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Firewall
2006
Drama
Suspense/Thriller
1h 45m
With his family held for ransom, the head security executive for a global bank is commanded to loot his own business for millions in order to ensure his wife and children's safety. He then faces the demanding task of thwarting the kidnapper's grand scheme, which makes him look guilty of embezzlement. (imdb)
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Firewall
2006
Drama
Suspense/Thriller
1h 45m
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Avg Percentile 26.71% from 1905 total ratings
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Rated 07 May 2009
29
5th
Poor old Harrison Ford.
Rated 07 May 2009
Rated 02 Jul 2009
45
9th
Filled with plot-holes and mediocre characterizations. Paul Bettany makes a decent villain, but he is in an otherwise ho-hum film that lacks fun or suspense.
Rated 02 Jul 2009
Rated 04 Jun 2007
50
55th
Not bad, but how exciting can a movie about a 60 year old hacking into a bank computer be?
Rated 04 Jun 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
24th
The word is "generic". It gets points for entertaining me in some places, but otherwise there isn't anything special about this film.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
29
8th
A rare bomb from Ford. The plot is paper thin, the acting is lazy (except for Bettany), and you have zero empathy for the characters. Thumbs down.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 21 Jan 2010
2
21st
Why does Harrison Ford's family always get kidnapped? Bad guys must hate him.
Rated 21 Jan 2010
Rated 28 Feb 2008
36
22nd
Oh Harrison Ford, how the mighty have fallen into mediocrity. Harrison Ford, again, plays the concerned father that must save his family from certain death at the hands of someone who blackmails him. Firewall isn't bad per-se but the word "mediocre" perfectly describes this film. Well, that's not entirely true. The ludicrous techno-babble makes it a bit worse than that. Honestly if you have any concept of technology this movie will be making you roll your eyes almost outside your head.
Rated 28 Feb 2008
Rated 02 Mar 2011
35
5th
Ugh. So lethargic.
Rated 02 Mar 2011
Rated 19 Aug 2011
60
44th
As long as you manage your expectations and you're not hunting for plot holes, it's not too hard to be entertained by this one. Grandpa Harrison Ford as a hacker and coder, who wouldn't wanna see that?
Rated 19 Aug 2011
Rated 02 Dec 2010
52
24th
This movie couldn't appeal to me. Harrison Ford is annoying rather than convincing and the rest of the cast isn't much better. They tried to make a convincing and realistic movie, but they ended up creating a crime B-film.
Rated 02 Dec 2010
Rated 19 Oct 2010
15
21st
"Having once vehemently ordered Russian hijackers to "Get off my plane!," Harrison Ford can't even get a few techie terrorists out of his living room in Firewall." - Nick Schager
Rated 19 Oct 2010
Rated 29 Sep 2010
0
12th
Ridiculous heist-and-hostage thriller that requires the retirement-age Harrison Ford to shoulder altogether too much of the burden of heroics -- all of it, to be exact -- as much as Jean-Claude Van Damme shouldered at half the age. And this in the role of a family-man Seattle banker! Not an ex-Navy-SEAL banker, not a former-FBI-agent banker, just a plain old banker, a computer geek. The clichés come in bunches. Because the story is set in Seattle, it must rain ninety percent of the time
Rated 29 Sep 2010
Rated 11 Sep 2010
20
4th
While I'll usually ignore technological B/S for the sake of good story/acting/effects, Firewall went too far. The plot was a predictable re-hash of past movies and well, I started forgetting about it the moment it finished, if not before.
Rated 11 Sep 2010
Rated 20 Jun 2010
18
13th
Supremely generic "thriller". Not worth your time.
Rated 20 Jun 2010
Rated 13 Jan 2010
10
10th
The previews said this was Harrison Ford's best. It's actually his worst. A very dumb plot filled with even dumber characters. Ford is the only one who seems to be acting, and manages to add some tension, but it just isn't worth it in the end. Skip it.
Rated 13 Jan 2010
Rated 04 Jan 2010
25
3rd
Harrison's friend: "you know Harry, it's true that the script stank, but you really need to work on you acting". Harrison: "I ALREADY WORK AROUND THE CLOCK!!!". Sorry. I had to use this somewhere.
Rated 04 Jan 2010
Rated 29 Oct 2009
75
25th
A competent thriller but with few surprises and a by-the-numbers performance by Ford
Rated 29 Oct 2009
Rated 29 Jul 2009
45
31st
The film is very slow, does not present anything new, and has other movies that are similar to this. Not badly done, but will lack creativity to the plot.
