Swordfish (2001) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!

[@TenTonNuke]

The "hacking" of frantically slapping keys until a cube forms is hilarious. Let's be honest. We watched this movie for one reason. Two, actually.

[@iconocast]

hack the planet

[@morbidangel2424]

​@iconocast calm down zero cool

[@morbidangel2424]

Yea get passed the cliche hacking trope lol movie is pretty cool

[@malkmuslistener5459]

hack the titties

[@platinumspider7859]

Worst 'hacking; was on NCIS.

[@VulcanDeathGrip44]

Those late 90’s, early 00’s action movies just hit different. They sure don’t make em like this anymore.

[@jkhoover]

Broken Arrow, with John Travolta, is a great compliment to this movie.

[@JordanJMyers]

Christian Slater was good too

[@jkhoover]

@JordanJMyers Absolutely, I was just trying to connect it to this reaction.

[@JordanJMyers]

@@jkhoover Yeah I know. Good pull man. Haven't seen many react to it.

[@danholmesfilm]

YUP

[@RobertMorgan]

"I said godDAMN what a rush!"

[@stevetreloar3129]

And about time some reactors discovered this awesome but largely under rated and overlooked gem! Can’t wait!!!

[@Bionicjulius]

I never responded so quickly to a notification in my life. 😊. There should be more reactions to this.

[@shadowvessel]

You and me BOTH! 🤘

[@platinumspider7859]

It seems to be basically forgotten. Also I didn't realize when this came out that Vinnie Jones is in it.

[@shrubbinthepub3176]

it's a crazy little thing, but for years now, when i hear Samantha say her "hello!" in her open hearted, welcoming way... i know its gonna be a good day.

[@jkhoover]

Wolverine, Storm, Juggernaut, War Machine, Vincent Vega all in one movie.

[@danholmesfilm]

Travolta played Michael the Archangel, so thats kind of a superhero lol

[@jkhoover]

@danholmesfilm I was debating on going with his villain character in Punisher, but nobody would recognize just the nane. I just went with his nost famous, next to Danny Zuko.

[@josefgordon7712]

Nice 👍

[@mikethemotormouth]

​​@@jkhooverat least that's better than going with his bad guy role in the sci-fi stinker Battlefield Earth

[@monsoon1234567890]

When we were younger we only knew this as the movie where Halle Berry first goes topless in a movie

[@brandonrobinson529]

That’s Riiiiiight

[@ladyhotep5189]

Oh hell yeah!!! I haven't seen this in over a decade **now I gotta go back and see Sam's face when they were talking about dog day afternoon 😂😂😂😂

[@TheFalconerNZ]

A much underrated movie that needs more love from reactors. Thanks. Also there are 2 alternative ends; 1st; Hackman's character did have another system to move the money to an account he had access to & donated all the money to charity leaving Travolta & Berry with only $500. 2nd; Travolta & Berry were just thieves & stole the money to live the high life on $9 Billion dollars.

[@addz8032]

Swordfish (2001)!! Another Epic Choice! in a very short time TBR SCHMITT has become my favorite youtube channel!

[@Hinshu85]

The trifeka of early 2000's. Gone in 60 Second, Operation Swordfish and Fast and Furious

[@donkeylipsgelfin6983]

Stanley has nothing to worry about, blowing up the helicopter with the body in it (giving Gabriel a way to disappear) was exactly what Gabriel expected him to do.

[@brandonrobinson529]

so let’s me guessed he dropped the dead body off in the helicopter and disappeared afterwards Stanley blows it up

[@donkeylipsgelfin6983]

@@brandonrobinson529 Gabriel ran around behind the copter like he was getting aboard but actually went down a staircase. Nobody noticed because Stanley was busy getting the missile launcher and then everyone was watching the copter take off thinking he was escaping. So nobody was looking to see if he actually got on it or if he could have gone somewhere else.

[@brandonrobinson529]

@@donkeylipsgelfin6983 okay thanks I know I see this movie couple of times so I can understand it a lot better

[@JordanJMyers]

As a teenager I due believe I may have paused that Hallie Berry scene a few times lol. Great cast. Great flick and reaction

[@Flesharrower]

"Maybe she was out there in the backyard choking herself, making sure she could last 60 seconds..." Excellent, simply excellent lol.

[@briantology_reacts]

One of the most intense opening sequences.

