Synopsis
"Takedown" (2000) is a thriller you can watch online on iFILM — a dramatization of the federal manhunt for Kevin Mitnick, who spent years as one of the most-pursued computer criminals in the United States before a cybersecurity expert caught him faster than the FBI ever managed. Director: Joe Chappelle.
Skeet Ulrich plays Mitnick as someone who treated hacking as a sport with no ceiling. When he lifts proprietary security tools from Tsutomu Shimomura, played by Russell Wong, the expert takes it personally and the chase turns into something the government never quite managed to organize. Tom Berenger and Amanda Peet round out the cast. The real footnote: Mitnick, after his release, disputed the film's version of events so publicly that the story of the movie became part of the story. Stream "Takedown" (2000) online on iFILM.
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