This convoluted thriller about a vengeful computer hacker may leave some susceptible PC owners clutching their mouse-pads in terror. In THE TWILIGHT MAN and other recent chillers (e.g., DOWN, OUT, AND DANGEROUS or TAILS YOU LIVE, HEADS YOU DIE), the script's hard drive isn't rationally
motivated assault but inexplicable attack. In all these films, there's a sadistic role-reversal in which a white-collar professional is outclassed by a societal misfit with high-tech know-how. In the '90s, knowing how to manipulate a computer system beats packing an Uzi.
English professor Jordan Cooper (Tim Matheson) blithely enjoys his career and life with his loving girlfriend, ...
Released:
1996
Rated:
R
Length:
99 mins