Antitrust

Podcast Release Date:

Mar 28, 2025

Hacker Movies Series Episode 5

Cruel Inventions

Ryan Phillippe doesn’t believe Tim Robbins is a tech genius after learning the billionaire literally and figuratively murders startup companies to steal their software ideas in the 2001 cyber thriller Antitrust. Does the young programmer have the NURV to bring down the villain’s satellites before they roll out a new app that hijacks every screen in the world? Or will the (sesame) seeds of his coup be exposed by jealous Claire Forlani after she spies on her boyfriend’s off-the-clock collab with Rachel Leigh Cook? Put your trust in this Donation Hacker series and find out now!

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