FILM REVIEW

'The Net' Makes Us Feel Our Future is Threatened

Are you thinking of committing a computer crime? If you are, you should watch the movie "The Net" first because hacking can be very dangerous and give our society fear or tragedy. You should consider this before you commit your crime?

In the beginning of the movie "The Net", Angela, who is a beta tester, is at home in front of a computer, but when she presses "Enter" the screen goes crazy, tossing up pages of confidential government files.

From here things start happening. When she went to Mexico on a vacation, she met one guy. Angela came back from vacation, but her identity had been switched with that of a criminal. From this time, she is chased by the police. In spite of the bad situation, she tried to get her true identity and facts back.

Sandra Bullock's acting made the movie thrilling and attractive to us. She had various expressions in the movie, so she did a good job in her role as Angela.

The idea of "The Net" is that anybody can lose his/her own identity in the computer. This movie conveyed the fear of hacking to us. I also thought people could be in danger from hacking into computers. However, today computers are pervasive all over the world. I worry about whether computer crimes will increase or not.

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Last updated: 15 March 1998