Alien at the Movies

Apparently is takes great black hat hacker (Chris Hemsworth) to stop another hacker who threatens worldwide havoc though cyber crime attacks. Of course, you find your savior locked up in prison and you must bargain for his release to insure his assistance. Names like Hemsworth, Michael Mann, and Viola Davis will peak our interest in this premise. However, the film is so contrived and forced that the scenes are either telegraphed or ridiculous. How can the female lead resist bedding & falling in love with the "sexiest man alive". Who would have thought a computer hacker would look like Thor and fight like Jason Bourne. It's basically a detective mystery with a disappointing villain that will take you from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. The unsteady cam work was annoying. The film mixes both high and low techniques. The film was disappointing, unrealistic, and anti-climatic.

Alien gives it 2 "I smell a RAT, Remote Access Tool" stars out of 4.