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5.5Nicholas Hathaway, a furloughed convict, and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. As Hathaway closes in, the stakes become personal as he discovers that the attack on a Chinese nuclear power plant was just the beginning.
Released: 2015-01-13133 minDir: Michael MannCrime, Thriller, ActionBudget: $70.0MBox office: $17.8M
Cast
- Chris Hemsworth as Nicholas Hathaway
- Tang Wei as Chen Lien
- Leehom Wang as Chen Dawai
- Viola Davis as Carol Barrett
- Holt McCallany as Mark Jessup
- Andy On Chi-Kit as Alex Trang
Themes
- race against time
- computer
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Blackhat is a 2015 American action thriller film produced and directed by Michael Mann, written by Morgan Davis Foehl, and starring Chris Hemsworth, Tang Wei, Viola Davis, and Wang Leehom. Hemsworth portrays a convicted hacker offered clemency for helping track down a dangerous cybercriminal. The title refers to the cybersecurity term "black hat," meaning a hacker with malicious intent.
The film premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on January 8, 2015, and was released in theaters on January 16, by Universal Pictures. Blackhat was a box-office bomb, earning only $19.7 million at the box office against a budget of $70 million. The film received generally mixed reviews, with criticisms focused on casting and pace, though the film appeared on some critics' year-end lists.
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