Where to Watch Swordfish
- Richard6 november 2025Ah, Swordfish. The film that dared to ask: “What if hacking looked like a nightclub, sounded like a trance mix, and felt like a Bond audition?” I saw this one on the big screen back when Hugh Jackman was still fresh faced from X-Men, and John Travolta was deep into his post Pulp Fiction villain era, complete with goatee, leather and philosophical rants about Hollywood cowardice. The plot? A covert counter terrorist unit wants to fund its war on global threats by stealing billions through a hacker for hire. Enter Stanley Jobson, played by Jackman, who’s lured in with promises of redemption, cash and Halle Berry’s Ginger, whose role is mostly remembered for that one sexy scene, not her dialogue. Sure, the CGI hasn’t aged well, and the script is more sleaze than substance. But Swordfish isn’t trying to be timeless, it’s trying to be cool. And in its own excessive, techno thriller way, it succeeds.
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Swordfish was released on 8 juni 2001.
Swordfish was directed by Dominic Sena.
Swordfish has a runtime of 1h 39m.
Swordfish was produced by Joel Silver, Paul Winze, Jonathan D. Krane.
Swordfish handlar om den karismatiske och farlige Gabriel Shear (John Travolta), en f d agent som vill finansiera sin egen bisarra patriotism genom att planera den ultimata kuppen. Han planerar att tömma ett bankkonto hos myndigheterna där miljarder illegala dollar ligger och väntar, ett konto med kodnamnet Swordfish. Den ende som har en möjlighet att hjälpa Gabriel är Stanley Jobson (Hugh Jackman), en av världens två bästa hackers. Numera lever han utblottad i en husvagn, förbjuden att använda en dator sedan han hackat sin in och förstört FBI:s kontroversiella övervakningsoperationer i cyberspace. Stanley lever bara för sin lilla dotter, men henne förlorade han vid skilsmässan. Gabriel och hans vackra partner Ginger (Halle Berry) lurar Stanley att på nytt sätta sig vid en dator och hjälpa dem med deras skumma planer. De har nämligen lovat honom en sak han annars aldrig skulle kunna få tillbaka på egen hand - sin dotter och ett nytt liv.
The key characters in Swordfish are Gabriel (John Travolta), Stanley (Hugh Jackman), Ginger (Halle Berry).
Swordfish is rated 15.
Swordfish is an Action, Kriminal, Thriller film.
Swordfish has an audience rating of 5.9 out of 10.
Swordfish had a budget of 102 mn US$.
Swordfish has made 147,1 mn US$ at the box office.