In many films people kill or are killed for a tangible object or objects such as money or a fabulous jewel or for a new piece of technology.
But sometimes the thing that everyone is after in a film is INFORMATION.
Johnny Mneumonic is one such as this.
People track him no matter where he goes to get at the valuable information contained in his head and once he finds out what it is, although he doesn't want to, he will die to protect it.
(By the way, I absolutely love this film and I know a great many of you dislike it...hehe!)
Anyway, what films can you think of where data or information is the target of both good & evil?
Post Edited (01-18-04 18:33)
How about Three Days of the Condor? The government tries to kill Robert Redford for what he knows.
Practically all the James Bond films. ; )
Well, it might not fill your catagory ASH, but the first films that come to mind are CONSPIRACY THEORY and ARLINGTON ROAD. Both good films.
The third act of Trading Places is a cat and mouse game on board a train to get the valuable orange crop report in order to corner the market on FCOJ futures.
The Prisoner - some very extreme measures taken, simply to learn why an agent resigned.
Post Edited (01-19-04 09:44)
Sneakers and The Net, both of which deal with code breaking.
Oh, and that reminds me of WAR GAMES. I once told someone WAR GAMES is a good movie involving the computer. The person went out looking for it and was greatly dissappointed.
Well, I remember liking it anyway.
As computer movies go, "War Games" was better than most