Firewall

Actually one of my favorite Harrison Ford movies, though it's not very well known. Ford plays a believably non-kick ass character that is sucked into a frightening scenario where he has to save his family. He's a tech guy who has to fight, and he does it very believably. He doesn't turn into an amazing fighter, but he does what he has to do to save his family. The suspense is very high--you'll be on the edge of your seat from beginning to end. The characters are very realistic and the acting is great. There's a little bit of humor added in, not much, but you'll smile time to time. One of my favorite all time movies, highly recommend. Also, the blu-ray quality is great.

As a computer network security engineer, I found Firewall one of the few films to depict network technologists as the competent, courageous, thoughtful, ingenious, and great-looking people they are in real life. Harrison Ford is a highly plausible network security specialist, and his work scenario is a realistic one: the security guru for a major corporation that suffers to see his well protected security infrastructure dismantled by a disinterested bean counter after the organization is bought by a larger company.As bank IT expert Jack Stanfield, Ford faces all the challenges any network professional does day in and day out -- hacker attacks, equipment breakdowns, office politics, mergers and acquisitions, home invaders, and armed assault. Well, maybe not the last two.The producer of Firewall strove for extreme technical accuracy. Unlike virtually every other movie depicting computers, the screens in Firewall don't beep with every character displayed, don't respond to silly commands like "solve problem," and don't have thousands of blinking lights. Every computer interaction is realistic, and screen close-ups actually make sense. In one early scene, Ford types an access control list into a Cisco PIX firewall, and what he types is legitimate Cisco code that would accomplish what his character says it would. Frankly, I've *never* seen that in any movie before.There are some vigorous action sequences in the movie that portray a tad more physical activity than most of us experience during the workday. But that is the only flaw in this otherwise perfect rendering of the modern network guru. And for those skeptical about Ford's re-purposing of an iPod and fax machine into a screen scanner with attached storage, I ask "What? You haven't done that?"

Well, if you like tense, action films where the hero's family are the targets and the hero is a regular guy who turns into Macho Man to rescue said family, here is yet another example of the genre and a decent one at that. Not to be confused with film classics it will keep you focused if you like this sort of business. Plus, there is the bonus of the return of Chloe O'Brian (well, she's not called Chloe, but she plays a Chloe-esque part as "Jack's" assistant. . .yes, Harrison Ford is also a "Jack.") This time around Mary Lynn is neither the overwhelmed Chloe of her first days at CTU nor the Master Spy True Believer in Almighty Jack of later years, but close enough to all three to add a 24 flavor to this entertaining flick. Enjoy but do bring the popcorn.

Firewall is an exciting, entertaining film if you just let yourself go andimmerse yourself into its plot without having to convince youself that itsbelievable, that anything is possible even though there is a one in 500 billion probability that something like this could happen. This is an identity theft genre film taken to the extreme. There are other films that deal with identity theft that are more believable, for instance The Net, starring Sandra Bullock. I'm naturally cynical, I suppose, but I kept asking myself, how could the bad guy in this film expect that he could possibly get away with this. This plot could have been more believable that if a terrorist group plotted to carry something out like this to fund their other terrorist operations rather than some greedy, murderous fiend who wanted to live a life of luxury on a South Sea Island. Other than that, there were enough elements that kept me interested enough to see it through to the end. However, I doubt that I would ever want to watch it again. Dan Casey

This was not what I expected as I usually like Harrison Ford. Terribly violent, over the top exaggerated suspense, was not worth the time or money. Sorry I did not preview it first. Hope this helps someone else before they waste their time and$$.

good movie, HF plays a bank security head who basically gets hacked. ok you will no doubt ask why would anyone let alone a guy in his position makes so many mistakes like for example, throwing trash away with personal details on it which the bad guys then obtain by going through his trash - shred it people! - and yeah the daughter is an obnoxious brat but hey, its the movies. well acted by the main characters and a good movie to kick back and watch on a rainy day.

Very good from the beginning to the end! Great plot and super acting, especially by Harrison Ford!

