Firewall

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Firewall

PG-13,

2006,

1h 45m,

Mystery & Thriller

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19%

156 Reviews

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37%

250,000+ Ratings

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19%

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156 Reviews

37%

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250,000+ Ratings

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.

Critics Consensus

Harrison Ford's rote performance brings little to this uninspired techno-heist film whose formulaic plot is befuddled with tedious and improbable twists.

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

Oct 7, 2018

2/5

Giving it your brain's attention is like putting your card in a gleaming ATM slot and then being told: "Sorry, because of a fault . . . "

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Brian Tallerico

UGO

Mar 24, 2007

A solid ensemble almost saves Firewall, but, in the end, it goes up in campy flames.

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Stephanie Zacharek

Salon.com

Oct 7, 2006

Harrison Ford is outshone by his costars in this crisp, conventional thriller.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Nov 11, 2025

1.5/4

The twinkle of mischievousness and sprinkle of levity that Ford brought to many of his most memorable films were mostly MIA by this point, replaced by a cranky fatigue that’s difficult to watch and impossible to enjoy.

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Jan 27, 2014

1/4

There's only so much Ford's ever-game efforts can do to dress up dreck.

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Apr 29, 2009

Such a vapid vehicle for every single cast member that it's difficult to actually enjoy.

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Jan 17, 2019

Good, suspenseful crime drama. As good as any and better than most. From now on I'll read AYE EM DEE BEE reviews not this stupid site. RT is mostly lame critics with agendas and fake reviews.

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Kylo R

Dec 14, 2017

Firewall is an absolutely abysmal thriller flick that was frustrating to sit through.

Leia W

Jul 26, 2017

Awesome love this movie

Rey S

Jul 25, 2017

Ford-patriarch of so many gimmicky gimme-back-my-family blockbusters, and here looking older than the Great Wall of China-plays a tech security wiz, so naturally, the film ends with a fistfight in a remote cabin in the woods.

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Hagrid G

Jan 19, 2017

Way better than the crits & auds are saying. A good actioner that IS a variation on the Ford "Jack Ryan" theme(s), but still good, especially in the last half-hour. This is Bullock's "The Net" updated and probably not as scary - but still, a good 1:45. In the DVD interview by Trailer Park it seems as tho' H. Ford had a significant hand in the plot & direction of a movie that was launched in fits, starts, & stops with the studio(s).

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Rey R

Jan 10, 2017

It's good movie to watch

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Richard Loncraine

Director

Harrison Ford

Jack Stanfield

Paul Bettany

Bill Cox

Virginia Madsen

Beth Stanfield

Mary Lynn Rajskub

Janet Stone

Robert Patrick

Gary Mitchell

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Synopsis

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.

Director: Richard Loncraine
Producer: Armyan Bernstein, Basil Iwanyk, Jonathan Shestack
Screenwriter: Joe Forte
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, Beacon Communications
Rating: PG-13 (Some Language|Intense Sequences of Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 10, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 18, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $48.7M
Runtime: 1h 45m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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