Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

not convinced Like another viewer, this was a painful experience. Unlike that viewer, I was unable to make it to the 30-minute-mark. Fortunately, Kris Kristofferson was killed off in the first half hour. That, to me, is the climax of any film. I don't care what happened after that. Of course if you like clichés, bad acting, awful story-line, cheesy acting, grade school art project like special effects then this movie is for you. Kristofferson delivers his lines in such a distracting way, that you don't even hear what he is saying. He delivers his lines worse than Back to the Future's George McFly (George McFly: Lorraine. My density has popped me to you). Move on and find something better.

neil_mc For a film based upon such a refined subject as computers and the intricacies of the internet, I felt sure that there'd have to be some sort of off-the-cuff humour injected somewhere during proceedings to offset the technical detail. Surely they couldn't expect everybody to get excited about firewalls, web browsers and computer crime without something else to keep it company. Well, as it turns out, that's exactly what they expected and the film turns out to be drier than dust.Some of the technical detail was stretched to the very limit of credibility - it seems they severely overshot what the internet would be like in 2005 - yet they still imagined we'd be using floppy disks? More research, and effort, was called for in places that's for sure.Plus, it was an hour too long. Nearly 160 minutes is far too excessive for a film of its kind and an hour could easily have been taken off without too many problems. The acting was hokey - but not as bad as some TV movies - the technology very dodgy in parts and the romance subplot extremely wobbly, but anybody with even half an interest in computers and the internet may as well give it a go.

bandwidthboy Hmm, a tv movie that tried to do interesting things. I am not a fan of cop shows or their ilk, but thought I'd give this a chance as I find Scott Bakula rather likeable. I haven't read any of Tom Clancy's books and it is unlikely I will do so. Real life is more interesting!I thought overall that the garnish was somewhat better than the meal. The many pop cultural and tech references were fine with me, if one didn't think too hard. If you like the odd glass of fermented fruit or vegetable drink with your viewing, this may improve your palate after the credits roll. I don't think it would fare so well on a re-screening, at least with me. The decision to set this in 2005 seems a compromise dramatically -- too soon and it seems laughable but too far out and it seems too hard to relate to. Add 20 to 30 years at least for most of the tech, though I don't know about Star Wars 7! Some links between the NSA and Netforce seem clear, given the overlap in computing power and cryptographic muscle. And just why folks were still using CRT monitors probably stems from the budgetary constraints of being a tv movie. The tea-strainer VR interface looked pretty silly which added a certain charm for mine. But the rebooted 'dead guy' just sucked, far too out of place for the near contemporary tale that this was meant to be.Probably there could have been mileage for a series here, albeit one that would need careful scripting and direction. But in tv, such things are all too often a luxury and I wouldn't have been surprised if this became bogged down in blah real fast.I was also pretty bothered by the idea that the rest of the world would just sit and accept the idea that the USA had the unilateral right to destroy the Internet any time it so chose, however that was to be achieved. (That was rather important to the plot, but the details on just how this trick were to be achieved -- short of nuclear weapons -- were pretty darn vague, and thus unconvincing.) This can't possibly be legal, by its own laws or the international ones it so often ignores when it feels force is better suited to achieving its objectives.The villain's motivations therefore for me were very tedious and unappealing, a real disappointment. I had hoped that he would be willing to die to remove the threat to the Internet posed by the weapon he helped to give to his government. Instead he came across as another self-righteous neoluddite, but given his government connections I suppose that was probably a job requirement. So much for moral ambiguity, for doubt, for provoking thought, for drama! Were that present, Netforce could have made for far more rewarding viewing.As ever, your mileage may vary but if you liked this film you may enjoy Ray Kurzweil's books and his site.

Chris Quigley An average run-of-the-mill action/thriller about a Bill Gates type person who tries to monopolise internet access. This film has all the usual cliches and plots of an every day action thriller but does has some interesting views on how the internet may develop. Could have been a lot worse but still better than a lot of dirge out there at the moment. Why doesn't Scott Bakula get better scripts?