A computer programmer stumbles upon a conspiracy, putting her life and the lives of those around her in great danger. Angela Bennett lives the life of a computer geek: she works from home as a contract employee of Cathedral Software as a software analyst, lives a reclusive life on her computer and as such has few friends or acquaintances who even know what she looks like. Even her mother, who has Alzheimer's, no longer recognizes her. Cathedral's fortunes in the computer software world are increasing with what looks to be the universally used Gatekeeper security program, which they developed. During a period when Angela is dealing with what looks to be a virus in one of Cathedral's new games, she takes a vacation to Mexico. There, she meets the suave Jack Devlin, the two who begin a romance. But Jack is not all he seems as he tries to kill her, apparently having something to do with the work issue she is facing. Angela manages to escape from Jack, but hits larger issues when slowly she realizes that Jack and the group to which he is tied, who she eventually learns are called the Praetorians, have stolen her identity, and provided her a new identity with a criminal history. As Angela tries to find anyone who can vouch for her assertion of who she really is (with most in authority not believing her story since their computer systems are protected by the fail-safe Gatekeeper program), she tries to elude Jack while trying, mostly via computer, to figure out who he is, why he is trying to kill her, and how to get her identity back. "Angela Bennett" (Sandra Bullock) is a computer nerd who makes a living working from home on-line for a computer services company called "Cathedral". One of her tasks is to take infected systems and repair them for both companies and individuals alike. One day she gets a call from her point of contact at Cathedral who asks her to look into a possible data flaw within a security system called "Gateway" which allows certain people to obtain complete access into corporate and government data banks and computer systems. What she doesn't realize is just how serious and lethal these people are. And they mean business. Anyway, this film is an excellent example of a movie that was good when it first came out but because it relies upon outdated technology seems quite dated now. Personally, I thought Sandra Bullock performed quite well and even though the film doesn't age well, I still find it enjoyable. Most people who saw it when it first came out will probably understand and I have rated it accordingly. I see no reason to watch this film ever again. Actually I was only watching it for being curious about how much this movie could suck. Unfortunately it did suck big, big time! I am both a movie lover (with a relatively big collection of movies) and a computer geek (system analyst), so I believe I was able to watch the movie from more than just one viewpoint… I just wish they could have used some kind of networking/computer expert to help them out with the technical details and some able writers to avoid the problems they ran into with this movie, but it's always better to make some quick cash with a trendy subject, than making a movie with any historical value.<br/><br/>The only good thing in this movie is sexy Sandra Bullock, who is one of my favorite actors. Unfortunately, a good actor can't save a crappy plot. Not even with help from a professional director like Winkler. It's quite obvious that the guys who put together this horrible screenplay had no idea of either computers or how to create some thrill… Naturally, in a movie based on playing around with computers, it's simply impossible to create any of the elements that make a good movie if you have no idea of what you are writing about.<br/><br/>I voted 1/10, without Sandra it would have been -1 :P The Net entertains but is unlikely to hang around on the cerebral hard disk for too long. The short answer is that it was never their original plan. Jack Devlin (Jeremy Northam) traveled to Mexico to see if Angela Bennett (Sandra Bullock) had taken the "Mozart's Ghost" disc with her. The movie suggests that he had real feelings for her, which explains why he took her to dinner instead of simply killing her right away. When she escapes his boat, they assume Angela died and proceeded to switch her identity with Ruth Marx. This would allow the real Ruth Marx access into Cathedral Software and would create a cover story if anyone found the body in Mexico, because records would show it as "Ruth Marx". This would explain why they didn't technically "delete" her records and instead switched them. After this, Jack checked her out of the Mexican Resort and searched her belongings in the room for additional copies of the disk. Also, using Angela's name, they sold her house and moved everything out to remove any traces of the old Angela. When the Praetorians discover she is back in California, Jack hastily adds a criminal record along with outstanding warrants onto Ruth Marx's profile, so the police officers would take her into custody, where Jack could have her killed. When Angela receives her temporary visa at the American Embassy, it has all of her correct information on it, except her name which has been changed to Ruth Marx. Looking closely you can see the address listed (407 Finley Street, Venice, CA) was the same one that Angela used to order pizza at the beginning of the movie. Many viewers have wondered why this couldn't