[@steamro11r]

its the only part of the movie i rly remembered well that and Halle Berry

[@richblainebrazzle]

The beginning shot with the ball bearing explosion was the "bullet time" camera setup from the Matrix. It was one of the first movies to use it like that after the Matrix had created it, and they did it probably the best way to show the destructiveness of the explosion. I watched this movie in the theater, and it was very amazing to watch that first sequence on the big screen and with the surround sound of the sound of destruction in slow motion. There is an alternate ending they had on the DVD where she goes to the bank at the end and the money isn't there... Stanley had it deposit into different accounts around the world to charitable organizations. She goes back to the boat and tells Gabrielle the money is gone, and he laughs because he thinks its funny that Stanley bested him. The ending is almost better, but I think a lot of people liked Gabrielle and were more excepting that he got the money and Stanley gets his daughter, so they went with the ending you saw. Also, they never outright say it but since they had a "body" for Gabrielle to look like he had died in the helicopter, its also possible the they had a stand-in for Ginger as well...which might mean they were actually stringing up someone who could choke to death and then shot her anyway at the end. Then both of them could get away and take on new identities again.

[@chadwickvon8019]

Holy shit I haven't seen this movie in years. Can't wait to watch it with y'all.

[@jkhoover]

Who else went back to watch Samantha's reaction to the Dog Day Afternoon speech?

[@Matthew-l8e]

I absolutely loved Swordfish since the day it came out! It's the second movie to revive Travolta's career, since his previous flick, Battlefield Earth, nearly destroyed it. Swordfish is well cast, and I thoroughly enjoy the dialogue. The look and vibe of the film (the late night raves, slow motion, and saturated color scheme) is very much of the time it was made, but so much of the story is as timeless as Hitchcock. Most movies that try to tell a story like this make it far too convoluted, but this movie incorporates being convoluted into being part of its misdirection motif. The observations about film and entertainers makes backwards reflection on the film a lot of fun. There are so many points of misdirection, subversion, cons within cons happening here that it's less like an action movie, and more like a puzzle film masquerading as an action film.

[@sam04019491]

This is such an underrated movie.

[@kev51281]

Hey, I too remembered only two things from this movie. The "matrix" slow-mo explosion and Halle Berry scene.

[@jkhoover]

Not the audition scene? I always remember that.

[@knkiger]

X-Men reUnited… Two of them anyway!! 😆 Loved this movie back in the day! 💯

[@themosy3620]

Three, actually :D, if we count Vinnie Jones

[@claytonbishop4021]

Vinnie Jones was going to do a stunt, but John Travolta stopped him, and a stuntman did it instead. The wire broke, and the stuntman fell sixty to seventy feet onto a concrete floor, breaking his spine.

[@zbennalley]

15:07 "Cover your eyes." 🤣🤣🤣

[@Zamiroh]

I think you guys may be the first channel to react to this. Looking forward to watching this tomorrow. As for now, my old ass is going to bed!

[@FarmerJohn-v4n]

I don't remember a thing about this movie. I remember I had it on DVD. I remember I liked it. But I completely forgot all about it. This will be fun

[@patron40silver]

I saw this when it first came out and would almost swear it was released under another name even though I can't find anything that substantiates that. The explosion, when seen on the big screen, is awesome.

[@sgtsnokeem1139]

Project Swordfish perhaps?

[@derps0n839]

It was Operation Swordfish until it was released, then they just called it Swordfish.

[@DjJokerr]

Great movie! I've meet Travolta, took picture with him and got picture of him from Swordfish signed. 😊

[@reservoirdude92]

I swear you guys have the most eclectic picks in the reaction game ❤

[@Exaris79]

There's an alternate ending which Travolta's character actually died and with Hugh changed the reset timer on the transfer changing the acct info. At the end, Haley shows up at the bank and finds out that it was empty as well as Hugh picking up the money from his desired location as the collected funds would had divested itself back into smaller accts again. Gabriel was also killed with the cash having a bomb inside it.

[@wacokid30]

This movie kicks ass. John Travolta is such a badass I miss him in movies.

[@billponderosa88]

I did John Travolta's monolog in drama class, When this movie came out, got an A🎉..... And we all know why we watched it halle berry topless, don't lie😂😂

[@meadmaker4525]

Awesome to see reactors finally looking at Swordfish! Such an awesome film!

[@DSmith264]

Love the "wildcard" wheel-spin idea. 👍

[@mikenadanada7430]

This one is a ( unfortunately ) forgotten great.. I don't think Iv ever hit the thumbs up button faster 👍👍👍

[@gregwodzynski941]

The opening scene is awesome

[@RussellJudkins-v1h]

John Travolta plays the best villain ever

[@joshuacampbell7493]

He play as a bad guy again in The Punisher.

