| Swordfish Review |
| by Ram Samudrala |
| /Swordfish/ is actually a fairly clever thriller, but for some reason
the cleverness isn't made evident in the direction (by Dominic Sena),
which focuses on the action extensively. more |
| Swordfish Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| Whatever happened to the good old days when John Travolta would make a
couple of really bad pictures and then stage a big career "comeback" with
something like Look Who's Talking? Since he blasted his way back on top with
1994's Pulp Fiction, Travolta...more |
| Swordfish Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 1.5/4) |
| Swordfish (2001) 1 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring John Travolta, Hugh Jackman,
Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Vinnie Jones and Sam Shepard. Written by Skip Woods.
Directed by Dominic Sena. Rated R. more |
| Swordfish Review |
| by Eugene Novikov (Rating: C) |
| Swordfish begins as an involving heist/hacker thriller
and ends as a muddled, incoherent mess. The movie
ruins its interesting set-up and undermines it's
well-made action sequences by taking a twist too many.
It's full of actors and filmmakers who know...more |
| Swordfish Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: C) |
| Gabriel Shear expounds on what's wrong with Hollywood - not enough realism.
An admirer of "Dog Day Afternoon," he believes that Sonny should have
ruthlessly blown away his hostages, gotten his bus to an awaiting plane,
and walked away. As the camera...more |
| Swordfish Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: C) |
| Gabriel Shear (John Travolta) is a renegade spy who wants to finance his
own brand of patriotic anti-terrorism. Years ago, the DEA established a
secret slush fund to launder money used to seize and destroy illegal drugs.
Now, with interest, the fund...more |
| Swordfish Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz |
| SWORD FISH (director: Dominic Sena; screenwriter: Skip Woods;
cinematographer: Paul Cameron; editor: Stephen Rivkin; cast: John
Travolta (Gabriel Shear), Hugh Jackman (Stanley Jobson), Halle Berry
(Ginger), Don Cheadle (Agent Roberts), Vinnie Jones...more |
| Swordfish Review |
| by Homer Yen |
| "Swordfish," a sometimes-explosive high-tech thriller,
will hook you – but only for its first 15 minutes.
Its opening is a captivating hostage sequence in which
police and SWAT teams tragically underestimate the
fortitude of the cunning Gabriel (John...more |
| Swordfish Review |
| by Michael Redman |
| Normally these two statements would have nothing to do with each other.
However, following in the steps of "The China Syndrome" and "Wag The Dog",
the latest John Travolta vehicle has perfect, albeit unplanned, timing. The
two main characters in...more |
| Swordfish Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| God bless Joel Silver. While a certain nameless compatriot of
his in the blockbuster game has decided to make a misguided, PG-13 play
for Oscar this summer, Silver is sticking to his guns, delivering a
slam-bang, pretense-free, hard-R-rated...more |
| Swordfish Review |
| by Rose 'Bams' Cooper |
| SWORDFISH (2001)
Rated R; running time 95 minutes
Genre: Action
Seen at: Jack Lokes' Celebration Cinema (Lansing, Michigan)
Official site: http://www.operationswordfish.com/
IMDB site: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0244244
Written by: Skip Woods
Directed...more |
| Swordfish Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Warner Bros.
Director: Dominic Sena
Writer: Skip Woods
Cast: John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don
Cheadle, Vinnie Jones, Camryn Grimes, Sam Shepard, Zach
Grenier more |
| Swordfish Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| Okay, admit it. Sometimes movies are so awful, so over-the-top
ridiculous that they're good and a lot of fun to laugh at. SWORDFISH,
directed by Dominic Sena (GONE IN 60 SECONDS) and starring John
Travolta, is one such film. And unlike Travolta's...more |
| Swordfish Review |
| by SSG Syndicate |
| Susan Granger's review of "SWORDFISH" (Warner Bros.)
"You know, the problem with Hollywood is that they make s**t," says John Travolta as this enigmatic cyber-crime caper opens. He rants on about how films, particularly "Dog Day Afternoon,"...more |
