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This film is so terrible, even Halle Berry and Bullet-Tooth Tony couldn't save it.
First up, BROGRAMMER OVERLOAD!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE3cp0uX4-M
There's plenty of stupid baked in right from the start. Just consider the absurdity of being forced (at gunpoint) to hack into a system you're unfamiliar with, on a POS dell laptop that doesn't have the tools you're used to, while getting a blowjob. Oh, and do it in under a minute (that actually lasts 1:20 in the movie, but now I'm just nitpicking). The fellatio and firearms are almost as unlikely as the hacking.
http://oi44.tinypic.com/2zz5l4m.jpg
The text on the screen is mostly just lists of words that might have something to do with computers. There are some parts (like in the picture), which would imply that he's writing, or at least reading, code. Understanding the doubtlessly labyrinthine codebase you're trying to exploit, in under a minute, is absurd. The random IP addresses next to the source, in a window titled "C O M P I L E R", aren't helping.
Of course, when he does get around to developing some software on a more leisurely timescale, the audience is treated to this gem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9semz4mHlBQ
Apparently, developing a sophisticated worm is effectively the same as playing something that looks like the child of Bejeweled and Lincoln Logs.
"Hackers", which, let's be honest, is complete and unmitigated BS when it comes to the tech, at least isn't painful to watch. Sure, watching someone hack is extremely boring - it makes sense that a movie would try to sex it up a bit - but Swordfish tries way too hard, and takes itself too seriously.
There are incredible hackers out there who can do amazing things, and tech in general is also often a misogynistic boys club, with its fair share of pissing contests and bravado. Just not like this.
Oh, and John Travolta. He is terrible here.