NetForce (1999) (TV)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Robert Lieberman

Writers (WGA):

Tom Clancy (story) &
Steve Pieczenik (story) ...

Release Date:

1 February 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

The One Who Controls The Internet Controls The World.

Plot:

Set in the year 2005, a division of the FBI, called "NetForce" has been initiated to investigate Internet crime...

Plot Keywords:

Two Part TV Movie | Lasersight

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations

Cast

Scott Bakula	...	Alex Michaels
Joanna Going	...	Toni Fiorelli
Xander Berkeley	...	Bo Tyler
Brian Dennehy	...	Lowell Davidson
Kris Kristofferson	...	Steve Day
CCH Pounder	...	Sandra Knight
Judge Reinhold	...	Will Stiles
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	Leong Cheng
Chelsea Field	...	Megan Michaels
Sterling Macer Jr.	...	Col. John Howard
Paul Hewitt	...	Jay Gridley
Frank Vincent
Sam Anderson	...	Fox
Alexa Vega	...	Susan 'Susie' Michaels
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jennifer Rebecca Bailey	...	Virtual Prostitute
Gemma Barry	...	Carla
Edward M. Beckford Jr.	...	Cpt. Dan Brown
Suzanne Carney	...	Theresa
Gil Cates Jr.	...	Larry
Todd Cattell	...	Marty
Rodney Choice	...	Guard #2
Holly Karrol Clark	...	Futuristic Brothel Girl (as Holly Karrol)
Odile Corso	...	The Selkie (as Odile Broulard)
Tony Cosby	...	Monroe Washington
Joey Dente	...	2nd Heavy
Tony Devon	...	White House Guard Jansen
Lynn Filusch	...	Mary Jo Tripp
Richard Fullerton	...	Jerry Plumber
Rhoda Gemignani	...	Momma
Kevin Grantz	...	Guard #1
Carl Jackson	...	Cabbie
David S. Jung	...	Supporting (as David Jung)
Adam Kassen	...	Carl Besser
Brent Keast	...	Doctor
Scott King	...	Mob Soldier
Harry Kollatz Jr.	...	Lionel Lebeaux
Lance Lewman	...	Operator, Prison
James McBride	...	1st Heavy
Hugh Nees	...	Nicholas Springer
Ingo Neuhaus	...	Gunny
Anjul Nigam	...	Uday Shankar
Jonathan Orcutt	...	Dan Smenkowski
Victor Raider-Wexler	...	Moe Panzer
Dale Raoul	...	Judge Peters
Edwin A. Santos	...	Court Reporter #1
Wayne Edward Sherwood	...	Fat Lout
Meredith Strange-Boston	...	Nurse
Rick Warner	...	Mark Johanson
Sam Wells	...	Dr. Ulee
Beth Wishnie	...	Second Operator

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence

Runtime:

France:154 min | USA:200 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15 | Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-12 | Iceland:12 | Greece:K-13 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Colonial Heights, Virginia, USA

Company:

Cates/Doty Productions

Quotes:

Jay Gridley: Good morning Vietnam!

Movie Connections:

References Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

Glossy but not very exciting

At 2h40mins, this movie runs waaaay too long. The pace is kept at a moderate level most of the way with above-average-for-a-tv-movie sounds and visuals, intended to keep the average person watching. But I'm not Mr Average and I was zoning in and out throughout the movie. I was motivated to rent this movie because I just read Jeffery Deaver's 'The Blue Nowhere,' which is an excellent thriller abt hacking. This movie seems more like a slow-moving FBI show. How can Scott Bakula, the leader of 'Netforce,' look as clueless as he does when his system is hacked? And for Internet cops, there sure is a lot of physical chasing and shooting. Sure there's a lot of techno-babble thrown in, but it's all gratuitous. The coolest vision of futuristic technology - VR pubs and brothels - doesn't even involve any special effects. Hacking i s demonstrated as a flood of rotating green numbers. On the brighter side, the acting's pretty good and not exaggerated. Don't rent this, catch it on TV on a rainy Sunday afternoon.