Fresh
Makes up for its gaps in logic with its breezy tone and its technological razzledazzle.
David Ansen, Newsweek
Sneakers
We could tell you what it's about. But then, of course, we'd have to kill you.
1992 · 2h 5m · PG-13
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Directed by
Phil Alden Robinson
Overview
When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
80%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Right up to an ending designed to crack the sternest critical poker face, this is gourmet popcorn of the highest order.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Rotten
The performances are generally quite bad.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh
Discounting his god-awful American accent, Kingsley is in fine venomous form.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Fresh
It's a Twinkie for techies, an enormously entertaining time-waster.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
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