Rent Sneakers (1992)
3.5 of 5 from 149 ratings
2h 0min
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- Synopsis:
Computer expert Martin Bishop (Robert Redford) heads a team of renegade hackers - including a former CIA employee (Sidney Poitier), a gadgets wizard (Dan Aykroyd), a young genius (River Phoenix) and a blind soundman (David Strathairn) - who are routinely hired to test security systems. But Bishop's past comes back to haunt him when government agents blackmail the "sneakers" into carrying out a covert operation: tracking down an elusive black box. Along with his former girlfriend (Mary McDonnell), Bishop's team retrieves the box and makes a stunning discovery - the device can break into any computer system in the world. With factions from all sides willing to kill for the powerful box, Bishop and his team embark on their most dangerous assignment ever... - Actors:
- Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Sidney Poitier, Jo Marr, Gary Hershberger, David Strathairn, River Phoenix, Bodhi Elfman, Denise Dowse, Hanyee, Timothy Busfield, Eddie Jones, Time Winters, Mary McDonnell, Jun Asai, Donal Logue, George Hearn, Lee Garlington, John Shepard, Ellaraino
- Directors:
- Phil Alden Robinson
- Producers:
- Walter Prkes, Lawrence Lasker
- Writers:
- Phil Alden Robinson, Lawrence Lasker
- Aka:
- Héroes Por Azar
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Comedy, Thrillers
- Collections:
- All the Twos: 1972-2012, Films by Year, Films From: 1992, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Sidney Poitier, People of the Pictures, Remembering James Earl Jones, Remembering Robert Redford, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 06/05/2013
- Run Time:
- 126 minutes
- Languages:
- Brazilian Portuguese DTS 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS 2.0, German DTS 2.0, Italian DTS 2.0, Japanese DTS 5.1, Latin American Spanish DTS 2.0, Spanish DTS 2.0
- Subtitles:
- Brazilian, Castillian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (2) of Sneakers
Entertaining Espionage/Caper Film - Sneakers review by GI
Sneakers is a really entertaining thriller full of suspense, intrigue and humour. A neat conspiracy plot and a great all star cast and performances makes this hugely enjoyable and, if you've never seen this, it's a film I highly recommend. It has that caper style of narrative similar to the Mission Impossible Tv series. Robert Redford is Martin Bishop. He runs a small investigation company who specialise in security especially testing the systems of banks and similar corporations. He employs a crew of geeks and misfits including computer experts and ex CIA agents. Martin is blackmailed by Government agents to steal a code breaking machine or they will expose him over an old arrest warrant from years ago. It turns out that many others covet this machine and soon Martin and his crew find themselves caught up in a deadly espionage game. Co starring Mary McDonnell, Dan Aykroyd, River Pheonix, David Strathairn, Ben Kingsley and a cameo from James Earl Jones this is one of those films that keeps you hooked throughout, it's a tense story with twists and turns and also has some moments of real hilarity. lovely little film that is well worth checking out.
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Another Mission Impossible! - Sneakers review by NO
Confusing start-too technical.Ends up with Redford doing a Mission Impossible stunt.No femmine leads-another
Boys Own film.
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