count as proof that she lived at her address. There are two possible reasons why this didn't help her: First, she never showed her temporary visa to the police until some time after they arrived. The second it was handed over to the cops, they ran the information through the police database. The issue of her living at the address was put on hold after it was discovered she had warrants in her name. The second thing to remember is that listing an address as your residence does not mean you own the deed to the property, something the real estate agent said the "real Angela" was in possession of. Because of Angela's questionable state, the authorities may have assumed she only lived there as a roommate or stayed there on occasion. The man was Secretary of Defense Michael Bergstrom. Jeff Gregg was wanting to outfit the entire federal government with his Gatekeeper Security Software, but for reasons unexplained, Bergstrom did not want to. So the Praetorians altered a blood test that he had to show he was HIV-positive. This was particularly damning since he had been vocal against gays in the military. When he got the results and they were confirmed to be error-free, he killed himself. His replacement, Shoemaker, was quoted in a news broadcast as saying he would have the entire Pentagon under the control of Gatekeeper. An autopsy later revealed he did not have HIV and his results had been tampered with. His character was partially based upon the suicide of White House Deputy Counsel Vince Foster who killed himself in 1993 with a gunshot wound in the head in a park outside Washington DC The real Ben Phillips was a FBI agent that Alan Champion (Dennis Miller) mentioned as a close friend and confidant that Angela could turn to. Alan probably tried to contact him and after Jack switched his prescription and killed him, the Praetorians checked his phone records and discovered him and used his name to get Angela out of the jail. An impostor hired by Jack used his name and credentials to get Angela out of the Los Angeles Correctional Facility. Jack needed to know if she really had any other copies of the disk. Angela had previously denied it at the carnival but probably wanted to know for sure. She discovered he was a fake when he mentioned the destroyed green floppy disk in Mexico, something she had only told Jack. He wasn't a real FBI agent, as the news report later on in the film says he was unidentified and had "gangland-style gunshot wound to the head". He was probably killed by Jack to keep him quiet. He was a fellow hacker that Angela talked to regularly online. At the beginning of the movie, Angela is seen talking in a chatroom with "Cyberbob", "Iceman" and "Gandalf361" about her upcoming vacation. Later in the hotel room, she looks up the identities of her companions for help. She discovers his real name is Robert Fox and he lives nearby in West Hollywood. He is the only one that can help her, since Iceman was 12 years old and Gandalf361 lived in India. Angela asks him to tells her about the Praetorians. He says they are dangerous and should not be messed with, but agrees to meet her at the Santa Monica Pier to give her more information. However their communication is intercepted and Jack Devlin is later seen at Robert Fox's apartment building paging his room. He tells Angela later "Sorry, Bob couldn't make it." Angela hitchhikes to San Francisco and is able to sneak inside Cathedral Software. She locates the "fake Angela" and turns on the fire alarm to drive her and everyone else out of the building. She copies all the information about the scam, when she receives an instant message from the leader behind the entire operation (Username: Praetorian). Using a backtracer, she discovers he is really Jeff Gregg of Gregg Microsystems. She sneaks out of the building and heads to the Computer Convention to email everything to the FBI. She succeeds, but is stopped before leaving by Jack Devlin and the real Ruth Marx. He attempts to use the Gatekeeper program to manually remove the email, but unknown to Jack, Angela switched computer disks and inserted one that had a malicious virus on it, activated by pushing the ESC key. This crashed the entire mainframe and essentially reverted her life back to the way it was. Angela is pursued in the back alley but is able to outwit both of them, with Ruth getting accidentally shot and Jack falling to his death. Angela is shown moved back into her home with her mother now living with her. The movie ends with a bookended shot of the Venica, CA skyline. To the public, they were a group of hackers and cyberterrorists that hacked into various organizations and caused chaos. This included everything from the New York Stock Exchange to Los Angeles International Airport to the Department of Water and Power in Atlanta. Towards the end of the movie however, Angela discovered that the Praetorians were really under the control of Jeff Gregg and were not "rogue" as the media perceives. In reality, they were just a rouse that tricked corporations into believing they needed better security software, which would lead them to purchase the "Gatekeeper Security Program", which would give a backdoor to the creators of the software (à la Trojan Horse). The movie strongly implies the Praetorians aren't as powerful or numerous as the public are led to believe. Their name is taken from the Caesar's bodyguards in Ancient Rome. 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