In the era of fast computers and fast internet, how can the techno thriller cope?
This article comes fromDen of Geek UK.
This article contains a spoiler for Mission: Impossible.
Conversely, last month, the terrificThe Day Of The Jackallanded on Netflix.
Ignore the tepid remake, and go straight for this one.
But the consequence is that its more able to turn the screw.
It does so expertly.
As such, when Harrison Fords Jack Ryan uncovers details on Reciprocity, he hits the print button.
The printer is out of paper!
Its relatable, though, and it works.
It wrings more tension than taking a picture of the offending data and Snapchatting it, certainly.
Infamous for its nookie scene in the back of a limo one that was gloriously spoofed inHot Shots!
Its techno-nonsense of course, but its explained with enough conviction to make it worth going along with.
Director Roger Donaldson harnesses the slow speed of the reveal to optimum effect.
Some filmmakers try and spice things up.
Director Dominic Sena, for one, really went for it with his joyously crappy techno-thrillerSwordfish.
These sequences would not prove to be the most talked about parts of the film.
The problem is the speed of it.
Technology has no shrift with that, though.
Heck, even Harrison Ford became a hacker in the end in the best-forgottenFirewall.
It was more interesting when his printer didnt work.
For technology-leaning thrillers, my suggestion now is to go backwards rather than forwards.
