Sneakers Summary
MPAA Rating: PG13
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Genres: Comedy, Crime
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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. Matthew Tobey, Rovi
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