Whoa!
Whoever thought up the opening action sequence of Swordfish (2001) is deeply sick. Brilliant, creative and thoroughly versed in technical details and human behavior, but deeply, deeply sick nonetheless. It is a bank robbery like you’ve ever seen. More than that, it is a study in terror through a gruesomely seductive human rights crime.
As I watch the movie I find that it has some of the usual high and low points. Like many modern movies it throws its best punch early. There is some stamina after that, but thus far it hasn’t risen to the original promise.
But I digress. With opening scenes like the one in this movie I pray that terrorists never hire Hollywood script writers. Clearly they are some of the scariest people on Earth.