2006 Directed by Richard Loncraine
State-of-the-art security system creator, Jack Stanfield has cemented his reputation as a man who's thought of everything. But when a criminal finds a way into Jack's personal life, everything Jack holds dear is suddenly at stake.
Armyan Bernstein Basil Iwanyk Jonathan Shestack Bruce Berman Dana Goldberg Charlie Lyons Brent O'Connor
Village Roadshow Pictures Beacon Pictures Thunder Road Pictures Jon Shestack Productions Warner Bros. Pictures
Le Coupe-feu, Pare-feu, Tulemüür, Firewall: Κωδικός προστασίας, Ugnies siena, Brannmur
Starring Harrison Ford, Richard Loncraine's "Firewall" is capable action-drama home-invasion techno-thriller. It may not be of much consequence, but the descriptively overstuffed piece of work is taut and exciting when it has to be. It is a perfectly forgettable but solidly entertaining genre outing.
Ford plays a systems analyst who becomes the target of a far-reaching, tech-centered heist. His family falling under the hammer of the film's villains, the security analyst is forced into action to save the lives of those he loves.
The plot is vanilla, but it is boosted by a tightly wound story telling. Locraine's visuals are slick, and scenes pack violent, engaging punch. Editing creates an inviting tension that increases as the film's core heist gains…
Film #58 of my personal 2016 Harrison Ford Film Festival
I kind of kept waiting for Harrison to yell: "GET OFF MY INTERNET!"
... but no such luck. Well, at least we still got the classic Ford Finger Point. Love it.
So, after "Hollywood Homicide" there was a 3-year gap for Harrison to figure out where his career was headed. This wasn't quite the success he was hoping for, but I still really enjoyed it.
It was a classic Ford-protects-his-family-from-bad-guys story... but he does it so well. You know how it is going to end, but the ride is pretty darn fun along the way. The climactic fight (you just know there's gonna be one) is pretty cool.
It's good to see Harrison having fun again after that last misstep of a buddy cop movie. Ugh.
I thought I'd seen this before and forgotten to log it but having watched it tonight I honestly can't tell if I have or not. It doesn't stand out from the crowd much but I did enjoy the little details and the characters' behaviour, like they were trying to give it a sense of authenticity, despite there being the usual array of far-fetched nonsense. It has an impressive cast. I enjoyed watching it with my psychic sidekick who was predicting everything before it happened except the ending. Coz it didn't end on a boat. Was a fun watch. That's all.
8.0
No. Harrison Ford will never be John McClane. Paul Bettany will never be Hans Gruber either. And Alexandre Desplat (whom I have nothing against really) will never be Michael Kamen.
It's like some hack Hollywood writer who's never had experience with any sort of heist hacking or cared enough to do an ounce of research guessed on how all this tedious plot building would make sense. None of it does and despite being entertaining in a hilarious, superficial way, this is such a terrible film in literally every aspect.
I remember when Harrison Ford made one good movie after another, those days are long gone
An obvious attempt on Ford’s part to recover from the disastrous failure of Hollywood Homicide by returning to his bread and butter (i.e. a leading role in a generic action-thriller). The only problem is that it’s SO generic, paradoxically becoming unnoteworthy enough for that in itself to become noteworthy.
Dumb and predictable but still, somehow, watchable. I mean it's probably the leads tbh but meh.
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