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絕對控制IT
犯罪題材劇情片，IT人員艾德因解決了航空公司老闆邁克的難題，被邁克雇傭。 邁克邀他去自家處理智慧系統問題。 艾德盯上了他17歲的女兒，跟蹤狂般接近她。 邁克將其開除。 艾德利用駭客技能在邁克公司與家庭上搞破壞。 邁克雇傭專業人員反擊艾德。 揭示智慧型網路生活的潛在資訊危機。
I.T.
Mike Regan (Brosnan) is a self-made man who has it all: a gorgeous wife (Friel), a beautiful teenage daughter (Scott) and a sleek, state-of-the-art smart home. His company is on the verge of changing the aircraft leasing business forever, when his relationship with Ed Porter (Frecheville), his I.T. consultant, goes bad. Mike soon finds himself in a deadly high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse when Ed starts stalking Mike's daughter and using technology to threaten his family, his business...and his life.
Movie Review: Brosnan plays a tycoon whose “I.T.” troubles are just beginning
Posted on August 23, 2016 by rogerinorlando
Pierce Brosnan has wizened from the days when he sipped martinis, “shaken, not stirred,” into roles as assorted well-heeled men who sip Scotch in their designer homes. Or private jets.
It’s not that he’s out of the action hero game. Films such as “The November Man,” “No Escape” and “Survivor” still pose him with a pistol on the poster as assorted agents, ex-agents, hit-men, etc. But even if he still has that Bondian hint of danger about him, at 63, he’s more suited to characters trying to hang on to what they’ve got than hungry hunters settling grudges, carrying out final hits and the like.
In “I.T.,” he plays a private aviation tycoon whose only means of saving his company is a new app that enables private jet owners to hire out and make more efficient use of their aircraft.
Mike Regan, assorted news stories on CNN and NPR tell us, is 52. And if Ireland (where they shot this) can pass for suburban Washington, D.C., why not? No need to trust every crusty close-up, which gives up his actual mileage.
Regan is something of a technophobe. He needs his wife’s (Anna Friel) help to operate the coffee maker. And he needs his IT team to make the app work and ensure that his Power Point presentation to his worried employees goes smoothly.
It doesn’t, but an IT temp on staff (James Frecheville of “The Drop” and “Animal Kingdom”) saves the day. That prompts Mike to invite the guy to fix the wi-fi in his new “smart” house. They discuss the house’s complicated electronics, so many devices interconnected, so many with cameras built into them. They’re turned off.
“I like my privacy,” Mike purrs, over his latest Scotch.
“Privacy’s dead, Mike,” Ed, the IT guy, declares. “Privacy isn’t a right. It’s a privilege.”
it1Ed proceeds to prove that to Mike by assuming a familiarity, a friendship. He takes that further when he inveigles his way into the life of Mike’s teenage daughter (Stefanie Scott). As boundaries fall and Ed fails to pick up signals that Mike doesn’t want them to fall, they fall out. And that’s when the real trouble begins.
“You are not the master of the universe, Mike.”
Director John Moore (“Behind Enemy Lines”) can’t smooth out the abrupt edges of this thriller, and can’t improve the script’s weary archetypes. Ed is ex-NSA (of course), lives alone in a nearly-abandoned building with only a wall of video screens to keep him company (of course). He stalks waitresses and reaches out through social media, where mixed messages and confused signals are rampant.
He’s a lonely loner in a vintage Charger, raving along to Missing Persons’ “What are Words For?” as if he’s never figured out the answer to that question, and never will. Frechville gives off a sinister vibe that we sense, even if Mike doesn’t, the first time we meet Ed.
Brosnan plays a classic technophobe here, a man whose house, family, business and wired-in Maserati are all threatened by this privacy-averse child of the voyeuristic/electronic New World Order. He responds by switching to his analog ancient Mustang, and a fixer (Michael Nyqvist of the original “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”) as old as he is. And he responds with violence, which of course begets more violence.
