runway as the main characters try to stop a plane from taking off. Senas dazzling way with a shootout distracts from a plot that is full of holes.
Gaping plot holes aside, inkheart is a lovely little film, aimed at the bookish among us, and peppered with a love of the literary. However, when the robots begin to kill people, they are now armed with pincer arms and with c4 explosives. A good action movie with now young hugh jackman pre xmen and john t and. Laser print of spike spiegel on the swordfish ii from cowboy bebop on 80 lb matte. Apr 16, 20 36 plot holes you never noticed in famous movie scenes. The first, while not a plot hole as such, is jackmans character as the. On the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10, swordfish blasts in with an intense, actionpacked, fastpaced 7. Everything you need to know about swordfish movie 2001. The film centers on stanley jobson, an excon and computer hacker who is targeted for recruitment into a bank robbery conspiracy because of his formidable hacking skills.
The writing here is so superb, i think it should have been worthy of an oscar nomination for john travolta just for this scene alone. The fact that the character being raped is male and that the sex is oral somehow made it not only okay with the audience i watched the film with in a north philadelphia mall theater. This movie might actually be the cinematic distillation of a plothole. Gabriel says no one wants a repeat of what happened this morning. If you remember the scene where he is speaking with the senator and says that he has changed his appearance so many times that he forgets what he looks like. After several major flops battleship earth, lucky numbers, john travolta is again in top form as the morally ambiguous protagonist of the techno thriller, swordfish, playing a dangerously charismatic spy who propagates his own brand of patriotism. Not only is the action explosive, so is the movies sexuality and thematic structure. From an amazing opening scene where you are placed three quarters of the way into the plot with a robbery at a bank and an explosion filmed in the matrix style, but with a twist, you are then moved four days previous to where it all began and then. Ok, a film titled piranha 3d isnt exactly trying to be highbrow, but this scene was still far too silly. Former xmen players hugh wolverine jackman and halle storm berry team up again, along with gman john travolta, to hack into a powerful government computer in swordfish 2001.
Watch swordfish sex scene porn videos for free, here on. But movies generally require something along the lines of characters and plot, and there this movie lets us down. Watch swordfish movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Its skillfully mounted and fitfully intriguing, but weaves such a tangled web that at the end i defy anyone in the audience to explain the exact loyalties and motives of the leading characters. That would be an apt phrase to describe the entirety of swordfish seeing as director dominic sena refuses to let his film be viewed as just another walk in the park. The dialogue is supposed to be hip and sardonic, but it is just thirdrate tarantino. A covert counterterrorist unit called black cell led by gabriel shear wants the money to help finance their war against international terrorism, but its all locked away. Also, the sight of a person typing at a computer just isnt that interesting. Swordfish is one of those movies that start interesting, but then kind of meanders off in ways that dont quite live up to its promising beginning. There is one person in the movie who is definitely intended to be a hero, but are the villains really villains. As gabriel walks away from the trunk of his car and starts firing his machine gun, the trunk is open and has bullet holes. Swordfish is a 2001 american crime thriller film directed by dominic sena and starring john travolta, hugh jackman, halle berry, don cheadle, vinnie jones and sam shepard. John travolta stars as gabriel shear, a charismatic spy who plots to steal a multibilliondollar fortune in illegal government funds. A world protected by firewalls, passwords and the most advanced security systems.
In the introductory scene, the scientists are telling the shop owners that the robots are equipped with tazers and sleep darts to tackle intruders. Please explain swordfish ending home theater forum. Jun 21, 2018 9 harry potter mysteries and plot holes the movies left hanging. The plot was crucial to keeping interest during the slow parts of the film. Released june 8th, 2001, swordfish stars john travolta, hugh jackman, halle berry, don cheadle the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 39 min, and received a score of 32 out of 100 on. Swordfish is an explosive thriller with an attitude. In this world we hide our deepest secrets, our most incriminating information, and of course, a whole lot of money. Swordfish is one of those movies that start interesting, but then kind of. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. Mcu character with the most alone screen time tony starkiron man 53.
