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SWORDFISH Send This Review to a Friend
The summer season is upon us, which means more explosions, slaughter and general mayhem, all of which can be found in "Swordfish." One thing you can't find is much sense to the plot, which involves John Travolta as Gabriel, a fanatic who is determined to rub out terrorists. He needs a ton of money to do this, so he is planning to rob a bank, but he needs Hugh Jackman as Stanley, an expert hacker to break computer codes. Unfortunately, nobody connected with "Swordfish," including screenwriter Skip Woods and director Dominic Sena, has found the code for creating an intelligent film.
What you do get is an avalanche of destruction, some of it inventive. The best, visually arresting sequence is a bus filled with hostages dangling from a helicopter as it zips among tall buildings with the bus crashing through windows and skirting rooftops. Otherwise, there is the perfunctory stuff, save for an opening in which Gabriel does a commentary on movies to set the scene for his heist-in-progress.
Halle Berry provides the sex appeal as Ginger, a woman who may or may not be what she purports to be. It doesn't matter. Nothing matters except creating summer chaos for those who go for that sort of mindless entertainment. A Warner Brothers release.
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