Hackers is a
1995 American thriller film, directed by
Iain Softley and starring
Angelina Jolie,
Jonny Lee Miller, and
Matthew Lillard. The
screenplay, written by
Rafael Moreu, is highly influenced by the
hacker and
cyberpunk subcultures. The film follows the exploits of a group of gifted high school hackers and their involvement in a corporate extortion conspiracy.
Plot Summary
In 1988, Seattle youth Dade "Zero Cool" Murphy (
Jonny Lee Miller) is arrested and charged, at the age of 11, with crashing 1,507 systems in one day and causing a single-day 7-point drop in the
New York Stock Exchange. Upon conviction, he is banned from owning or operating computers or touch-tone telephones until his 18th birthday.