Unfortunately, Mann’s newest film, “Blackhat,” fails to connect. The movie, about good guys chasing a cybercriminal (or “blackhat,” as the bad guy would be known to online law ...

Read more Michael Mann on his New Cybercrime Movie ‘Blackhat’ It isn’t until an hour in, once the hit-and-miss business of setup is out of the way, that the movie hits its charged stride.

Let's get one thing out of the way before wading into the two-and-a-half hour establishing shot known as the film Blackhat: There are no definitive blackhats in Blackhat the movie. Nor is it ...

If you still haven’t seen the new movie Michael Mann movie “Blackhat” with Chris Hemsworth playing the lead, you won’t be getting any new insights into how hackers work. If you are not a ...

His latest film, Blackhat, has a modern twist. Chris Hemsworth plays Nicholas Hathaway — an imprisoned hacker who is released to help the FBI and Chinese officials track down cybercriminals ...

When Harry Gregson-Williams attended the premiere of Michael Mann’s “Blackhat,” he was stunned to find very little of his 90 minutes of score left in the movie.

"Blackhat" resembles the low-budget sheen of a telenovela. And for all of its aspirations to bring cutting-edge vibrancy to cyber-world concerns, the film veers from high-tech hijinks into ...

What makes Mann such a fascinating but paradoxical film-maker is his grandiose approach toward material that often seems utterly formulaic. Blackhat is full of scenes that are familiar from other ...

The scene doesn't include a keyboard. Or a computer mouse. But it shows why Michael Mann's Blackhat may be the best hacker movie ever made. As the film approaches the end of its second act ...

Catching up with Blackhat over the weekend, I found myself reminded—and surprisingly often—of selections in this year’s Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, which I previewed for ...

Read more Michael Mann on his New Cybercrime Movie ‘Blackhat’ It isn’t until an hour in, once the hit-and-miss business of setup is out of the way, that the movie hits its charged stride.

do not watch “Blackhat.” This Michael Mann cyber crime thriller tries to get away with no character development by relying on pure action and excitement, but its sloppy writing makes this movie fit ...