Kardhal — Swordfish, Warner / Village Roadshow (DVD)

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Product Details

• UPC: 5999010442816
• Product Type: DVD Video
• Director: Dominic Sena
• Starring: John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle
• Release Year: 2001
• Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
• Publisher / Distributor: Warner Bros. / Village Roadshow Pictures
• Catalog Number: D2B 21322
• Country of Producing: [confirm on disc inner ring or back cover]

Product Features

• Format: DVD Video, single disc
• Runtime: approx. 99 minutes
• Audio: English, Hungarian (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: Hungarian
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 widescreen
• Region: PAL Region 2
• Rating: 18

Overview

A black-ops government agent (John Travolta) needs the world's best hacker (Hugh Jackman) to break into a DEA slush fund. Swordfish is slick, self-aware, and entirely comfortable with its own absurdity — this is a film that opens with a monologue about how Hollywood gets crime wrong, then proceeds to depict crime in the most spectacular Hollywood manner possible. It knows exactly what it's doing.

Travolta is having obvious fun in a role that lets him be simultaneously menacing and theatrical, and Jackman brings just enough grounded frustration to the hacker role to make the implausibilities hold. Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, and Vinnie Jones round out a cast that elevates what is essentially a very stylish genre exercise. This PAL edition includes the Hungarian dubbed track alongside English, making it a solid find for Hungarian collectors who want the option of either language.

Interesting Facts

• Hugh Jackman was cast in Swordfish shortly after being cast as Wolverine in X-Men — the two films came out within a year of each other and established him as an international leading man almost overnight.
• The opening bank robbery sequence features a unique 360-degree rotating camera shot that was widely praised and widely imitated.
• John Travolta took the role specifically because it allowed him to play a villain with a coherent ideology — his character Gabriel Shear is villainous, but the script gives him arguments that the film does not entirely dismiss.
• Director Dominic Sena had previously directed Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) — he had a gift for glossy, kinetic action in the early 2000s style.
• The film was a commercial success, grossing over $147 million worldwide on a $102 million budget.
• Catalog number D2B 21322 on the Warner/Village Roadshow release.

Publishers

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment in association with Village Roadshow Pictures. © 2001 Village Roadshow Films (BVI) Limited. Hungarian edition catalog no. D2B 21322.

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