This topical thriller about skullduggery in the computer software business gives new meaning to the expression killer app. Tim Robbins portrays a computer mogul, blatantly modeled on Microsoft's Bill Gates, who's missing an ethical gene and under investigation by the feds. Murder and digital mayhem ensue, but while the subject matter is high-tech the movie often seems stuck in the telegraph age.
Decent performances help make it modestly entertaining.
With Claire Forlani. A harshly humorous light is trained on two self-centered yuppies, a ditzy gold digger, a nerdy salesman and his oversexed wife, and a gay couple. The dogs escape the satire but no human is spared. With Fred Willard as an irreverent television commentator. A sharp, powerful melodrama sure to hit home with legions of viewers despite its somewhat ragged structure.