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Sneakers (1992)

Sneakers (1992)
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In this tech-thriller from director Phil Alden Robinson, a group of five renegade computer hackers, led by Martin Bishop (Robert Redford), are hired by the government to steal a black box, containing a code-breaking machine, from the mathematician who invented the device. The government is able to persuade Martin to take the job by convincing him that they will drop a decades-old federal warrant for his involvement in computer fraud. Martin agrees and he takes his team on the mission, eventually taking the box. Shortly after the hackers have stolen the device, the mathematician turns up dead. Before long, the quintet realize that they've gotten themselves into more than they'd originally bargained for, as Bishop's old rival Cosmo (Ben Kingsley) enters into the fold. The eclectic ensemble also includes River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier, Dan Aykroyd, David Strathairn, Mary McDonnell, and James Earl Jones. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

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Starring:
Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, (more)
Director(s):
Phil Alden Robinson
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG13
Format(s):
DVD
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Synopsis of Sneakers

In this tech-thriller from director Phil Alden Robinson, a group of five renegade computer hackers, led by Martin Bishop (Robert Redford), are hired by the government to steal a black box, containing a code-breaking machine, from the mathematician who invented the device. The government is able to persuade Martin to take the job by convincing him that they will drop a decades-old federal warrant for his involvement in computer fraud. Martin agrees and he takes his team on the mission, eventually taking the box. Shortly after the hackers have stolen the device, the mathematician turns up dead. Before long, the quintet realize that they've gotten themselves into more than they'd originally bargained for, as Bishop's old rival Cosmo (Ben Kingsley) enters into the fold. The eclectic ensemble also includes River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier, Dan Aykroyd, David Strathairn, Mary McDonnell, and James Earl Jones. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
126 mins

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Director(s):
Phil Alden Robinson
Writer(s):
Lawrence Lasker, Walter Parkes, Phil Alden Robinson
Producer(s):
Lawrence Lasker, Walter Parkes, Lindsley Parsons, Jr.
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG13(Adult Situations, Profanity, Violence, Questionable for Children)
Categories:
Comedy
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    Michael K.

    With the cast being reocnizable for people of most age groups, this movie delivers an intertaining experience. Weither it's the action behind the imaginative script or the well placed comedy breaks. Sneakers gives you a welocme break to a rough day.

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    Martin M.

    'Sneakers' is one of the most memorable guilty pleasures I've seen. It's not a great film, but it's very fun and engrossing film to watch, that you could watch over and over. Robert Redford is fantastic in this as Martin Bishop, an anti-government computer wizz who breaks into government websites and leads a group who help him including a paranoid consipracy-theorist (Dan Aykroyd), a blind hardware guy (David Straithirn), a 19-year-old kid (River Phoenix), Martin's lady friend(Mary McDonnell) and Martin's best friend, an ex-C.I.A agent (Sidney Poiter). Martin and his group are caught by the government, then forced to steal a box for them holding a very important and dangerous computer chip from Martin's old college buddy Cosmo (Ben Kingsley) who since then has become an evil scientist. The only thing I didn't like about the film is the anti-Republican message at the end. Film Grade: B

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    Kevin M.

    There's no big plot here but if you're looking for an easy night at home with a good cast doing a fine job, this is it.

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