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The Net (1995)

Rate: 4
Viewed: 9/10

Net
9/10: The internet was fast in 1995?

Ha! It wasn't. This one was directed by Irwin Winkler. Hm, that's interesting. The same Irwin Winkler who produced They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Rocky, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas? Yep, sure enough, it's him, but this time, he's stepping away from Robert De Niro to see if he could do it.

The tagline on the movie poster for The Net reads, "Her driver's license. Her credit cards. Her bank accounts. Her identity. DELETED." To be honest with you, I wish that included Sandra Bullock, too. Who can believe a computer geek, who spends most of her time holed up in a house without interacting with people outside, would be this pretty? That's the most implausible part. By the way, if you take a gander at the movie poster again, Sandra Bullock's nose looks similar to Michael Jackson.

Many times, given the movie was made in 1995, I'm surprised to see how fast the internet connection and, more importantly, the upload speed were. Back then, most people used dial-up modem connection. Hello! IT WAS FUCKING SLOW! We're talking about speeds like 9.6K to 56K bit/sec. Today, the average is approximately 3.9 megabits per second. What takes minutes today would've been days, weeks, and maybe never in 1995. Hence, that's the second most implausible part.

The easiest way to prove Angela's identity is to produce a yearbook of the high school she attended unless she disappeared into a black hole which isn't possible. Another is her dental records. Mind you, not everything was electronically stored prior to 2000. Most companies used paper records. That's the third most implausible part.

All in all, The Net is a total clunker.