Blackhat - BLU-RAY

Heat director Michael Mann helms this slick thriller about a computer hacker (Chris Hemsworth) sprung from prison to assist the U.S. and Chinese governments in finding the InchblackhatInch whose devastating malware nearly caused the meltdown of a nuclear power plant. Teamed with an F.B.I. agent (Viola Davis) and a beautiful programmer (Wei Tang), the newly deputized cyber-warrior puts his mental muscle to a very dangerous test. Co-stars Leehom Wang, Christian Borle. 133 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English Dolby Digital Lossless 5.1; Subtitles English (SDH); audio commentary; interviews; featurettes; image gallery; booklet.

Michael Mann (Thief, Collateral), the acclaimed auteur celebrated for his action panache and commitment to cinematic realism, turns his hand to depicting the high-stakes world of global cybercrime in Blackhat, a contemporary, ripped-from-the-headlines twist on the espionage thriller. Chris Hemsworth (The Avengers, Extraction) stars as Nick Hathaway, a gifted hacker currently serving a lengthy prison sentence. When a Hong Kong nuclear plant goes into meltdown after it's security is penetrated, Chinese army cybersecurity captain Chen Dawai (Leehom Wang, Lust, Caution) offers his old college roommate a deal help identify and apprehend the culprit in exchange for his own freedom. What follows is a frenetic, globe trotting race against time to avert disaster, fraught with hidden agendas and ever-shifting loyalties. Praised for it's unusually accurate portrayal of cybersecurity, Blackhat boasts an impressive international cast, including Tang Wei (Decision to Leave), Viola Davis (The Woman King) and Yorick van Wageningen (The Girl with he Dragon Tattoo), and showcases one of cinema's finest filmmakers bringing the skills he honed during a long and storied career to bear on a distinctly 21st-century phenomenon.

Kathryn (Cate Blanchett) and George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender) are just your typical happily married couple... who both also happen to be highly trained intelligence operatives. George's assignment to ferret out a traitor becomes unexpectedly complicated when he learns that his number one suspect is none other than Kathryn. Steven Soderbergh's stylish espionage thriller also stars Marisa Abela, Tom Burke, Naomie Harris, Regé-Jean Page, and Pierce Brosnan. 90 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.