Very well executed

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

I watched this movie and couldn't enjoy it. It lasted very long and some scenes didn't make sense. For example this that bothered me were the dialogue in the restaurant between Hathaway and Lien, the cop killing at least 3 guys with assault rifles without taking cover, the 'you are dead over 40°C' moment and the temperature keeps climbing, the end where he can stop a bullet with magazines and a knife with his scarf, he kills someone with a screwdriver (why no knife) in a crowded area no-one seems to care until they start shooting.

Michael Mann's BLACKHAT is a hacking-based international thriller starring Marvel main man Chris Hemsworth as an imprisoned computer hacker released from jail to track down an international hacking terrorist with plans for something big. He teams up with characters from the Chinese mainland to bring the villain to book, and the story goes from there. I found this a surprisingly enjoyable little film which mixes the usual computer hacking tropes and effects with a BOURNE-style action plot and at least three decent action scenes. Mann shows that his flair for a violent shoot-out hasn't abandoned him since his HEAT days and the subsequent action is as brutal and exciting as you could want. Hemsworth gives a relaxed performance away from his best-known Thor role and the Chinese actors added to the mix can be relied upon to deliver decent performances. The film is a little long and feels slow at times, particularly with the cliched romantic sub-plot, but it delivers the good and offers thrills a little more cerebral than some.

Simply BEAUTIFUL FILM.. A MUST WATCH FOR YOUNGER GENERATION.... THANK YOU ALL THE FILM CREW FOR MAKING SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL FILM.. WE WANT MORE FILMs LIKE THIS................

Blackhat is full of highly improbable and patently implausible scenarios that add up to the ultimate shortcoming of the movie. The antagonist begins by blowing a nuclear reactor and then manipulating the soy market, after which the Feds zero in right away on the scheme and those who benefited. Yet, in his grand scheme, the antagonist expects to corner the tin market without consequence?!?! C'mon...And did I mention tin? TIN?!?! Of all the commodities in the world, this bad guy goes after a low margin staple produced in a country (Malaysia) that isn't even in the top six countries producing tin! Then there's the protagonist, who we're expected to believe can hack into the NSA computers. C'mon...The acting is incongruous and the sound editing was terrible. When dealing with Asian actors, this latter issue becomes ever more important, as they tend to have a softer timbre. The lack of attention to sound had many of the participants mumbling, or the dialogue fading in and out.But the real "nail in the coffin" was seeing Michael Mann's name attached to this mess. Is this the same man who directed Manhunter, Last of the Mohicans, Heat and Thief? I expected a much better film coming from an MM production. Still, there's several action sequences that move the flick along, for which I give it four stars.