Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discovers a plot by a nefarious hacker, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus.
Directed by Iain Softley
new york city
computer
hacker
computer virus
virtual reality
prank
internet
cyberpunk
hacking
secret service
dream sequence
playful
enthusiastic
informative
instructive
Rank
#74 in 1995·#4167 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.3 / 5
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Cast
Jonny Lee Miller
Dade Murphy / 'Crash Override' / 'Zero Cool'
Angelina Jolie
Kate Libby / 'Acid Burn'
Matthew Lillard
Emmanuelle Goldstein / 'Cereal Killer'
Jesse Bradford
Joey Pardella
Renoly Santiago
Ramon Sanchez / 'Phantom Phreak'
Laurence Mason
Paul Cook / 'Lord Nikon'
Fisher Stevens
Eugene Belford / 'The Plague' / Mr. Babbage
Lorraine Bracco
Margo
Wendell Pierce
S.S. Agent Richard Gill
Michael Gaston
S.S. Agent Bob
Marc Anthony
S.S. Agent Ray
Penn Jillette
Hal
Crew
Iain Softley
Director
Simon Boswell
Original Music Composer
Guy Pratt
Original Music Composer
Martin Walsh
Editor
Andrzej Sekula
Director of Photography
Ralph Winter
Producer
Iain Softley
Executive Producer
Jennifer Lamb
Stunts
Jennifer Badger
Stunt Double
Selwyn Roberts
Associate Producer
Selwyn Roberts
Unit Production Manager
Glenn Freemantle
Supervising Sound Editor
Popular Reviews
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7.8★ · 11/08/25
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