From All Movie Guide:
Plot Synopsis by Matthew Tobey
In this tech-thriller from director Phil Alden Robinson, a group of five renegade computer hackers, led by Martin Bishop (Robert Redford), are hired by the government to steal a black box, containing a code-breaking machine, from the mathematician who invented the device. The government is able to persuade Martin to take the job by convincing him that they will drop a decades-old federal warrant for his involvement in computer fraud. Martin agrees and he takes his team on the mission, eventually taking the box. Shortly after the hackers have stolen the device, the mathematician turns up dead. Before long, the quintet realize that they've gotten themselves into more than they'd originally bargained for, as Bishop's old rival Cosmo (Ben Kingsley) enters into the fold. The eclectic ensemble also includes River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier, Dan Aykroyd, David Strathairn, Mary McDonnell, and James Earl Jones.
This is an enjoyable entertainment. Pure and simple. It is a caper film with a good sense of fun and wit with a great cast who all get to have fun. Tobolosky is awesome. Aykroyd gets to play the conspiracy guy, Strathairn a blind guy, Phoenix the young goof, Poitier the old wise ex-CIA, and Redford as the old-school leader. Almost every scene managed to balance drama/suspense/spy stuff with well placed touches of humor. This kind of entertainment, not unlike North By Northwest, is rare these days. Worth a queue position on your Netflix.
One Surprising Sidney Poitier Line: "Motherfuckers mess with me, I'll split your head!"
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