[@RussellJudkins-v1h]

And also in the movie Face off

[@positivelynegative9149]

And also IRL... Scientology.

[@christianrunfola9461]

@@joshuacampbell7493 Broken Arrow

[@PurushaDesa]

I like that now everyone's awoken from the War on Terror stupor, that this film looks even more insane than it did two decades ago.

[@jh5131]

Good reaction! Saw this in the theater that opening scene literally left me speechless

[@JasonMoir]

The Wolverine and Storm original meetup.

[@azimhulaimi]

I love the intro. The slow Mo turn. Thought it was cool back then haha. Using the matrix hype of slow Mo

[@KeepItReel-dv5yx]

Wolverine, Storm, Juggernaut, and the War Machine in the same movie together! This is some MCU multi-verse -ish right here!

[@coreyhendricks9490]

Cool reaction as always Schmitt & Samantha, you both take care and have a good night

[@jamesdamiano8894]

As soon as this came up on my feed, I was Hell Yeah. Such a cool movie. The little girl who plays Holly is one of my favorite characters. She did such a good performance for a young actress. I’ve suggested before, please react to Arlington Road. I know you would really like it.

[@travisgray8376]

I saw this in the cinemas when I was 12 I love this film don't understand the hate.

[@R1ch4rd74]

i can't believe i still have this DVD. really an under rated movie. Check out a movie called The Fan with Robert DeNiro.

[@VonPunk]

If you don't end up with a pile of guilty pleasure movies starring John Travolta, what are you doing with your life lol. Seriously though, you got to do Broken Arrow, Face Off, From Paris With Love, The Talking of Pelham 123 (watch original first tho) if you love Travolta in this. He also steals the show in Die Hart and I feel his comedy chops are pretty under used these last couple of decades. Thank you for this reaction, this movie might be overshadowed into being a cult movie these days but it's a lot of fun.

[@Vurt.451]

One of the best opening scenes and a very good soundtrack from Paul Oakenfold. FYI: The movie came out in June 2001 and was still in some theatres in September 2001 .... and got pulled the day after 9/11 for "obvious reasons".

[@johnnyblaze6667]

Never forget the first time we saw Halle Berry’s nice performance 😢

[@andymc96]

Ah those post matrix movie's.

[@TenTonNuke]

I like how Don Cheadle has his gun out the entire chase and then is like "Oh we just wanna ask some questions." So why did you have your gun out?

[@JoshuaDay0550]

ah yes, a classic in my upbringing. havent seen it in years but used to wear that VHS out lol

[@jordanlebron2533]

Your guys reaction to the fake body was priceless

[@brandonrobinson529]

Y’all on Roll I love this movie it is one of my favorite back in the day “trust you? yesterday I just had find out you are DEA I got the feds crawling up my ass I don’t know what the fck going on in this place” one of my favorite line from this movie

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

That scene was a whole debate as a teenager. With a gun to your head, could you avoid finishing long enough to do x, y, or z? lol

[@zpe1200]

Another movie noone has reacted to is Jet Li's "the one"

[@bluej511]

Oh man i forgot this movie even existed lol. Omg i forgot Drea de Matteo was in this, she was SO good in Sons of Anarchy.

[@Rattled76]

This movie is so good

[@ActionJackson1982]

you gotta put Broken Arrow on the lists, another great action role for Travolta as well as Face Off of course

[@silkypnub]

My older brothers took me to see this on opening weekend. I was 8. Halle Berry man Jesus. But this movie was awesome with the bullet time opening explosion. Great reaction guys.

[@pmontyjaaaymes488]

Swordfish was one of the best movies when it came out.

[@shanenolan5625]

Thanks guys

[@Kaitschi]

"ARLINGTON ROAD" with Jeff Bridges and Tim Robbins. It will f?!k you up for Days

[@3Kings_Industries]

What a great suspense, digital crime film !!! John Travilta does some pretty awesome villainous roles. If you havent seen it, FROM PARIS WITH LOVE , is another awesome Travolta role!

[@williamblakehall5566]

One of the best explanations I ever saw for the title of this was a very inside cinematic joke. In the Marx Brothers (and you really need to check them out someday) movie Horse Feathers, "swordfish" is a code word. Ginger's full name is Ginger Knowles, which I take as a reference to Beyonce Knowles back when she was still lead singer for Destiny's Child. This movie came out mere months before 9-11, when we could still indulge in fantasies like a master counterterrorist being a crime lord unto himself.

