Though we would normally get a couple chuckles or think how cute Paul Bettany is (at least the ladies do), the year of 2006 may be able to alter that stereotype. Playing the villain in both The Da Vinci Code and Firewall, he may be able to convince viewers that he does have a few skeletons in the closet.
We have recently been reminded of Bettany in the teaser trailer of Da Vinci Code so figured we'd go the other way and show off the latest media for Firewall. Wait a sec, Bettany isn't even on the first one-sheet for Firewall. Well, at least his name is.
Firewall Poster
Computer security specialist Jack Stanfield (Harrison Ford) works for the Seattle-based Landrock Pacific Bank. A trusted top-ranking executive, he has built his career and reputation on designing the most effective anti-theft computer systems in the industry, protecting the bank's financial holdings from the constant threat of increasingly sophisticated internet hackers with his complex network of tracers, access codes and firewalls.
Jack's position affords a comfortable life for him, his architect wife Beth (Virginia Madsen) and their two young children - a standard of living that includes a beautiful home in a residential community just outside the city.
Firewall Poster
But there's a vulnerability in Jack's system that he has not accounted for: himself. It's a vulnerability that one very ruthless and resourceful thief is poised to exploit.
Bill Cox (Paul Bettany) has been studying Jack and his family for many months; monitoring their online activity, listening to their calls and learning their daily routines with an arsenal of digital and video records and parabolic microphones that tap into the most personal of information. He knows the names of their children's friends, their medical histories and the ID code for the security station that guards their neighborhood.
The poster for Firewall is pretty slick and the film definitely reminds me of other Harrison Ford thrillers.
Firewall will be released to theatres on February 10th, 2006.
For the teaser trailer, movie stills, full synopsis and more movie info, go to the Firewall Movie Page.
Firewall Poster
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