Firewall (2006)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Richard Loncraine

Writer (WGA):

Joe Forte (written by)

Release Date:

10 February 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

They will make him steal, but he will make them pay

Plot:

A security specialist is forced into robbing the bank that he's protecting, as a bid to pay off his family's ransom.

Plot Keywords:

Bank | Murder | Cayman Islands | Architect | Meeting

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Harrison Ford	...	Jack Stanfield
Virginia Madsen	...	Beth Stanfield
Carly Schroeder	...	Sarah Stanfield
Jimmy Bennett	...	Andy Stanfield
Gail Ann Lewis	...	Bank Employee #1
Mary Lynn Rajskub	...	Janet Stone
Matthew Currie Holmes	...	Bobby
Candus Churchill	...	Betty
David Lewis	...	Rich
Zahf Paroo	...	Ravi
Robert Forster	...	Harry Romano
Robert Patrick	...	Gary Mitchell
Alan Arkin	...	Arlin Forester
Pat Jenkinson	...	Laurie
Eric Keenleyside	...	Alan Hughes

Also Known As:

The Wrong Element (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some intense sequences of violence, and for some language.

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Australia:M | Ireland:15A | Finland:K-15 | UK:12A | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:12 | USA:PG-13 (Approved No. 42379) | Malaysia:U | Argentina:13 | Brazil:16 | Singapore:PG | India:UA | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Sweden:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Germany:16 | Iceland:12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba) (Canadian Home Video rating) | Denmark:15 | Hong Kong:IIA | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Ontario) | France:U | Philippines:PG-13 | Hungary:16

Filming Locations:

Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Paul Bettany and Harrison Ford did some of their own stunts for the fighting scenes.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Jack is looking into the computer screen in Bobby's office, you can clearly see that it is a still photo shot of Jack reflecting into the screen, not a real life movement shot.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Bill Cox: [off-screen] Hello Jack.

Movie Connections:

Features Ghost Ship (2002)

Soundtrack:

Everybody Wants Some More

Couldn't be any Worse!

I'm very upset about the shoddy quality of this movie. It is, without a doubt, the worst that Harrison Ford has ever starred in. Every thing about it is lame, especially the premise itself. This plot (or similar) has been done so many times before that is't tiresome and boring in and of itself. There are two types of movies that I swear from this day forth I will never waste my time watching again. One is the plot where a high school or college basketball coach is enlisted to rejuvenate a losing team, and the other is one in which a CEO or other high level person has their family kidnapped for some kind of favor. We've seen all of these we need. Every subtlety and twist and trick been used, and used again, and overused, so the only possible result for a movie of this theme, if it IS released, is to be boring, predictable, and mundane, which "Firewall" achieves in spades. Please don't waste either your time of money on this disaster.