My Movie Critics

21 August 2006

Sneakers (1992)

Click to enlarge the picture.Take out sci-fi equipment from "Mission Impossible" and add some "Ocean's Eleven" humour to the crew. Bingo! You have "Sneakers".
But hey, here comes the big surprise. "Sneakers" team is older than Tom Cruise's MI series as well as Clooney's Eleven. You can still see some pretty cool stuff for a 14 year old movie.

The story begins with a quick flashback to Martin "Marty" Bishop's (played by Robert Redford) college years. He and his best friend "Cosmo" (Ben Kingsley) get a big trouble by hacking into things they weren't supposed to with their computer skills and Robin Hood manners.

Then the story pops forward to present time. Marty, running away for over 20 years from the authorities, has a team which is formed by group of guys that are well skilled in different professions, in security breakthrough! They seem like doing a good job by providing security expertise service to companies that need high-security such as banks and looking for the security holes to report. Then Marty's bad record catches him up again. Finally the team find itself somewhere in between National Security Agency, FBI and CIA. Then the struggling chase begins...

I should say that the story is balanced very well between funny and serious issues. The humour doesn't decrease the importance of the serious scenes but puts a smile on the audience’s face. It is very joyful to see the successful actors such as Robert Redford (the leader of the team), Sidney Poitier (an ex-CIA agent who's expelled for having bad temper), Dan Aykroyd (a potential 24/7 conspiracy theoretic member called "Mother"), River Phoenix and David Strathairn (one of my favorite characters called "Whistler") having funny arguments with each other.

The movie travels around many genres such as comedy, action, drama and even a bit of romance. Let me just say, "Sneakers" is an excellent comic thriller that I recommend to everyone.

by Elvis_TR

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