Blackhat (2015)

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

So this hacker is in pris for... well, hacking and is promptly released on licence as he's the only one who can possibly solve whatever this crisis is. Almost instantly he turns into an action hero secret agent type who's proficient with weaponry - and that's it in a nutshell.

When i saw this movie for the first time i didn't understand it... the movie seemed surprisingly realistic at times especialy the shooting scenes and other times as it is said in the movie at some point "overwritten" Well now after few yeas i see it as a masterpiece! there is no way Michael Mann can slip... you may think so because he really wants to keep his idiocracies which is part of the artistic expression. Everithing in this movie is well calibrated, the lightning, camera angles, he communicates trough every color and sound, i can see Mann's spirit in every scene :) which is a sign of a true story teller! and Hemsworth did a fantastic job expressing Mann's point of view.

OK.This is not a quick moving film. And you have to be careful to follow and pay attention because the director moves quickly and at a high level.The writing is clean, the editing always serves the very tight feeling the Director is crafting.The best things about this film revolve around the actors. Viola is fun to watch, and the Chinese (?) Cast bring a certain unpredictability to the film.The main character arch is the problem. We don't know him, we get no background - he's unbelievable, and though Chris tries his best, they really should have moved him as far away from being recognisable as possible. Here he's half Thor/half Jason Bourne and unsuccessful as either.The film however, holds its own. It is authentic, it is terse without being loud and it's well made.Pour a Brandy turn down the lights and quiet down. It will reward you with a slow burning, satisfying feeling. It's never riveting but always solid. Like a good Brandy.

Looking at this film without any knowledge of anyone in it or the director (Michael Mann), I would have told you the following: It's low budget; and it is targeted to 15-year-old boys in Thailand, which is the typical blockbuster audience.And I'd be wrong. Low-budget? How is $70 million? And how much did it make worldwide? $19 million. You spell that f-l-o-p."Blackhat" stars Chris Hemsworth as Nick Hathaway, a prisoner for stealing money from banks using his vast computing/hacking expertise. After a cyber attack at a Chinese nuclear facility and to the American commodities market, the U.S. and Chinese governments join together to find the "blackhat" responsible. On the Chinese side is Colonel Chen Dawai (Leehom Wang), who, accompanied by his sister Chen Lien (Wei Tang), joins Carol Barrett (Viola Davis) and Mark Jessup (Holt McCallany) in LA. Looking at the data, Chen Dawai realizes that the computer code used was actually invented by a friend from MIT -- Nick Hathaway. Chen Dawai wants him for the team.The U.S. government tells Nick he will be going on furlough, but he wants his sentence commuted if he can identify the hacker. That is agreed to, and the team leaves for China. Identifying the hacker is one thing - but finding out the motive is another. Such terrible cinematography - it looks cheap and gritty. The story is too talky, and I think Hemsworth was miscast. What was needed was someone who comes off as intelligent. I'm not saying Hemsworth isn't intelligent, but his acting persona is that of a tough guy. This guy is supposed to be a brilliant hacker from MIT. Not buying it.The story was also on the confusing side.Filmed in Hong Kong, Jakarta, Malaysia, and LA, the languages used throughout the film include English, Cantonese, Korean, and Indonesian - which was another reason I thought this was geared to the foreign market.This is a Michael Mann miss, though there are some exciting action sequences and major shootouts. The acting from Davis, Callany, Leehom Wang, and Wei Tang was very good. For all her amazing talent, Davis didn't have much to do.It's an okay rental - I wouldn't have wanted to pay to see this in the theater.