Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

kdr_a This story setting is interesting but I wonder whether it was taken full advantage. Though I was excited in action scenes. By the way,why do Asian brother and sister get a long with? I admire the relationship like them very much.

gb901 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.

nelliebell-1 I'am not always able to determine just how much of an interest is generated when a motion picture tells the story of Black Hat computing.There does not seem to be an end in just how deep the deep state will go but this film possesses that ability to delve into the deep state and its Black Hat ideology. It, that is this film offers the would-be viewer a glimpse into a very dangerous and deadly world of not only computer hacking but into would be disasters.This is a very serious and deadly contest where good ultimately triumphs over evil.This film is that dramatic and in a manner of speaking it is that well told.The Director Michael Mann did very well as the film was guided by very expert advisors in creating this virtual world that "Black Hat" exists in, as both computer information can be very spot on and violence arrives with the suddenness of true guerrilla quality engagements.There are high profile security agencies involved in one attempt after another to track down and ultimately identify the culprits of a nuclear disaster.I have to give the Director Michael Mann some credit here as well as the performances enhanced this often difficult territory.Michael Mann did more than just Direct he knew what he wanted and it is this opinion that this is a very well performed motion picture.Nick Hathaway played by Chris Hemsworth, Carol Barrets played by Viola Davis, Mark Jessop played by Holt McCallany, Leehom Wang played by Chen Dawai, Elias Kassar portrayed by Richie Coaster and Tang Wei portrayed Leehom Wang's sister.The story is such that compelling viewing is required.The stability of worldwide financial markets and even the very earth is threatened by this terribly dangerous place that the untrustworthy inhabit, indeed we are the curators and this world is our responsibility.The violation of a nuclear reactor in China caused a near meltdown with a bad actor having been hired at a point with access to the very most secure and most sensitive areas of the Reactor.The fault is very hard to fathom because this particular discovery is that this particular individual was in the F.B.I. databases of known Felons.This guy has a record and somehow he had access to one of the most secure networks we know of, a nuclear reactor.It is learned that this violation enabled the principal "Bad Guy" to install a backdoor into a computer switch and once launched drove the Centrifuge to fail which in turn removed any ability to cool the Nuclear Rods. Watch this because this is compelling viewing, it might even get more interesting when watching the run-up of the Futures Markets as what I believe is an actual Botnet used to employ a concentrated buying and selling scheme whereby this particular "Bad Guy" made some 74 million dollars.This is what I meant when I suggested of a threat by the "Deep State".These attacks are worth knowing about and so is "Black Hat". The term "Deep State" is not in a traditional sense to be associated with say The United States or perhaps the country of China, the "Deep State" is mostly used as a descriptive text of a darkened world protected by those whose interests it protects, namely "Hackers", "Blackhats", and those whose ability such protection would best be served. The Dark Web is another associative text whereby everything is sold or exchanged for other things that can be sold for or exchanged. This includes any illicit credit card numbers, social security numbers, classified information and so on. The Dark Web, like The Deep State", serves and protects the interests of a Black Hat Community. There is much in "Black Hat" to write about and perhaps much more as it would concern the Computer. To be certain "Black Hat" has proved to be very interesting both as a Motion Picture and Computer acumen.

Jumbo I really enjoyed this film.I have little to no idea about hacking, but I was able to keep up with the plot and really enjoyed it throughout. Michael Mann is definitely a serious director with loads of slomo sequences of people looking very stern and then having sex very intensely, it could be so stupid but he treads a thin line really well. This film is certainly of a piece with the rest of his work (I haven't seem Ali,), there are some familiar characters and tropes at work here, if you're a fan (I am) it's definitely not a bad thing.Some of the camera-work during the action sequences was really engrossing, he really got right in there and made It feel appropriately brutal and frenetic. I especially love the mixing of wide angle shots and what felt more conventional coverage, really cool, really crafted an atmosphere, And his music is always great, from Tangerine Dream onwards it's been cool!I think Mann is a director who still tries to push things forward, from experimenting with the audio perspective on Public Enemy to Hi-Def cameras on Collateral, I think he tries stuff out and commits which is commendable with so much money behind you, it's easy to not try anything new and then call putting up a Greenscreen the future. For all his experimenting he definitely has got a style which I think I would describe as being the good side of 80's. He reminds me a little of Friedkin, they both used Tangerine Dream!Viola Davis was really cool in this, she has some great delivery of very cutting lines.I never want to like Chris Hemsworth, he's too ripped to be a computer nerd and way too handsome. But I actually didn't question any of that once it got going, despite my want for him to be annoying he's a really likable actor and although at first I thought the accent was gonna be a bit dodgy, once again I went with it (on second thought this could be because he doesn't really say a lot and has a good line in looking moody).I liked the plot. I liked the bad guys! I like that they were awfully nasty but then turned around and seemed to care about their mate who was gonna die. Nice touch!I missed this at the cinema and assumed it was gonna be rubbish because it had a tiny release over here, but it was great! My girlfriend really enjoyed it too, although she couldn't keep up with the hacking stuff and nearly ruined the film asking me questions. That's not a criticism of this film though that's definitely on her.Apparently this isn't for everyone but I don't know why, I thought it was great and sadly overlooked.