Liam Gaughan is a writer at Collider with a passion for classic films and the work of Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese.
Technology has evolved radically throughout cinematic history, as the advances in computers and communication have changed significantly since the Golden Age of Hollywood. Considering that Hollywood is itself often at the forefront of pushing technology forward in order to embrace new techniques of making movies, it is not surprising that there are many great thrillers that focus on the use of emerging tech.
Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller make for very interesting heroes who blend early Internet nerdiness with the sort of affluent charisma that was common in teen adventure films at the time. Hackers is a great time capsule for the era in which it was created, and it’s hard to think of many other techno-thrillers that have managed to summarize an entire period in popular culture history quite as sufficiently.
Blackhat puts a spotlight on how easy it would be to throw the world into chaos by disrupting the international markets. It features the signature digital camerawork that Mann has been utilizing so well since he first started experimenting with the technology in the 2006 reboot of Miami Vice, another very underrated crime thriller that was well ahead of its time, and has since earned a cult fandom among select cinephiles.
Release Date November 20, 1998 Director Tony Scott Cast Will Smith , Gene Hackman , Jon Voight , Regina King , Loren Dean Runtime 132 Minutes 6 'A Scanner Darkly' Directed by Richard Linklater A Scanner Darkly may be the weirdest film of Richard Linklater’s career, as it used the interesting “rotoscoping” animation technology to bring to life one of the most beloved short stories from the legendary science fiction author Philip K. Dick.
Release Date April 1, 2011 Director Duncan Jones Cast Jake Gyllenhaal , Michelle Monaghan , Vera Farmiga , Jeffrey Wright , Michael Arden , Cas Anvar , Russell Peters , Brent Skagford Runtime 93 Minutes 4 'Body of Lies' Directed by Ridley Scott Body of Lies is one of the most underrated films of Ridley Scott’s career, as it was able to examine modern warfare by showing the dynamic between those in the field and the analysts sitting at their computer desks far away from where the action...
Release Date February 16, 2007 Director Billy Ray Cast Chris Cooper , Ryan Phillippe , Laura Linney , Dennis Haysbert , Caroline Dhavernas , Gary Cole , Kathleen Quinlan Runtime 110 Minutes 2 'Tenet' Directed by Christopher Nolan Tenet may be the most divisive film of Christopher Nolan’s entire career, as despite being met with mixed reviews when it played in select theaters at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, has been praised by directors like Denis Villeneuve as being a...
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