Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

blanche-2 Hack was a TV series starring David Morse that ran for two seasons. 2002-2004. Morse played Mike Olshansky, an ex-police officer who was caught Andre Braugher was with the show for two seasons as Mike's ex police partner, Marcellus. The first season included Donna Murphy as Mike's ex-wife and George Dzundza as a close priest friend of Mike's.In season 2, Dzunda disappeared, as did his family except an occasional appearance by Mike's son. Replacing them were Matt Czuchry as a needy young man and Jacqueline Torres as Mike's next door neighbor.The premise is that Olshansky was caught stealing money from a drug bust and lost his job as a police officer. He also refused to implicate his partner (Braugher). At the start of the series, he was still awaiting trial. His new profession is driving a cab and helping passengers who are in trouble. This often has him calling on Marcellus for help, and vice versa.The first thing is that David Morse is excellent, creating a full, complicated character with lots of problems. The character can be abrupt and grouchy - easygoing just isn't his thing. He's still in love with his soon to be ex-wife Heather. His relationship with Marcellus goes from terrific to rotten and back again.Filmed right in Philadelphia, Hack is a dark show with great locations - so often shows supposedly take place in a city - Provincetown, Boston -- and don't. This one does, and it really adds to the episodes.Some of the episodes are good; many are typical dramas that are predictable. What makes the sows interesting are the characters.You have to really allow for dramatic license here, as I don't think an ex-cop who left in disgrace would be able to just hang out at the police station and actually participate in cases. And don't ask me how he made a living as his cab driving was always being interrupted.Frankly I liked the first season better than the second because it was more focused on the people - Dzundza's conflicts with the priesthood, the tension between Mike and Heather, Marcellus' marital difficulties.I agree with other posters, it's disappointing that this has not yet been put on DVD. I just saw it on Netflix streaming. Maybe that's a sign that it will be available soon.

onehundredcentre The premise of Hack is compelling, the acting breathtaking in scope and depth and the characters multidimensional and relatable. The realism provided by these flawed, admirable and inspiring characters is not,however, matched by the mechanics of how the plot is carried out.This first scene in the first episode where Olshansky tells the father of a kidnapped victim that he has rescued, 'You're going to cooperate with the police, you're going to testify at trial, you're going to make sure he goes to jail... And I was never here.' Implausibility undermines this gripping drama. A seasoned cop knows that once a victim/witness is caught in a lie, his credibility is finished, his testimony invalidated. Instructing the victims to lie is not consistent with the main character's personality either. This is one example of the implausibility of the way the "I was never here" theme is carried out. Normally, this kind of chasm between real-life and cop-drama is a deal- breaker for me. However, after just 4 episodes, I eagerly look forward to the rest of the series and rue their end --singularly due to the performance of David Morse, his co-stars and the characters they bring to life. "Stunning" is an overused word and it's a shame because it perfectly describes Morse in this role. He is a hero you root for, cry for, worry about. He is commanding, sensitive and can move a scene - and the viewer- with just a facial expression. In the final scene of one episode, when Oshanski goes to his ex-wife's house to apologize for the unnecessary roughness of their life together, his face is a world of pain. So big is his command of that scene, it eclipses the need or even the desire to see it happen. The supporting actors' "chemistry" with Morse are all poignant. They deserved a more realistic script to carry out a dramatic idea.We are hero-needy and where better than in the rawness of a cop- to-the-core driving a taxi? Even a decade later. Or, rather, especially a decade later.

tamra0612 I rarely watch prime-time TV anymore. I first caught Hack on a Saturday night back in 2003. I had no idea it was even on. I missed out on the first season. I was hooked instantly. I was only able to view about 7 episodes before CBS took it off the air. The show featured extremely creative writers, very talented actors and very interesting stories. Not a lot of gratuitous sex and violence but rather the show exposed so much corruption in the medical field as well as with law enforcement. I often wonder if that's why it went off the air...too raw and honest? I loved David Morse's character. He's tough, smart and wants to see justice done. He really was out to protect victims. I am a life long David Morse fan now and am almost through the second season of streaming episodes. I wonder what happened to the show that it stopped airing. Needless to say, I still don't watch TV. I'd rather watch intelligent, honest shows like "Hack" by streaming the shows. Best of luck to David Morse and the rest of the cast and crew of what I believe was one of the best crime/drama shows ever to be produced.

Pegasus-Realm Like another user, I was disappointed in the first episode. David Morse is one of my favorite actors and I agreed that the role seemed unlikely for him and the writing needed some serious help. However, by the second episode, we were pleasantly surprised. We enjoyed it a lot more, and it could have a real future. Sadly, in these days of a show being canceled if it doesn't get enough ratings in the premiere episode, the future remains to be seen. It may take a bit for the show to find it's rhythm... lets hope the execs give it long enough.