Firewall

Name: Firewall
Released: 2006-2-10
Cast: Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany, Virginia Madsen, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Robert Patrick

Firewall

PG-13
1h 45m
2006

18%

age 14+

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Blowtorches, dynamite, getaway cars ... forget it. This is where the real vault is. Binary code. Virtual money. All ones and zeros. Paul Nilsson (Harrison Ford - Blade Runner, Star Wars films), a successful security chief for an international bank, finds himself a pawn in a dangerous game when he receives word that his family has been kidnapped. The kidnappers, led by devious and ruthless mastermind Bill Cox (Paul Bettany - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World), force Paul to rob his bank and commit one of the largest thefts in history. The situation becomes more ominous when he realizes that he is being set up for embezzlement and all traces of the real thieves will vanish. What follows is a high-stakes game of cat and mouse as Paul uses his security expertise to try and turn the tables on the criminals.

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

18%

Critics Consensus: Harrison Ford's rote performance brings little to this uninspired techno-heist film whose formulaic plot is befuddled with tedious and improbable twists.

Reviews

Financial Times

Nigel Andrews

Giving it your brain's attention is like putting your card in a gleaming ATM slot and then being t...

There's only so much Ford's ever-game efforts can do to dress up dreck.

Such a vapid vehicle for every single cast member that it's difficult to actually enjoy.

The movie is so disposable that you won't remember you've seen it.

Another edge-of-your-seat, roller coaster ride from a matinee idol everybody loves to root for.

June 21, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 14+

Common Sense Says

Harrison Ford as action hero again. Teens and up.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this film considers fears of surveillance, with characters showing both anxiety and ingenuity trying to avoid it. It includes multiple tense scenes, as well as violent scenes, both abrupt (as when the villains burst into the family's home and again when the chief villain whomps Jack across the face) and sustained (a prolonged, bruising, bloody fight scene at the end). References are made to online gambling and identity theft. The family's escape attempt appears in fast cuts and jarring images; a child who is allergic to nuts suffers an alarming, nearly fatal reaction. Villains brandish guns, and three men are shot on screen, upsetting other characters who observe. Characters use mild language and a villain's dumping of the family dog leads to the mom's and kids' tears.