Phil Alden Robinson’s post-cold war exploration of cybercrime is bursting with big stars and big ideas about privacy and data
River Phoenix, David Strathairn, Dan Aykroyd and Robert Redford in Phil Alden Robinson’s 1992 film Sneakers.River Phoenix, David Strathairn, Dan Aykroyd and Robert Redford in Phil Alden Robinson’s 1992 film Sneakers.Robert Redford
Martin Bishop is the head of an Ocean’s Eleven-style group of cyber experts who are working to expose security dangers faced by banks and corporations. After the team are approached by two supposed NSA officers threatening to reveal Bishop’s shady past, the group find themselves blackmailed into using their skills to uncover and retrieve an elusive black box.
The film is bursting with Oscar winners and nominees. Starring alongside Redford in his team of hacktivists are Sidney Poitier as ex-CIA officer Donald Crease; Dan Aykroyd as wide-eyed conspiracy theorist Darren “Mother” Roskow; and David Strathairn as Irwin “Whistler” Emery, a blind genius with a heightened sense of hearing that proves invaluable to the group.
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