Rated 29 Jul 2009
Rated 22 Jul 2009
60
29th
Ford must protect his family from a group of thugs aiming to use his skills to get rich, or kill his family if he refuses. A role Ford has played better in the past. The thugs are also a bit to stupid it turns out.
Rated 22 Jul 2009
Rated 21 Jun 2009
82
67th
Judging by the other reviews I'm out of sync, but then I suppose it depends on what you're looking for. True its not a hard hitting shoot-em up but its not a bad psychological thriller. More to the point it's entirely possible. Under-rated in my opinion.
Rated 21 Jun 2009
Rated 14 Aug 2011
53
11th
Harrison Ford is half asleep, and so his family is kidnapped. He kills a guy at the end, I think. God this movie was boring.
Edit (4/25/2013): Holy shit, I just found out Nikolaj Coster-Waldau was in this movie. Doesn't save it from being supremely boring though.
Rated 14 Aug 2011
Rated 18 Jan 2009
80
67th
Harrison Ford still has it.
Rated 18 Jan 2009
Rated 29 Nov 2011
67
43rd
It's kind of nice to see Harrison Ford as an action star who isn't Indiana Jones. The plot doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense, but I think he played a really believable hero in this movie.
Rated 29 Nov 2011
Rated 20 Jan 2012
51
27th
It was nothing special, but I can't say it was a bad way to spend some time. While I wouldn't advise seeking it out, if it were on tv and the next best option was America's Next Top Model, I'd go with this.
Rated 20 Jan 2012
Rated 08 Jul 2012
55
28th
It's an entertaining enough watch although it's quite forgettable. If feels like a combination of other movies you've seen before only they tried to add some technology aspects to make you think it's giving you something new.
Rated 08 Jul 2012
Rated 30 Nov 2012
50
28th
One of the many disappointments of Firewall is how it squanders its own cast. Good character actors, including Robert Forster and Alan Arkin, are wasted--literally, in some cases, as the body count piles up.
Rated 30 Nov 2012
Rated 26 Jun 2013
40
31st
Does Firewall work? Not exactly well enough to recommend, but enough that it won't exactly be unpleasant to watch if it comes on the television late at night and you have nothing better to do or can't find the remote. It's a generic thriller with a predictable plot and only one actor and character that genuinely matters. It has a few suspenseful moments, and it has a charm to it at the beginning (which is unfortunately dropped later on), and it isn't a complete waste of time. It's harmless.
Rated 26 Jun 2013
Rated 28 Jan 2014
40
32nd
Most of this movie falls flat. Performances were sometimes acceptable but the plot was convoluted and almost entirely unconvincing. For all their supposed sophistication the criminals turn out to be inept. There were many tense moments. Music was mostly good. There is not much action except in the final minutes. Damn that IT computer geek can fight, ha ha!
Rated 28 Jan 2014
Rated 17 May 2014
40
35th
Firewall effectively milks Ford's everyman heroism down to the last drop. I found myself caring that his family's lives depended upon him cooperating with his captors. I worried that he seemingly had nowhere to turn. And despite how predictable such endings might be I enjoyed the fact that the good guys win and the Stanfields emerge unscathed, arm in arm, after Dad saves the day. (pluggedin.com)
Rated 17 May 2014
Rated 02 Jan 2015
68
40th
2015-01-01 action, but it's way better than the other movie I saw today
Rated 02 Jan 2015
Rated 10 Sep 2015
93
51st
Bank security expert Jack Stanfield (Harrison Ford) builds a career on his expertise in designing theft-proof computer systems for financial institutions. However, a criminal mastermind (Paul Bettany) kidnaps his family, and he must work feverishly to find a way to break into his own system and steal $100 million, for the lives of his loved ones hang in the balance.
Rated 10 Sep 2015
Rated 27 Nov 2015
70
29th
Unintentionally hilarious.
Rated 27 Nov 2015
Rated 01 Oct 2016
33
22nd
Incredibly pedestrian movie that takes no risks and is wholly uninteresting. The only really thrilling part is the fight at the end, which is messy and believable.
Rated 01 Oct 2016
Rated 03 Oct 2019
63
30th
It's a film that's quite entertaining, and rests fondly in my memory.
Rated 03 Oct 2019
Rated 25 Apr 2024
48
35th
Apart from the emphasis on the latest technology, the script feels sort of like early 1990s suspense fare, which I guess made it a fitting Harrison Ford vehicle, for those who remembered "The Fugitive". It's pedestrian and unrealistic, but really not as bad as some others have rated it. The cast is fine, and though Rifftrax mocked his low energy and perpetual raspy groan, Ford in his sixties is honestly still a captivating actor.
