September 9, 2001

Swordfish (2001) ***

''Swordfish'' is a very entertaining movie, fast-paced, and full of great action scenes and amusing dialogues. To quote Roger Ebert, the film ''looks like the result of a nasty explosion down at the Plot Works. It's skillfully mounted and fitfully intriguing, but weaves such a tangled web that at the end I defy anyone in the audience to explain the exact loyalties and motives of the leading characters. The movie has great action scenes. One involves a horrific explosion that seems frozen in time while the camera circles it. It's a great visual moment.