The Hummingbird Project

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6.2/10

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Salma Hayek, Alexander Skarsgård, and Jesse Eisenberg in The Hummingbird Project (2018)

A pair of high-frequency traders (Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgård) go up against their old boss (Salma Hayek) in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.

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A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

17K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 6 nominations total

Videos6

Trailer 2:28

Official Trailer

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The Hummingbird Project: Resignation

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The Hummingbird Project: Resignation

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The Hummingbird Project: Chase

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The Hummingbird Project: Eight Years

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The Hummingbird Project: Time Travel

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Alexander Skarsgård, Salma Hayek Get Soaked in 'The Hummingbird Project'

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Storyline

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Trivia
Jesse Eisenberg memorized the entire script before recording started. This was confirmed by him and Kim Nguyen at the Toronto International Film Festival. Nguyen also confirmed that the story was fictional but that it reflects advances in trading technology.

Goofs
Several times characters say cell tower, when actually referring to microwave towers. Cell towers provide last-hop connectivity to cellular devices, mostly phones. Whereas microwave towers relay signals over long distances.

Quotes
Vincent Zaleski: [quoting his father's words] Whatever you do, always make sure you own your freedom.

Connections
Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Jesse Eisenberg/Paula Pell/Dan + Shay/Allison Miller (2019)

Soundtracks
Russian Song
Lyrics and vocals by Oksana Karpovych
Music by Matilda Kamuena

User reviews104

Featured review

6/10

Interesting if you like modern technology or trading but film falls a little flat

I was interested to see this having read Micheal Lewis non-fiction book Flash boys and if I didn't know better I would say this book had just taken the premise of that book and tried to put a fiction film around the basics of it.

The technology is close to real life and quite interesting, plus the size of the project is quite something to see.

However the plot is just about ok if a little ridiculous at times and the story lacks a build up of any tension or suspense so is just a bit flat.