The Net

The Net

1995 · 114 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.1 (1,599 votes)
Dir. Irwin Winkler · Starring Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam, Dennis Miller, Diane Baker, Wendy Gazelle, Ken Howard · Music Mark Isham · The Net Collection

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

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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.

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This film feels like a relentless, chilling descent into digital paranoia. It's a tense, isolating experience as your very identity is systematically erased, leaving you on the run from an unseen enemy. The unsettling vulnerability of a connected world creates a palpable sense of dread.

paranoidtenseanxiousisolatedunsettlingpropulsive90s cyber-thrillerconspiracy thrillertech-noir elementsdigital identitysurveillanceparanoialoss of controltechnological vulnerability
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