[@lannstarr35]

here's the thing you have to remember about this movie is everything that comes out of John Travolta's characters lips is the truth he doesn't lie meaning that him and probably Halle Berry are both members of that black cell that he mentioned

[@amyreberhardt4539]

Hugh Jackman and Halle berry will ALWAYS be remembered as Storm and Wolverine. No matter what movie you put them in.

[@MikeBarratt-lk3gt]

Wow this is a film that I didnt see anyone ever reacting to 😮

[@chameleonvr4]

36:28 can't dismiss Lone Survivor! Great reaction! I wish more ppl would do a reaction to this movie! Now watch Mark Walberg in that other movie that reminds me of this! He's a Sniper in it.

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

This movie is so much fun. Really has that 90s/early 00s action flick recepy. People do not talk enough of Swordfish. BTW, is it just me or the ending made it seem like it was leading to a sequel? Maybe they wanted to do a series of movies but changed their minds.

[@EricksonMedina-i7q]

Halle Berry got half a million dollars for the topless scene here and only made like five grand for the entire Monster's Ball, sex scene, and all. 😅

[@sagan666]

Serious blast from the past.

[@jenspfennig9226]

Great reaction to an underrated gem. From the early 80s to the early 00s action movies were made to entertain... not to educate (e.g. how to hack properly) and/or be politically correct. I really miss those times, because today's action movies are mostly comic heroes with heavy CGI re-made to the nth degree.

[@jaysreacts]

I think its a very underrated movie. I personally like it

[@christianrunfola9461]

THE epitome of guilty pleasure stylized "John Woo" style action movie

[@scrappydope]

hell yeah awesome reaction

[@danholmesfilm]

Great Hot Rod reference! Sam definitely needs to watch that one! :)

[@edmunddantes7097]

Lone Survivor gets my vote for longest fall.

[@susanliltz3875]

Sam is adorable again!! Dog Day Afternoon, meets Scent of a Woman!!

[@jamesmorales4735]

Wow swordfish? Thanks guys

[@katherinedinwiddie4526]

Love this movie! And of course love yall

[@VoidVintage]

"Oh..she..is..good..isn't she?" 👄

[@ScreamqueenarmyBlogspot666]

Haven't seen this movie in YEARS

[@jeffrogers2180]

She's GOT to see Hot Rod!

[@JohnathanWertenbach]

Awsome pick

[@p.mc.4449]

There is an alternate ending that has Ginger getting the money, and there was a lot less to retrieve. Less than $1k, I think.

[@rileydd08]

great effing movie guys!

[@clericjin]

I love this movie and everything about it, that being said; the hacking aspect is shit. Definitely how the late 90's and early 00's see hacking and the internet.

[@DarkDemonNWK]

Classic!!! This takes me back lol

[@eatsmylifeYT]

Imagine if instead of that bus, they got Keanu's bus by mistake.

[@TheReadMenace]

If there's a better unparalleled badass Travolta role out there, it's in the film "From Paris With Love." Has a better rotten tomatoes rating than Swordfish, was written by Luc Besson, it's less cheesy & dated, and there's virtually zero blind reactions to it out there. One person's opinion, there's reasons it's not on everyone's radar but it's a fun, crazy ride worth checking out.

[@positivelynegative9149]

I've always wondered if this film would have been/stayed more popular had 9/11 not happened just a couple months after its release, because of the terrorism angle. 🤔

[@benjiringe1120]

Good job John !!

[@HappyHarryHardon]

Every time I see the word swordfish I think of Harpo.

[@antonnovo695]

Hash Tag Team Gabriel.

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Alright, fifty thousand watts of funkin.

[@jhilal2385]

Buying nukes in Russia: "The Peacemaker" (1997)

[@CallsignEskimo-l3o]

The title Swordfish is a reference to the Marx Brothers film Horse Feathers.

[@andrewgrossman4982]

Please react to the Marx Brothers! The best to start with is “A Night at the Opera”. It’s their send-best, but the best introduction. After that, watch “Duck Soup”, which is their best. Nearly 100 years old comedy - AND IT STILL HOLDS UP. I think you’ll be surprised by how much you like it.

[@jkhoover]

Thst will be one of their least watched reactions.

[@andrewgrossman4982]

@@jkhoover 100% Disagree. Dawn Marie's videos vary from 8K to 80K but average about 30K views. But both those films did considerably better than average on her channel, 60K and 45K views.