XX/XY director Austin Chick's second feature is set in lower Manhattan during the weeks just prior to 9/11, but the disaster at hand doesn't involve jet planes or World Trade Center. Instead, this stylish, well-acted drama chronicles one once-successful dot-com's efforts to stay afloat in the wake of the Internet boom's bust.
Even in March of 2001, when it seemed the NASDAQ Composite index was in freefall and Internet start-ups were bellying-up left and right, it looked as though Tom Sterling (Josh Hartnett) and Landshark, the dot-com he founded with his brother, Josh (Adam Scott), were still sitting pretty. Within four days of going public, Landshark's sto...
Released:
2008
Rated:
R
Length:
88 mins