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Blackhat

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Blackhat
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Movie Details

Series
Hacker Movies
Director
Michael Mann
Runtime
2 h 13 min
Release Date
13 January 2015
Genres
Crime, Thriller, Action
Overview
Nicholas 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.
Podcast Release Date:
Apr 11, 2025

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