The Net
Her driver's license. Her credit cards. Her bank accounts. Her identity. DELETED.
Her driver's license. Her credit cards. Her bank accounts. Her identi...
Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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1995
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Angela Bennett is a freelance computer systems analyst who tracks down software viruses. At night, she hooks up to the internet and chats to others 'surfing the net'. While de-bugging a new high-tech game for a cyber friend, she comes across a top secret program and becomes the target of a mysterious organization, who will stop at nothing to erase her identity and her existence in order to protect the project.
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Cast:
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Details
Runtime:
114 min
Release date:
28 Jul 1995
Country:
US
Languages:
English, Spanish
Budget:
$22,000,000
Revenue:
$110,627,965
Awards:
2 wins total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
A thriller without thrills.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
14 Jan 2011
fresh:
Riddled with more coincidences and implausibilities than Hitchcock permitted himself in his entire career, The Net still gets by as a reasonably suspenseful, very au courant thriller.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
The Net is never quite as sleek and chilling as it might have been, but it gives the old story of a wrongly accused innocent a nerve-wracking 90's twist.
– Caryn James,
New York Times,
30 Aug 2004
fresh:
A strong enough suspense thriller, a high-tech version of one of those spiraling nightmares in which an innocent person is chased by assassins and wanted by the police.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Jun 2002
rotten:
The story is standard issue pepped up with a sampling of smart computer talk to give the impression the characters know what they're talking about.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000