I love all Harrison Ford movies. Jack built the software for a bank that has millions of dollars in it. These guys want him to steal the money and transfer it over to their accounts overseas. They kidnap his family and threaten to kill them unless he does everything that they ask or the family will be killed. This reminds me of a lot of shows that are doing the same thing like: "Hostages". Same principal but this was played out well. It was a good movie overall.

Good Harrison movie

Den Film hatte ich einfach mal auf gut Glück auf meine Leihliste gesetzt, hörte sich nach einem soliden Thriller an. Als dann der Vorspann lief und die Besetzungsliste kam (Harrison Ford, Robert Patrick, Paul Bettany, Alan Arkin, Robert Forster, Mary Lynn Rajskub), war die Vorfreude auf den Film noch größer. Und ich wurde auch nicht enttäuscht.Jack Stanfield(Harrison Ford) ist Sicherheitsbeauftragter für Finanzunternehmen. Seine Sicherheitstechnik sorgt dafür, dass die Finanzen der Banken geschützt sind und von außen nicht gefährdet werden. Dies ändert sich jedoch schlagartig, als Jacks Familie von einer Bande Erpressern um Anführer Bill Cox (Paul Bettany) entführt wird und im Austausch 100 Millionen Dollar fordern. Nun muss er seine eigenen Sicherheitsmechanismen umgehen, um seine Familie zu retten.Nicht wissend, ob seine Familie überhaupt noch lebt, entschließt er sich zur Flucht nach vorn und versucht die Bande auszutricksen und seine Familie auf eigene Faust zu retten.Zugegeben, das Schema ist bekannt. Familie wird entführt, Erpresserbande fordert Geld, Familienoberhaupt rettet seine Familie im Alleingang. Das hatten wir schon zig mal in diversen Thrillern. Aber dennoch hat mich dieser Film überzeugt und vor dem TV gefesselt. Das liegt zum einen an der grandiosen Besetzung, zum anderen aber auch an den vielen kleinen Ideen, die man halt so noch nicht in dieser Art Film gesehen hat. Der Film packt den Zuschauer direkt zu Beginn und lässt ihn auch erst nach dem Finale wieder los. Die knapp 100 Minuten gingen wie im Flug vorbei und Harrison Ford hat wieder einmal bewiesen, dass er noch lange nicht zum alten Eisen gehört.

Ich bin ein sammler und möchte alles soweit es geht auf bluray haben. Die Preise sind Top Der film ist echt super und der versand war sehr schnell ich bestelle gerne wieder

La technologie, l'univers de la banque: "Firewall"(2006) m'était passé sous le nez: je le découvre aujourd'hui!Pour un amateur de thrillers et du grand Harrison Ford, quelle aubaine! J'adore l'intrigue: vous connaissez "Desperate hours / La maison aux otages"(1989) avec Mickey Rourke et Anthony Hopkins? Le début ressemble un peu... bon, ici, c'est Ford qui fait le malin: il nous en met plein les yeux, tentant de survivre par tous les moyens. Face à lui, le trop rare Paul Bettany qui compose un méchant vraiment impressionnant. Un homme sans coeur et cruel comme pas 2.L'âge d'Harrison... chut-chut, c'est pas un problème pour ce rôle, au contraire, ça convient parfaitement; et puis, il est loin d'être rouillé quand même, hein, faut rien exagérer non plus!!Allez, excellente séance-suspense en compagnie d'une brave bande de bons comédiens.

Ce film n'est pas très connu, mais il mériterait de l'être plus. Harrison FORD joue ici le rôle d'un banquier, spécialiste de la sécurité informatique qui voit toute sa famille prise en otage par un homme d'affaires mystérieux incarné par Paul BETTANY, afin de commettre un vol portant sur plusieurs millions de dollars. Beaucoup de rythme et de suspense sont au programme, ce qui parvient à nous tenir en haleine constante jusqu'au final. A noter pour les fans de séries, la présence de Nikolaj COSTER WALDAU (Jaime Lannister dans GAME OF THRONES) dans le rôle d'un des preneurs d'otages, Mary Lynn RAJSKUB (Chloe dans 24) dans le rôle de la secrétaire et Robert PATRICK (John Dogett dans X-Files) dans le rôle d'un homme d'affaires.