*** This review was originally published by myself at http://www.epinions.com/content_172583915140 *** The Net is a technological thriller starring Sandra Bullock, who plays Angela Bennett, a systems trouble-shooter with a particular interest in viruses. She is a typical nerd, sleeping little, living on take away food, having no boyfriend and practically no social life in the real world, preferring instead to spend all her time on the computer, logged into chat rooms, and the like. She receives a message from a friend / colleague (friendly colleague?) about something big that’s about to happen, but no details – he wants to meet her in person. Reluctantly she ...  Read the complete review

The Net is generic Hollywood movie-making, not at its most boring, but certainly at its most obvious and poorly researched. It has all the feeling of a dumb, glossy made for TV movie but with a big name star sitting in the lead role. Without a certain Miss Bullock riding on the crest of a highly successful movie called Speed which shot her into the limelight a little earlier I can in no way have imagined that this movie would have acheived anything other than to a straight to video release. It delves into the hi-tech world of hackers and the internet with all the expertise of your grandpa and his "where's middle C?" attitude when presented with a keyboard. .  Read the complete review