It’s all quite predictable — save for the sinister use of the music of Missing Persons — and a trifle bland. But the depictions of password-access mayhem are chillingly real, and Brosnan gets across the helplessness that many his age, all over the world, feel at the new tech and the new rules — no rules at all — threatening his ruin.
Wandering Anping Old Street-安平老街
Other links about Tainan City.....
5 Foods You Gotta Eat at Tainan's Anping Fort
Anping Fort (Fort Zeelandia) in Tainan City
The Amazing Anping Treehouse
Tainan Garden Night Market
6 Things To Do in Tainan City
When visiting the Anping Old Fort area, visitors must take a walk throught the Anping Old Street. The Anping Old Street starts near the front entrance of the Anping Old Fort and runs along Yanping Street. It is narrow and windy and is full packed with stalls and old buildings.
The Anping Old Street is filled with a lot of fresh food and drinks cooked before your eyes.
There are many cultural items and souvenirs you can buy.
There a few special areas that visitors can walk into and around.
Fresh fruit is alway plentiful and flavorful in southern Taiwan.
Some vendors are busy making specialty snacks from the area like peanut candy.
The famous coffin bread also makes it appearance at the Anping Old Street.
There are several storefronts selling many Taiwanese items.
Black sugar bread is not only delicious but is made fresh at the old street. Go ahead and buy a loaf.
The Anping Old Street runs along Yanping Street. You'll be walking past the front doors of many residences.
The famous pig blood cake is prepared with peanuts and sauces.
For Taiwanese, there are some old style/traditional snacks for sale at the old street. Give some a try, but the tastes are very unique.
The area has some temples tucked between houses. The temples are ornate and sometimes very busy with followers.
More fresh fruit at the old street. Here are some large and fresh star fruits. ("Yang Tao" in Mandarin)
This type of gelatin called "Aiyu" comes from a big round fruit that looks like a sesame ball. The seeds inside are mashed into a mixture to make a cool sweet treat that Taiwanese love. It's like a "Taiwan jello".
The pudding in Tainan is popular among some visitors. They come in many types of flavors. Very good.
5 Foods You Gotta Eat at Tainan's Anping Fort
Anping Fort (Fort Zeelandia) in Tainan City
The Amazing Anping Treehouse
Tainan Garden Night Market
6 Things To Do in Tainan City
When visiting the Anping Old Fort area, visitors must take a walk throught the Anping Old Street. The Anping Old Street starts near the front entrance of the Anping Old Fort and runs along Yanping Street. It is narrow and windy and is full packed with stalls and old buildings.
The Anping Old Street is filled with a lot of fresh food and drinks cooked before your eyes.
There are many cultural items and souvenirs you can buy.
There a few special areas that visitors can walk into and around.
Fresh fruit is alway plentiful and flavorful in southern Taiwan.
Some vendors are busy making specialty snacks from the area like peanut candy.
The famous coffin bread also makes it appearance at the Anping Old Street.
There are several storefronts selling many Taiwanese items.
Black sugar bread is not only delicious but is made fresh at the old street. Go ahead and buy a loaf.
The Anping Old Street runs along Yanping Street. You'll be walking past the front doors of many residences.
The famous pig blood cake is prepared with peanuts and sauces.
For Taiwanese, there are some old style/traditional snacks for sale at the old street. Give some a try, but the tastes are very unique.
The area has some temples tucked between houses. The temples are ornate and sometimes very busy with followers.
More fresh fruit at the old street. Here are some large and fresh star fruits. ("Yang Tao" in Mandarin)
This type of gelatin called "Aiyu" comes from a big round fruit that looks like a sesame ball. The seeds inside are mashed into a mixture to make a cool sweet treat that Taiwanese love. It's like a "Taiwan jello".
The pudding in Tainan is popular among some visitors. They come in many types of flavors. Very good.
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