Blackhat

2015

★★★★ Liked

Hackers.

They're everywhere.

They have the ability to control and take literally everything involving technology, especially in our modern era full of smartphones, laptops, and so on. When they're good, they're quite useful in a good way. But when the opposite, they can be possibly your worst nightmare possible. Even corporations had them, to tear down one another for their own benefit.

Corporations don't care about not only your feelings, but also what's your position, your rights, even your own life. They won't stand a chance; if you're against them you can be easily wiped out from existence, and nobody would know who you are no matter what you do, especially in this digital era where anonymity is bigger than anything else.

This is quite possibly Mann's most well-shot film since Heat. The simulation between the subjects, the processes, and their targets, the visuals told much stronger story than the dialogue ever did, unlike Mann's previous films which often rely more on the dialogue.

However, a little problem with the casting: Chris Hemsworth was miscasted as Nick Hathaway. The character, although supposed to be smart and nerdy, he has that grittyness showing that he's an actual massive criminal whose absolutely knows what he's doing, and he's not sorry for it. He got intentions. However, Hemsworth barely had any of the traits. His charm felt too boy-ish and he looked so stupid for the most of the time.

Definitely not the weakest Mann film overall.

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