Rated 25 Apr 2024
Rated 16 Nov 2007
57
27th
Type! Type! Or they're gonna die!
Rated 16 Nov 2007
Rated 06 Feb 2007
55
37th
Nothing good, but pretty decent all around.
Rated 06 Feb 2007
Rated 24 Feb 2007
50
35th
Not a bad thriller.
Rated 24 Feb 2007
Rated 22 Mar 2007
45
41st
A typical Harrison Ford film, hardly bad but nothing special or at all memorable.
Rated 22 Mar 2007
Rated 04 May 2007
24
12th
I love Harrison Ford, but I can't see him jumping and fighting anymore.
Rated 04 May 2007
Rated 06 May 2007
18
4th
This movie is hilariously terrible. I liked it the first time I saw it; when it was called "the spanish prisoner"
Rated 06 May 2007
Rated 19 Jul 2007
60
64th
A good idea for a movie, but Harrison Ford is so old, and it was bit too kiddie, but overall i gave it a 60 because the whole idea and plot of the movie played out well.
Rated 19 Jul 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
79th
I don't mean to spoil it for anyone here (if you don't want to be spoiled, stop reading, but really, who cares), but he kills someone with a pick axe. A PICK AXE!
GET OFF MY COMPUTER!!! (Air Force Once inside joke)
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
25th
Your average, run of the mill electronic bank-theft movie. Although there was drama and the acting was decent the film was incredibly predictable.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
65
50th
Average thriller. I'm a huge Ford fan, but this wasn't one of his better movies. Give us Indy IV already dammit.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
30
7th
Ford is way too old to be doing this kind of film, although i can see him at 80 years old trying to beat people over the head with his cane. as for the movie itself, no plot to speak of, horrid acting (excluding Bettany), and stop with the hostage family, would ya?
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
54
28th
Isn't Harrison Ford a bit old to be beatting Paul Bettany in fights?
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
30
5th
I don't remember seeing worse film with Harrison Ford since HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 02 Mar 2009
35
37th
Somewhat interesting, but I didnt feel enough empathy for the main character to care what happens to him.
Rated 02 Mar 2009
Rated 05 Dec 2007
20
3rd
Terribly generic and terribly written. And, as others have noted, Harrison Ford is too old for this role. It just looks ridiculous.
Rated 05 Dec 2007
Rated 15 Jan 2008
20
4th
Highly skippable. This is the movie where I decided Ford had become too old for action flicks. Apparently, he got the same notion and has mostly picked up paychecks for grumpy roles since.
Rated 15 Jan 2008
Rated 10 Feb 2008
40
19th
Harrison Ford really starts to show his age in this movie.
Rated 10 Feb 2008
Rated 11 Mar 2008
60
20th
Dont remeber it well, it wasnt that good.
Rated 11 Mar 2008
Rated 14 Mar 2008
38
19th
It's slick and intriguing enough to be a decent watch, but the movie serves no purpose. The bad guys don't want revenge, they don't want to make a statement. Greed is their motive. They just want the money. ... Ditto the film-makers. Harrison Ford is getting too bloody old for this.
Rated 14 Mar 2008
Rated 27 Jul 2008
60
23rd
Ah, it was entertaining enough to recommend but it's ultimately pretty forgettable.
Rated 27 Jul 2008
Rated 03 Aug 2008
69
32nd
One can only feel for Harrison Ford's character for so long since his family is kidnapped, and that just happens to be about a half hour.
Rated 03 Aug 2008
Rated 27 Oct 2008
42
59th
Lidt gammelmandskrimi, alt for forudsigelig og familiær med kone, unger og "Old Yellow". Ford er som altid Ford - og det er godt.
Rated 27 Oct 2008
Rated 07 Dec 2008
60
27th
OMG! The old DOG, GPS Trick OMG OMG OMG! SO LAME!
Rated 07 Dec 2008
Rated 13 Dec 2006
66
37th
I liked the introduction to the film.. very eerie and spooky like being stalked.. other then that this movie was ok. not that great of a story line..
Rated 13 Dec 2006
Rated 16 Feb 2009
75
33rd
Sorry Harrison...you used to be my favorite actor but I really wish you would have turned down the money every now and again and taken some serious dramatic roles like you did in Regarding Henry. Firewall is a perfect example of where your career ended up. It's not too late!
Rated 16 Feb 2009
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