Rent Hackers (1995)
3.2 of 5 from 104 ratings
1h 45min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
They can break any code and get inside any system. They are often still in their teens and already under surveillance by the authorities. They are the hackers. Zero Cool, real name Dade Murphy (Jonny Lee Miller), is a legend among his peers.In 1988 he single-handedly crashed 1,507 computers on Wall Street and was forbidden by law to touch another keyboard until his 18th birthday. It's been seven years without a byte, and he's hungry. Kate Libby (Angelina Jolie), handle Acid Burns, has a souped up lap-top that can do 0 to 60 on the infobahn in a nanosecond. When the two collide, the battle of the sexes goes into hard drive. But all bets are off when master hacker The Plague (Fisher Stevens) frames Dade, Kate and their friends in a diabolical industrial conspiracy. Now they are the only ones who can prevent a catastrophe, unlike any the world has ever seen. - Actors:
- Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Jesse Bradford, Matthew Lillard, Laurence Mason, Renoly Santiago, Fisher Stevens, Alberta Watson, Darren Lee, Peter Y. Kim, Ethan Browne, Lorraine Bracco, Wendell Pierce, Michael Gaston, Marc Anthony, Penn Jillette, Liza Walker, Bob Sessions, Blake Willett, Max Ligosh
- Directors:
- Iain Softley
- Producers:
- Michael Peyser, Ralph Winter
- Writers:
- Rafael Moreu
- Studio:
- MGM
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 26/11/2018
- Run Time:
- 107 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New2018 Audio Commentary by Director lain Softley and Film Critic Mark Kermode
- The Keyboard Cowboys: A Look Back at 'Hackers' - Featuring interviews with Director lain Softley, Cast Members Fisher Stevens, Matthew Li Hard and Penn Jillette, Costume Designer Roger Burton, Visual Effects Artist Peter Chiang, And More!
- Original Trailer
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 22/09/2025
- Run Time:
- 105 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Atmos, English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary by Director Iain Softley and Film Critic Mark Kermode
- The Keyboard Cowboys: A Look Back at Hackers - Brand-New Interviews with Director Iain Softley, Cast Members Fisher Stevens, Matthew Lillard and Penn Jillette, Costume Designer Roger Burton, Visual Effects Artist Peter Chiang, and More!
- Original Trailer
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Reviews (1) of Hackers
Hack the Planet: ’90s Neon That Predicted the Future - Hackers review by griggs
Back in 1995, most of us barely understood what a modem did, let alone hacking or computer viruses. Hackers was so far ahead of the public understanding that director Iain Softley had to invent his own visual shorthand, a neon-drenched cyberworld not far off Tron, just to explain the basics. It looked absurd then, and even more now—but the shorthand stuck. Nearly every film since has borrowed the same convention to show us the internet.
What's striking is how much of it feels more relevant today. Swap the teenage bedroom warriors for hostile states, and the threat looks eerily familiar. Softley and his cast—including a young Angelina Jolie and Johnny Lee Miller—treat the material with just enough sincerity to sell it, while the soundtrack locks it firmly in the 1990s.
Ridiculous, stylish, and oddly prescient: a cult classic that knew the future would be wired.
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