This is a some what formula comedy-thriller. Drew (Sam Huntington) is a hacker whose arm is twisted by Colonel Holden (James Caan) of the CIA to come work for him. Someone has the Pantheon Key which can access 80% of the world's electronics from a laptop. Drew likes to work alone, he is a bad people person, but is forced to select a team. He uses an algorithm to assemble a team of 3 misfits.
Fisher (Kevin Dillon) goes into rages and likes to do damage and kill.
Dmitri (Christian Hillborg) is a former Russian KGB. He runs when things get tough.
Gloria (Christian Hillborg) is an agent who uses "special weapons" to get what she wants.
The film takes place in Sofia, Bulgaria. There is a constant flow of action or comedy. While the film is not over powering great, it is entertaining and I think is better than the 4.6/10 rating at IMDB.
Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity. Cat fight.
The Throwaways
2015
Action / Comedy / Thriller
The Throwaways
2015
Action / Comedy / Thriller
Keywords: hacker
Plot summary
Notorious hacker Drew Reynolds is captured by the C.I.A. and given a proposition, work for them, or spend the rest of his life in prison. Agreeing on the condition that he can form his own team, he puts together a group of "throwaways", people deemed expendable, and seemingly the worst in the organization.
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Movie Reviews
AND THEN THERE'S CAKE
Awful in every regard, this is espionage gone horribly wrong.
Movies use ironic titles like The Expendables or The Losers to a varying degree of success, The Throwaways however, is a tragic commentary of how bad it is. Every aspect lacks any tact or poise, it's a near parody of itself and it would've probably worked better that way. However, it still has jarring shift of tone and excessive hacking mumbo jumbo delivered by sloppy acting from just about everyone involved.
This is an example of how espionage thriller can go wrong. The story is fixed and rigid, a hacker creates a team of misfits to intercept some plan of some device. It's all hazy and produced in such underwhelming fashion that none of the urgency is believable. These guys might just be some random people from street who accidentally stumble with one another. Safe to say, there's no chemistry to speak of.
Acting is terribly poor, everyone has one expression which they do repeatedly. The main character seems distraught and his trademark sigh becomes repelling after thirty minutes. Plenty of hacking slangs are mentioned although audience who wants to see a realistic approach on technology will be disappointed when seeing the crude interface from the 80s beeps erratically as the on screen characters pretend to hit buttons and know what they are doing.
It also tries to set up any human drama, which seems more like a blooper if one is being kind. The visual utilizes shaky cams for nearly the entirety of the time, colors are drab and uninspiring as well. Furthermore, some scenes are looking as though they are haphazardly slapped together from other cheap movies, only done in inferior manner. It's an exhausting undertaking to keep watching this debacle.
If anything good comes from this, it's probably puns of its title. Just throw it away.
Recycling
Even Throwaways can be recycled. Not to be mentioned can be used anyway. One mans trash is another mans ... You probably heard that before. And you've very likely have seen this or something like this before. The actors do their best (of their abilities) to make this as fun and tension filled as possible.
But there is no doubt, that almost every twist and turn is predictable. Having said that, the relationships between the characters are really neat and the action is decent for a low budget movie too. Love interest and beauties aside, this has an "old school" feel to it, that will either enhance your viewing pleasure or annoy you