Hackers is a 1995 film about a young boy who is arrested by the US Secret Service for writing a computer virus and is banned from using a computer until his 18th birthday. Years later, he and his new-found friends discover a plot to unleash a dangerous computer virus, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus.

Directed by Iain Softley. Written by Rafael Moreu
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Dade "Zero Cool" "Crash Override" Murphy

  • Mess with the best, die like the rest.

Kate "Acid Burn" Libby

  • Never send a boy to do a woman's job.

Eugene "The Plague" Belford

  • Never fear, I is here.
  • There is no right or wrong, just fun and boring.
  • You wanted to know who I am, Zero Cool? Well, let me explain the New World Order. Governments and corporations need people like you and me. We are Samurai... the Keyboard Cowboys... and all those other people out there who have no idea what's going on are the cattle... Moooo.
  • Kid, don't threaten me. There are worse things than death, and uh, I can do all of them.

Emmanuel "Cereal Killer" Goldstein

  • FYI man, alright. You could sit at home, and do like absolutely nothing, and your name goes through like 17 computers a day. 1984? Yeah right, man. That's a typo. Orwell is here now. He's livin' large. We have no names, man. No names. We are nameless!

Razor

  • Remember, hacking is more than just a crime. It's a survival trait.

Dialogue

Mrs. Murphy: Dade?
Dade: Yeah Ma?
Mrs. Murphy: What are you doing?
Dade: I'm taking over a TV Network.
Mrs. Murphy: Finish up honey, and get some sleep. Happy Birthday.
Ramόn: So, uh, what's your interest in Kate Libby, eh? Academic? Purely sexual?
Dade: Homicidal.
Mrs. Murphy: What did you learn in school today?
Dade: Revenge.
The Plague: Our recent unknown intruder penetrated using the superuser account, giving him access to our whole system.
Margo: Precisely what you're paid to prevent.
The Plague: Someone didn't bother reading my carefully prepared memo on commonly-used passwords. Now, then, as I so meticulously pointed out, the four most-used passwords are: love, sex, secret, and... [Margo glares at him] god. So, would your holiness care to change her password?
Kate: Why'd he come to you?
Dade: I got a record! I was 'Zero Cool'!
Paul: Zero Cool? Crashed fifteen hundred and seven computers in one day? Biggest crash in history, front page New York Times August 10th, 1988. I thought you was black man. YO THIS IS ZERO COOL!
Kate: Are you challenging me?
Dade: Name your stakes.
Kate: If I win, you become my slave.
Dade: Your slave?
Kate: You wish! You'll do shitwork, scan, crack copyrights...
Dade: And if I win?
Kate: Make it my first born!
Dade: Make it our first date!
Kate: I don't DO dates. But I don't lose either, so you're on!
Dade: You look good in a dress.
Kate: You would have looked better.

Taglines

  • Hack the Planet!
  • Boot Up or Shut Up!
  • Their crime is curiosity.
  • You thought your secrets were safe. You were wrong.
  • There is no right or wrong, only fun and boring
  • Mess with the best, die like the rest.

Cast

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