The Net

Her driver's license. Her credit cards. Her bank accounts. Her identity. DELETED.

Movie Details

Series

Hacker Movies

Director: Irwin Winkler
Runtime: 1 h 54 min
Release Date: 28 July 1995
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Action
Overview: Angela Bennett is a freelance computer systems analyst who tracks down software viruses. At night she hooks up to the internet and chats to others 'surfing the net'. While de-bugging a new high-tech game for a cyber friend, she comes across a top secret program and becomes the target of a mysterious organization who will stop at nothing to erase her identity and her existence, in order to protect the project.

Podcast Release Date:

Feb 28, 2025

Hacker Movies Series Episode 3

While You Were Doxing

Sandra Bullock can’t convince anyone that she’s a lonely programmer who spends her days debugging video games after a Bill Gates wannabe uses The Net to hack her identity. How desperate is the Speed star to fix her public image that she turns to SNL comic Dennis Miller to defend her against doctored charges of streetwalking and drug use? And will Justin, Stuart, and Arnie recognize this 1995 thriller as a cutting-edge warning against cybercrime or a cartoonish exaggeration of internet capability? Log into Now Playing’s Donation Bonus Hacker series to find out!

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