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Just how far should one man go to stay ahead of his competition? Milo Hoffmann (Ryan Phillippe) is a young and gifted computer software designer who with his close friend Teddy is about to launch a hi... read more read more...gh-tech start-up firm based on Milo's inventive ideas in convergence, in which he's helping to create new ways for different forms of digital technology to work in harmony. However, before Milo and Teddy can get their company off the ground, Milo receives a very tempting offer from Gary Winston (Tim Robbins), a trailblazing genius in the digital world who has turned his company N.U.R.V. (which stands for "Never Underestimate Radical Vision") into one of the richest and most powerful computer firms on Earth. While Milo is sympathetic to Teddy's beliefs that computer technology should belong to the people and that open source software is the most promising future lies, Winston has long been Milo's role model in design and research, and Milo feels Winston's offer is too good to pass up. Milo and his girlfriend Alice Poulson (Claire Forlani) move out to Silicon Valley, and at first Milo thrives on the challenges of his new position, and develops a close working relationship with fellow designer Lisa Calighan (Rachael Leigh Cook). But Milo underestimates the ruthlessness of the leading-edge software industry, and he soon learns there's a sinister undercurrent to Winston's drive to stay on top. Antitrust earned rising star Ryan Phillippe his first million-dollar paycheck after well-regarded roles in 54 and Cruel Intentions. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 50 min.

Directed by: Peter Howitt

Release Date: January 12, 2001

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DVD Release Date: December 26, 2001

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  • fb619846742
    May 21, 2010
    fb619846742
    A thriller that starts out fun and likable but ultimately ends on a remarkably absurd note. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed parts of it and I've definitely seen worse, but the end of this kept the stupid coming, and coming, and coming. The bright spots? Ryan Phillippe is routinely ... read moreexcellent (he has the ultimate "BS face", also seen in "Breach") and the film doesn't get too pretentious because it's evident it's just a fun little movie. Too bad they overdo the fun and crank up the cheesiness to an unbearable degree at it's conclusion.
  • deano
    January 7, 2008
    deano
    This tale of a software writer who discovers the success of his Bill Gates-like boss and menor may be based more on treachery than talent, is unfortunately degenerates from topical drama to ludicrous thriller.
  • Gx7
    October 30, 2007
    Gx7
    One of those movies I liked when I was still in college.
  • stuartb1234
    February 26, 2007
    stuartb1234
    Ok-ish thriller which takes a not too subtle swipe at microsoft and bill gates
  • sanjurosamurai
    January 25, 2007
    sanjurosamurai
    terrible movie
  • husky10000years
    May 13, 2009
    husky10000years
    "This isn't a game! In the real world, when you kill people they die - for real! And in the real world you're fucked!" - Milo Hoffman



    This movie was made to convey a message. If criticised in terms of, say, similarity to "the Firm", or "yet another cyber th... read moreriller", then you really missed the point. The message is pretty blunt, and guaranteed to anger a certain large corporation. This corporation has been known to spend extraordinary resources on PR, so almost certainly some of the comments on this message board will be produced by that corporation and should be read in that light. While murder is a bit over the top, pretty well all the other crimes committed by the large corporation in this movie are things of which the real corporation has been seriously accused, been found to be planning, or in some cases, convicted; yet in every case managing to escape with fines or compensation payments much smaller than the profits they made from the crime. It's also obvious why the motif of murder was added: some of the technical details of why their actions are pure evil are difficult for a non-techie to understand, so to make the movie accessible to a wider audience, they added a more blatant crime. Antitrust is not a futuristic movie, it is present day; nothing in this movie is more than about 1 or 2 years in the future, at most, and most of it is happening now or happened several years ago. Technical realism: while some of the technology stuff is rubbish, the effort put into realism is dramatically good compared to information technology in any other movie I have ever seen. The algorithms they discuss improving are even algorithms the product would really require. Not only that, the product is frighteningly similar to the large corporation's actual current development path. This movie was about as unrealistic and irrelevant as All the President's Men.
  • xxdebxx
    March 4, 2011
    xxdebxx
    Milo: This isn't a game! In the real world, when you kill people they die - for real! And in the real world you're fucked!
    Gary Winston: It's just a matter of time before someone borrows your technology, improves it and makes a billion dollars on it.
    Ryan Phillipe (Cruel Inten... read moretions) stars as a computer wizard Milo who catches the eye of Gary Winston (Tim Robbins), a kind of seedier version of Bill Gates, whose company is on the verge of achieving a quantum leap forward in the realm of global communications. Their `Synapse' satellite system, once operational, will make global communications through any medium a reality and Milo just so happens to be one of maybe twenty programmers in the world who can accomplish the task before the targeted date set by Winston to launch Synapse. But Milo is not so much of a nerd that he would fail to notice his new boss is even resorting to murder in order to keep his project up and running. Director Peter Howitt manages to create quite a bit of tension as Milo slowly realises that no-one can be trusted, and everything ties up nicely in a well paced and exciting ending.



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  • adfill7
    June 7, 2007
    adfill7
    It was suprisingly good. It had me on the edge of my seat. It was pretty clever and is definatley underrated, but it felt really weird.
  • fb25827189
    June 7, 2010
    fb25827189
    Kind of an underrated film! I watched this in theaters when it first came out and just recently saw it again on cable and it is still really good.
  • ileo
    May 26, 2010
    ileo
    Interesting movie. Good story plot.

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Critic Reviews

Jeff Strickler
November 6, 2002
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Got a by-the-numbers plot? A premise that's intriguing but also has holes in it? Dialogue that needs punching up? Hire Tim Robbins. He can save just about anything. Full Review

Rick Groen
March 19, 2002
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

My, my, such a high-tech setting -- too bad it's marred by such a low-tech plot. Full Review

Peter Travers
June 4, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

There's not an original note in Howard Franklin's screenplay or Peter Howitt's direction.

Joe Baltake
January 17, 2001
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

A witty but repetitious and predictable paranoid thriller. Full Review

Dennis Lim
January 17, 2001
Dennis Lim, Village Voice

The flashy topicality amounts to little, and Peter Howitt's slavishly generic direction doesn't help. Full Review

Susan Stark
January 12, 2001
Susan Stark, Detroit News

As sly as it is knowing, and played with wit to match its conviction. Full Review

Roger Moore
January 12, 2001
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

A vast improvement over earlier attempts at this growing genre.

David Germain
January 12, 2001
David Germain, Associated Press

Begins with an engaging setup but gradually lapses into a messy web of cloak-and-dagger contrivance, implausible action, silly plot twists and dumb dialogue. Full Review

John Anderson
January 12, 2001
John Anderson, Newsday

Filled with young hotties and a long streak of silliness, but is as genuinely suspenseful as any thriller since Napster crossed the Rubicon. Full Review

January 12, 2001
Houston Chronicle

Does a passable job of delivering paranoia and lightweight suspense in a fast-paced, glitzy package. Full Review

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