After a series of global cyber-terrorist attacks, the FBI provisionally springs a prolific hacker (Chris Hemsworth), serving hard time in federal prison, to track down and capture the evil nerds. Even with a murky and often outlandish plot, a miscast though engaging Hemsworth, deficient character development and personal drama, Blackhat is still intriguing, measured, heart pounding, smarter than you'd expect, and expectedly stylish, proving Michael Mann, with all his usual trademarks at work, can still craft a solid, if flawed, action flick.
*** 1/2 out of ****
