In the movie, Hugh Jackman plays a convicted ex-hacker who now lives in a trailer park, is working a dead end job, and is restricted from seeing the only person in the world that he loves, his daughter. Enter Femme fatale Ginger, played by Halle Berry, who enters his life and makes him an offer he can't possibly refuse. Gabriel Shear played by John Travolta is an American Terrorist who needs a hacker to hack into the world leader's bank accounts and transfer money into his, but unfortunately they can't crack the code. So, by tempting him with women, booze and Ginger, they persuade Hugh to join their ranks and create a worm that will get into the world computers and tamper with the bank accounts. But with every decision, there is a price to pay.
    Now, see folks, this is an action flick. I loved the beginning where John Travolta's character is discussing the theory behind "Dog Day Afternoon", then we pan back and see that he is literally bombarded with SWAT team members surrounding him and Jackman in a stand-off. I loved the entire concept of The senator having American Terrorists and the fact that Travolta's character went mad with power and patriotism is great. He has more power than the senator, yet doesn't let on until the middle of the flick. Now, John Travolta is finally getting the drift of playing the bad guy. He's charming, casual, stylish and extremely powerful. He has the world under his thumb and limitless resources at his disposal and flaunts it. He was great. Never overacting or under-acting, he plays the villain well. Unlike other flicks where he was horrible as the villain (Broken Arrow, Battlefield: Earth) he does a stand-up job here. Halle Berry's part could basically have been played by anyone but she gives this role a true spunk and spirit. She makes Ginger an excellent Femme Fatale giving the flick a noir-ish feel. Hugh Jackman is also very good in this flick as the reluctant hero whose forced and basically manipulated into this scheme. The entire plot is great. It's very intelligent and gives us an intricate plot without dumbing it down. The plot is not a clothesline for stunts and gun-shooting, yet is vice versa. There is not much action yet one helluva plot and character chemistry. I've never had to think so much in an action flick before, and I've seen very few good or intelligible ones. This is a very fun new-age action flick to watch with a crowd. Bravo Dominic Sena.

Oh, man, I loved this music video and-- what? This isn't a music video after all? Huh. Well you could a' fooled me, dude. The problem with this is, it never actually looks like a normal flick. The film filters were always green or blue or orange, giving it that techno generation-x type feeling. I was confused. Nowadays it's hard to tell the difference between music video or movie anyways. Another factor was the ridiculous factor in this flick. Now I'm one to nitpick, I'll admit that upfront, okay? But, there were times where this movie was so ridiculous. Like the scene with the flying bus. I mean, come on. That's not stretching it a bit? Having hooks lift a getaway bus off the ground and flying away? (Scoff! Scoff I say!) I'm sorry, but I just didn't buy Hugh Jackman as a hacker. If every hacker were a Hollywood heartthrob, they would be living in a condo with women knocking their doors down and not living in their parents basement. At least have Hugh Jackman gain a few pounds for god sake. Last but not least, I'm sorry but that whole matrix-esque scene with the girl exploding and everything standing frozen while we see the effects of the explosion around her was just cheesy and pathetic. I felt it tried too hard to catch the audiences attention. We've seen alot of these cookie cutter matrix wannabe scenes all over the television and movie screens already. Damn that Matrix! Damn the Wachowski Brothers! Damn them all to hell!

A fun, dumb if not flawed and unusual action flick that's a "Matrix" rip-off but still a damn good one.