Firewall

Synopsis: With his family held for ransom, the head security executive for a global bank is commanded to loot his own business for millions in order to ensure his wife and children's safety. He then faces the demanding task of thwarting the kidnapper's grand scheme, which makes him look guilty of embezzlement.
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Director(s): Richard Loncraine
Production: Warner Bros.
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
45
Rotten Tomatoes:
18%
PG-13
Year:
2006
105 min
$48,699,400
Website
823 Views


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[CAMERA CLICKS]

MAN:

Where's my blue bag?

WOMAN:

I don't care. No.

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

MAN 1:
Pim, do you have him?

MAN 2:
I got him.

He's leaving the house.

He's late today.

[CAMERA CLICKS]

MAN 1:
Where are you?

Are you right there?

MAN 2:

No, I'm across the street.

[CAMERA CLICKING]

MAN 1:

Get closer than that.

MAN 2 [OVER RADIO]: I'm not gonna

lose him. I'm not gonna lose him.

MAN 1:

Pay attention, guys.

9:
01, down Granville Park. Again.

Okay, switch to channel seven.

[CAMERA CLICKS]

[CAMERA CLICKING]

WOMAN:

Sarah!

Hi.

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[CAMERA CLICKS]

MAN 1:

Control the flow of traffic.

BOY:

Come on! Come here, Rusty!

WOMAN:

Rusty. Rusty, come here.

Come-- Rusty!

Come on, boy.

MAN 1:

Come on. We're gonna be late.

MAN 2:

Hello, Jack.

[CAMERA CLICKS]

BETH:
Sarah, could you turn it down?

SARAH:
What?

BETH:
The music, if that's what it is.

Turn it down.

SARAH:
Why?

BETH:
Has anyone let the dog out yet?

ANDY:
It's Sarah's turn! I did it last time!

BETH:
It takes, what, two seconds?

ANDY:

Rusty, no! Leave it alone!

Come on!

SARAH:

Andy, stop it.

Andy! Mom, tell Andy to get that thing

out of here. It's screwing up the TV.

ANDY:

Idiot.

Andy, a little help here, okay?

SARAH:
Moron.

-Idiot moron.

- Moron idiot.

-Nobody's an idiot.

ANDY:
Except for her.

-Nobody's a moron.

ANDY:
Except for her.

SARAH:
Andy, stop it!

I'm trying to watch this.

Those two home together all week?

- There's no school till Monday.

-Oh, boy. What's your day like?

Finish the details on the Morgan house.

They're pouring the footings today.

Then I have to find a guitar teacher

for Sarah, pay some bills...

...and schlepping the kids.

You should get yourself a hobby,

keep yourself busy.

- I already have a hobby.

-Yeah?

And it's taking care of you.

I don't deserve you.

No, you don't.

We owe Arlin and Vee a dinner.

Wanna do it this week?

Well, they're home this week.

I just wanna be with the kids.

SARAH:
Mom!

-Really?

SARAH:

Tell Andy to get that thing out of here!

You should have Marci drop

my blue suit off at the cleaners.

BETH:

Marci's in Manila till the 26th.

Here, sport, give me this for a second.

- Mom! Excuse me, does anybody care?

-This is what's doing it.

Put this in my office.

I'll show you how we can fix it.

Okay? And, yes, I do care.

- Good bye.

-Bye, Jack.

ANDY:
Bye, Dad.

JACK:
Bye, Andy.

Don't torture your sister.

Sarah, this dog needs to go out.

Don't forget his new collar.

- Sarah.

-Bye, Jack.

MAN [OVER RADIO]:

--getting a break in the weather...

...before getting hit

by a couple of storms.

That'll make the drive more difficult.

Looks like smooth sailing this morning

heading into downtown Seattle.

We've been seeing slowdowns and heavy

traffic just about everywhere else...

- Morning.

-Morning, Richard.

- Morning, Cindy. How are you?

-Morning, Jack. Great, thanks.

How do I say this, Bobby?

- Um, no.

-Come on, Janet. I don't see why not.

Look, Bobby, here's how this works.

You ask me out, which you did.

I say no, which I did.

You say, "Okay," and ask somebody

else. You don't keep asking me.

At what point does it become

sexual harassment?

Right about now, Bobby.

- Mr. Stanfield.

-Morning, boss.

- Kid's persistent.

-I don't know why.

- The usual reason, I suppose.

