Blackhat (2015)

United States of America

Crime, Thriller, Action

Legendary Pictures, Universal Pictures, Forward Pass

Chris Hemsworth, Tang Wei, Leehom Wang, Viola Davis, Holt McCallany, Andy On

Michael Mann

Morgan Davis Foehl

Taglines: We are no longer in control.

race against time, computer, hacker, computer virus, technology, anti hero, nuclear power plant, national security agency (nsa), malaysia, betrayal, fugitive, on the run, conspiracy, shootout, hacking, terrorism, cat and mouse, one against many, terrorist plot, stock exchange, cybercrime, cyber terrorism, chinese military, cyber thriller

Nicholas Hathaway, a furloughed convict, and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. As Hathaway closes in, the stakes become personal as he discovers that the attack on a Chinese nuclear power plant was just the beginning.

Reviews:

Author: Rangan
**It's about the virtual terrorism and fighting back it in the same way.** This is the story of the United States and China, that also involves some of the southeast Asian nations when the story takes us there. So this tale is about an explosion at a Chinese nuclear plant and followed by the investigation conducted by the US and Chinese collaboration, the cops hire a convicted hacker to fast up the process and to nab the culprit who was behind the power plant disaster. These people begin their hunting by tracking the clues to the different locations and where they finally land and how it all come end told in the rest of the film. I felt it was a too much realistic presentation. Like a documentary film quality, but full suspense filled story that stretched to over two hours. So sometimes it was very boring, because slowing down in any big development. At a time, some of the important scenes accomplished so fast like most of the action sequences. It mainly revolved around hacking plot, but was not that intelligent, so can be understood by everyone. Initially I disliked those circuit board graphics, which I thought was a good detail, but too much for a film like this and it never looked so convincing. The film was average, but I anticipated lot better than that. I liked the actors though. Whether it was Chris Hemsworth or the Chinese counterparts, all were decent according to what the tale required. The film is not for everybody, particularly if you don't like slow narration, you should not consider it to watch. But the film is not bad for once viewing. _6/10_