The Net
Angela Bennett is a freelance computer systems analyst who tracks down software viruses. At night she hooks up to the internet and chats to others 'surfing the net'. While de-bugging a new high-tech game for a cyber friend, she comes across a top secret program and becomes the target of a mysterious organization who will stop at nothing to erase her identity and her existence, in order to protect the project.
Critics Sentiment
Angela meets the charming Jack Devlin on the beach
Angela discovers all records of her life deleted
The steepest drop occurs from Devlin's introduction (7.2) to the identity erasure revelation (5.2), as the film shifts from romantic thriller to paranoid nightmare.
The Net follows a steady but uneven trajectory, opening with solid character establishment and peaking during the romantic deception in Mexico. The film struggles most when the identity theft premise fully kicks in, creating frustration among viewers, but recovers somewhat for the technological conspiracy revelations and action-heavy finale. Despite dated technology, critics found the core themes prescient and Bullock's performance convincing throughout.
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Sandra Bullock
Angela Bennett
Jeremy Northam
Jack Devlin
Dennis Miller
Dr. Alan Champion
Wendy Gazelle
Imposter Angela (Ruth Marx)
Diane Baker
Mrs. Bennett
Ken Howard
Michael Bergstrom
Ray McKinnon
Dale Hessman
Daniel Schorr
WNN Anchor
L. Scott Caldwell
Public Defender
Robert Gossett
Ben Phillips
Kristina Krofft
1st Nurse
Tony Perez
Mexican Doctor
Juan Garcia
Resort Desk Clerk
Margo Winkler
Mrs. Raines
Gene Kirkwood
Stan Whiteman
Christopher Darga
Cop
Charles Winkler
Cop
Julia Pearlstein
2nd Nurse
Rick Snyder
Russ Melbourne
Gerald Berns
Jeff Gregg
Crew
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