The Net 2.0

There are no easy answers with this particular film.There are both an obvious and perhaps a not so obvious conclusion.Hope Cassidy(Nikki Deloach)is an adroit and capable computer scientist trained in Network Security.This though might be both the problem and the solution,that is appearances are a most definite limit.What kind of a person is so qualified?That is the question as to this particular inquiry is asked only because adroit as this characterization might be this young women is unmistakably unaware.Her actions and even her in ability to act run contrary to her apparently very capable handling of what appears to be an attack upon A Network Server.This story is not entirely present in mind body and spirit and part of the blame seems to belong to the protagonist,one Hope Cassidy(Nikki Deloach).This young womens handling of sensitive information is almost foolish it is so reckless.The open bank account information appearing not only in full view but a Black Hat would of gotten what he came for and perhaps he did.The draining the account of some 44 million dollars as she was hopelessly unaware I could not place.Why would this not set off an alarm that would of threatened the security of the entire voyage.The complication arising with the bracelet(a tracking device)with Hope Cassidy is another one of the hard to place perceptions.This characterization possesses a naive tourist position however it does not allows us to be as capable as she reportedly is suppose to be.The un-nerving quality of her visit suggests that there was no care given to her safety or well being with again her character not being all there with her wallet and identity being stolen.This simply materialized like much of the story line as hard to believe.It was not uninteresting however it was also a curiosity that caused this viewer to look at this film a second time, as both appearances as well as the characterization were hard to straigthen out.It is thought by some that all as it were White Hats have had some experience as a Black Hat or even perhaps still wear a black hat when the sun goes down.This film has a quality that is that,that this film irregardless is not what it seems as both interests share a common ground.It is revealed that Hope Cassidy was being closely tracked the entire picture with a truly unfriendly "boyfriend" being a virtual Russian operative involved in arms shipments.This is part of the problem as the worlds terrorists have been educated in American schools as this is not entirely substantive either though this indeed materializes.This film eventually unfolds to include Interpol whereby Hope Cassidy is in actuality undercover.The entire film as has been stated elsewhere is not given the air of this type of involvement,yet this is indeed the involvement which has been present from the start.It is not simple to see and it is not entirely present as well.This is that way something that is hard to believe is perhaps not what we may of thought we were looking at.The miking and as it were spying evident very early on has apparently closed in and it is part of the complicated make-up of this film.It is not without care however this is a undercover operation whereby Hope Cassidy is the bait.Does this work ? It,this film may not be convincing though it is not entirely present as well.It is ultimately a critical choice as to this films desirability.There are many persons to be certain that are included in this film and many events leave both destruction and death in there wake.It is a film that requires more than it provides and to some it is the equal to coming up short in the pictures story telling ability.

OK this film (tape?) has a fair few flaws, but not really that many, at least compared with The Net 1. As it mentions in the end credits, the movie was shot entirely on HD Video, something we're going to see a lot more of, and this must have a very significant impact on production costs.

Nevertheless, I can forgive it most of its faults except one. The laughably unrealistic portrayal of computer screens. Why do all Hollywood directors think that computer screens need to have two-inch-high fonts and animated doohickeys all over the place? This sort of movie is inevitably going to be watched by dweebs all over the planet who simply will not put up with this sort of thing.

Takedown, I think, was the only film I've ever seen which had believable computer screens. Given the subject matter, just as well. So why not this one? There is simply no excuse. There are just too many computer-literate ppl out there now, and they all switch off as soon as they spot rubbish like that. It ruins the whole experience. Truly. If not for that, I would have given it an 8 or 9.

accidentally, I watched this movie, it was shown at night in German TV, and I'm pretty sure, you simply watched the movie under wrong circumstances ... it seems to be the sequel of "the Net", but after watching it, I'm very sure, it wasn't planned to be ... look at the acting, the directing, the camera, the casting itself, look at it a bit more closely, and you will come to one conclusion: this was the pilot of a planned TV series, not a real sequel ... the whole plot / script shows it quite clear, they try to introduce the main character within the first minutes, including a plot - which always is a bit hard for the first episode, mostly doesn't work out very well, however, there are often problems, especially in structure, within the first episode of a new series ... seemingly planned to somewhat fill the hole "Alias" left ...

I'm pretty sure, the producers followed the opinion of an test audience and simply said "no", so, the pilot, planned as 2 x 45 minute episodes, was re-edited to something like a "movie", and then sold worldwide for a good price, eg to Germany through something like a joint-venture-package, quite often taking place within other products, lets say a prime time series, plus some "I was a pilot" - movies - this time one which tried to be something like "Alias" - a series which was shown at the same TV station here in old Germany, which now showed "Net 2.0" ... I don't think this is a coincidence, it's something like a giveaway, not a bad thing, but for me its simply quite obvious, its a pilot, not really good, able covering quite much with fast cuts / re-editing (but who doesn't), so nowadays quite normal, just rejected ...

The conclusion is simple, watch this promo film for Turkey with a slight story, and all clichés will pass one by one.

The chases are not state of the art. A small car chase with no surprises, some running, some more running.

The flash backs and flash forwards started to annoy me, just as the characters and their roles which weren't a surprise at the end.

Sandra Bullock's trailer was on the DVD as well, and I have to say: watch the Net trailer for even more action and entertainment.

Not too bad for a B-movie, don't expect anything new or refreshing. IT people like myself will of course see through the technical terms, but who'll watch for that purpose ;)

After watching this, Sony pictures should look itself in the mirror, and ask themselves if any sensible person would check his personal savings from a business class seat in a airplane, and then toss the tablet screen away, with no password security active, just because a stewardess wants to make a chit chat? This movie not only stinks in its story line, any sensible diet coke drinking U.S. patriot knows that these kind of actions are asking for trouble.

Why don't they make The Net 3-1/2, add Linux and MacOS into the game, and create some good laughs? Come on! After how they guillotined any credits of whats left of this genre, why don't create some parody. I give The Net 2.0 4 out of 10, because the actors did a good job, and made the movie endurable.