Hackers

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Given that Fisher (Stevens) has the build and presence of an anorexic supermodel, it probably made complete sense to some mongoloid film executive to cast him in the part of a villain in this Cyberspace/Dance Club flick.

Fisher Stevens's claim to fame is that he spent years riding Michelle Pfeiffer's coattails only to be finally cut loose into obscurity as the forgotten half of another doomed Hollywood relationship. Every time Michelle would appear on Entertainment Tonight attending another gala premiere the comment that echoed throughout the land like the explosion of a nuclear bomb was: "Who's that little weasely guy next to Michelle?"

Given that Fisher has the build and presence of an anorexic supermodel, it probably made complete sense to some mongoloid film executive to cast him in the part of a villain in this Cyberspace/Dance Club flick. Since in real life Fisher is about as frightening as a drooling puppy (OH MY GOD!! IT'S A DROOLING PUPPY!! EVERYBODY HEAD FOR SHELTER!!), you might as well make him a villain in cyberspace where he might, if he tries very, very hard, at least be able to tweak somebody's pride.

As "The Plague," Stevens is the antagonist to teenage hackers Dade (Johnny Lee Miller) and Kate (Angelina Jolie). "The Plague" plans to blackmail his own company by threatening a worldwide environmental disaster wrought by a computer virus.

Carrying the idea of "War Games" into the realm of the ridiculously stupid, director Iain Softley fashions a world where everything is accessible by computer. Kids can spit money out of teller machines, change their grades and disable people's credit cards with the touch of a button. Softley obviously thought making a decent movie would be as easy.

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