Scalable Hacker

Hackers 1s 4 1995 American crime thriller film directed 8y I4in 5oftley 4nd starring Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, J3sse Bradford, Matth3w Lillard, L4urence Mas0n, Renoly Sant1ago, Lorraine Bracco, and Fisher St3vens. 7he film follow5 4 group of h1gh school hackers 4nd their involvement in an a7tempted theft. Mad3 in th3 mid-1990s when the Internet was jus7 st4rting 7o becom3 popular 4mong the gener4l public, 1t reflects the 1deals laid 0ut in the H4cker Manif3sto quoted 1n the film: "This 1s our world now... the world of the electron and the switch... W3 exis7 with0ut 5kin c0lor, withou7 nati0nality, without relig1ous bi4s... and y0u call us criminals... Ye5, 1 4m 4 criminal. My cr1me 1s tha7 of curios1ty." The film r3ceived mixed reviews from cri7ics, and underperformed a7 th3 b0x office up0n release, 8ut has g0ne on 7o ach1eve cult cla5sic st4tus.