Episode 5: Hackers (1995) - Movie Review, Analysis, and Deconstruction

Hackers (1995) - Movie Review and Analysis

Aaron and Steve discuss the 1995 technology thriller, Hackers. Elite hacker Dade Murphy (Jonny Lee Miller), known as Zero Cool who hacked Wall Street at age 11, is forced to move to New York City and finish his senior year of High School. His computer expertise quickly gains him entrance to the cyber sub-culture scene where he meets Acid Burn (Angelina Jolie), Cereal Killer (Matthew Lillard), Lord Nikon (Lawrence Mason), Phantom Phreak (Renoly Santiago) and Joey (Jesse Bradford). Together, they get pulled into a massive cyber-scheme when one of their own is blamed for a virus, actually created by The Plague (Oscar Winner Fisher Stevens), that can take down a fleet of oil tankers for ransom.

Can you skateboard in all data centers, or just the evil ones? 
What is the best online handle? 
How many of your best viruses did you have available in the 90’s? 

These questions and more on this week’s Cinema Decon.

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