Swordfish (Wide Screen) > Reviews > Good but not the best

Author's product rating:   

Did you enjoy it?	Liked it
Story	Satisfactory
Characters / Performances	Outstanding
Special Effects	Good
Soundtrack	Good

Advantages:	Good acting
Disadvantages:	See above

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

I saw a couple of clips of Swordfish and thought that it looked excellent so decided to spend the hard earned cash to give it a go. I was however slightly disappointed. It makes it appear in the trailers that it is an action film but it is actually a really slow thriller. Don’t get me wrong it is entertaining but I was slightly let down.

The plot involves Gabriel Shear (John Travolta) is a rich guy who does what he likes. What he wants most though is to break into a government bank account and steal billions of dollars. There is one problem. The Account is protected by the best security system know to man. Shear therefore recruits Stanley Jobson (Hugh Jackman) a retired hacker to break through the security. IT is full of twists and turns that occasion get confusing but overall it is a pretty good plot. The only problem is that it is slightly slow as I said.

The acting is brilliant. John Travolta is superb as Shear and plays it cool no matter what trouble is happening around him. It is very different from his usual type of character and he plays it perfectly. Hugh Jackman is also brilliant as the expert hacker. He manages to convey a lot of emotions superbly making his character very believable. Halle Berry also stars as Ginger; Travoltas love interest that is the focus of a couple of twists. She plays her part well.

The action is where my hopes were pinned. To its credit it has one of the best explosion scenes I have ever seen. It’s like the Matrix where the camera spins around the explosion in slow motion so you see everything that you normally miss. There is also a great car chase involving plenty crashes and of course hanging out of cars with machine guns. I won’t tell you about the ending although I doubt you have seen anything like it in a film before. It has some excellent moment but it always appears like it has been done before.

Overall it is pretty good entertainment but its nothing special. It has great acting and some of the action stands out from the crowd but mainly. I do recommend you give it a look but wait for the video, don’t rush to the Cineplex for this one.