Director dominic sena follows up his stylish action film gone in 60 seconds 2000 with this hightech thriller. Swordfish dvd 2001 by john travoltahalle berryhugh. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Swordfish is a 2001 hacker film directed by dominic sena, starring john travolta, xmen film series actors hugh jackman and halle berry and future xactor, vinnie jones, along with the future war machine, don cheadle. This movie features everything you will look for in an action movie. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing swordfish near you. Director dominic sena seems to fancy himself some kind of john woo jr. Theres little point in cataloguing the films lapses of logic and plot holes, since swordfishs very existence is predicated on nothing more than this or that next big effect.
Boasting a sleek look and at least three outstanding setpieces, dominic senas actioner could be criticized for having a convoluted plot thats. Such is the case with swordfish, and although the same might be said by some about monsters ball, at least that film had a few other memorable parts aside from the berrythornton. Bumping this ancient thread to post my comments on my recent viewing of swordfish on blu. Yet swordfish provides a positive spaghetti junction of misdirection itself. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in swordfish 2001. A covert counterterrorist unit called black cell, headed by the duplicitious and suave gabriel shear, wants the money to. T here is a scene about a third of the way through swordfish in which the protagonist is held at gun point by a character while being raped by his accomplice in front of a room full of amused spectators. Swordfish had a fast moving plot, and it was uptodate with computing terms, the plot was fast and had a couple of twists which improved the film but meant that you had to watch the film carefully. Swordfish is the slickest, dopiest heist film of the early 2000s, so lets see if we can hack all the wtf moments and plot holes the movie has going on behind its firewall. Drawing elements from the recent events of world war ii as well as the emerging cold war, the. The plot actually revolves around a multi billiondollar bank heist of a hidden dea slush fund that will.
Gabriel says no one wants a repeat of what happened. Browse through our impressive selection of porn videos in hd quality on any device you own. It was just one big gaping hole into which all narrative reason slid. Swordfish is big on explosions, but critics dislike how it skimps on plot and logic.
Ask anything you want to know, or answer other peoples questions. Empire have a brilliant infograph on the whole scene. I believe the guy in the cellar was the real israeli mossad agent gabriel shear and that travolta in fact did kill him to take over his identity. Ok, so how can the big helicopter get in that restricted airspace, then get to the freeway to pick up. Hollywood knows nothing about hackers and this is evident in swordfish. No other sex tube is more popular and features more swordfish sex scene scenes than pornhub. It describes how a far eastern empire takes over the world and the adventures of two britons as they try to bring about the development of a weapon which will enable them to fight back. In the next shot taken from behind the car, the trunk is closed and has no damage. The secret of the swordfish was the first story in the blake and mortimer comic album series by edgar p. Swordfish has in my opinion one of the best openings to a movie i have ever seen.
Moreover, the holes in the plot and motivations are as big as the. Forming the covert counterterrorist unit black cell, they plan to gain access to the powerful secrets and mountains of money within with hopes of harpooning rebel sharks plaguing the city. Jan 05, 2016 but movies generally require something along the lines of characters and plot, and there this movie lets us down. Swordfish tries for a vibe that is cool, amoral, and ambiguous, but what it gets is a vibe that is manipulative and insincere. But john woo the killer, hard boiled and more recently faceoff and m. Such is the case with swordfish, and although the same might be said by some about monsters ball, at least that film had a.
Swordfish in us theaters june 8, 2001 starring john travolta, hugh jackman, halle berry, don cheadle. The plot actually revolves around a multi billiondollar bank heist of a hidden dea slush fund that will be used to finance covert antiterrorist activities. Susan granger, profanity is rated as extreme due to the use of at least 28 f words and various other expletives. However, it is not primarily a hacker movie and that is one of its saving graces.
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