-Have you seen Ravi yet?

No, I'm on my way now, though.

Don't forget, merger meeting.

- Nice flowers.

-Born-again Bobby.

- Maybe he's trying to save your soul.

-He'd need bigger blossoms than that.

- Good morning, Betty.

-Morning.

- How we doing?

-Pike Street system's running slow.

I'll tell Carol when she gets in.

We'll get after it.

Merger goes through, we'll go in

and replace the whole thing.

Yeah.

- Morning, sir.

-Good morning, Rick.

Hey, Ravi. What have we got?

Brute-force log-in.

The interesting thing is...

...he's coming in through Hong Kong,

Korea and Malaysia...

...but he's trying sequential account

numbers. He's hacking all over.

Move over for me.

JACK:
Let's try a rule change on him,

see what he does.

Put in an IPS signature

that black-holes the pattern.

- See if that slows him down.

-That'd slow me down.

- That'd be resistant to false positives.

-Yep.

- Thanks

-Huh.

MAN 1:
Loss is higher than one would

expect, considering your level of security.

Just write it off?

MAN 2:
That depends on how

you view the statistics.

They're not particularly high,

given the fact that...

...we're pushing the business into

some new and uncharted areas.

Online banking is where

the business is heading.

Where we have our branches...

...we'll provide our customers with

more ways to control their money.

As you can see by the chart,

after the merger...

...Accuwest will have 1100 branches

in 13 states...

...with over 100 billion in assets.

Soto answer you, Harry, yes...

...we do see a reasonable level

of fraud loss as a cost of doing business.

- How many branches do you have?

-Twenty-seven.

As head of network security, Jack...

...you've never really had to think

in terms of economies of scale.

- But your philosophy of risk is--

JACK:
Wait a second, Gary.

Make this clear for me, will you?

What exactly is my philosophy of risk?

- No need to take this personally.

-I take it personally, goddamn it.

I've spent 20 years protecting this bank,

its customers and shareholders...

...from unnecessary risk.

Jack, I don't think you're hearing

what I'm saying.

JACK:
I hear what you're saying.

Fraud loss is inevitable...

...pass it on to the customers

as the cost of doing business.

JACK:

We don't wanna do that, do we?

ARLIN:
We're all here to serve

the customers. Let's try and get along.

- We can have the best of both worlds.

-Doesn't exist, Arlin.

JACK:
Look, I'm sorry. This went on

a little longer than I anticipated.

There's stuff I really have to get to.

- Okay, let's get on with it.

GARY:
Network attacks...

...network activity.

- Where is this guy?

-He's in reception.

He said it's personal.

Should I get him?

No, I'll walk over there.

Mr. Stanfield, Mr. Hughes.

Jack Stanfield, Mr. Hughes.

- Do I know you?

-I know you.

- Do you have a card?

-Oh, yeah.

DHD Financial. What can I do for you?

You can give me

the $95,000 you owe me.

- I don't know what you're talking about.

-No?

I'm collecting for GambleNet U.S.A.

Does that ring a bell?

- No, it doesn't.

-You racked up 95,000 in online wagers.

And I got the paperwork to prove it.

You got the wrong Jack Stanfield.

I don't gamble.

- I don't have any debt. Check your facts.

-You're a deadbeat. See you in court.

- Laurie, call security.

-Don't bother, sweetheart.

Gambling's an addiction, Mr. Stanfield.

Get some help.

JANET:
Well, I thought the idea

was to match it to the curtains.

- Yes, but if you do that...

-Nice flowers.

Bobby?

That would be the wrong thing to do,

don't you think?

HARRY:
What's up, partner?

-Take a look at this.

Wow. Who were you betting on?

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Joe Forte

Joe Forte is an American painter and filmmaker. Born in New Jersey, he is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. As a screenwriter Forte is best known for Firewall, the 2006 thriller starring Harrison Ford and the 2005 film, Say I Do. As a painter he is known for Wonder, a solo exhibition of his baseball card (paintings), which was shown at Bergamot Station's James Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, in Oct-Nov of 2008. He is the director of the upcoming documentary Storyteller: The Wonderful, Magical Life of the Man Who Saved Ben Hur. Forte lives in Los Angeles, United States and has been a mentor, teacher, consultant and panelist for UCLA, the Sedona Film Festival, Scriptfest, Cinestory, Film Victoria (Australia) and New South Wales (Australia). more…

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