Takedown

Takedown

The world has a right to know.

Directed by Joe Chappelle

Produced by Dimension Films, Millennium Films

200092 min6.1 / 10

A tense cat-and-mouse thriller about a brilliant hacker's obsessive pursuit of bigger challenges, grounded in technical intrigue and surveillance paranoia.

Kevin Mitnick is quite possibly the best hacker in the world. Hunting for more and more information, seeking more and more cyber-trophies every day, he constantly looks for bigger challenges. When he breaks into the computer of a security expert and an ex-hacker, he finds one - and much more than that...

Questions people ask

  • Is Takedown sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is Takedown violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Does Takedown end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is Takedown easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Takedown scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

42/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity69

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise37

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love25

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Takedown

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Takedown

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Takedown, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Takedown, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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