Cinema: Blackhat/Hacker

Title: Blackhat/Hacker (depends on the country) (2015)

Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Leehom Wang, Wei Tang

I don't get why critics trashed this movie so much. I liked it. A lot. If you like Hongkong action movies, this is pretty much in their vein. It's not action packed all the way through, there are only a handful of shoot-outs and explosions, it's more of a "think and connect the dots" kind of a thriller.

I loved the team, Hathaway, the Chen siblings, Barrett and Jessup, I loved that all of them covered for Hathaway, that they understood that he was a good guy once they got to know him and that what their respective governments wanted to do was a load of bullshit. That's why it made me really sad that ( spoilers )

even though it made for a much more down and dirty finale, I guess, because it really pissed Hathaway and Lien off and they knew no mercy. The final 20 minutes or so, there was almost no dialogue, Hathaway and Lien didn't need to talk or debate the whole thing, they were in sync, they knew what they wanted and they went after it, no mercy for the bad guys. Hathaway and Lien made a kick-ass pair!

I would give this movie 7/10. I'm happy with it. It had great atmosphere and interesting cinematography.