'AntiTrust' copies plots of well-known movies

By Ayall Sagi
Staff Writer

Do not go see this movie. Yes, it is that bad.

Directed by a man who has yet to produce anything of quality, "AntiTrust" isn't what the preview and title make it out to be. This movie is nothing more then a rip-off of other movies, such as "The Firm," which weren't that great.

Like "The Firm," this movie starts off with the basics. Ryan Phillippe plays an almost believable geek in young, talented, good-looking and fresh out of college Milo Hofman. This is interupted by Phillippe's clean-cut look and obvious "I'm a celebrity and I get laid a lot" persona.

The movie starts off with Hofman fighting with his best friend about whether or not to take a job at the N.U.R.V. Software Corporation. Like most young liberals, Hofman and his friend are idealistic about open source code, the idea that programs should be given out for free and in a form people can customize at will.

N.U.R.V. naturally doesn't support this idea, but Hofman ignores his more public-spirited sentiments to take the high-paying, high-benefit job.

That plot description could easily have been copied and pasted from "The Firm" by simply changing a few names and replacing open source code with a belief in ethical law practices.

Predictably, a close friend of Hofman's dies, raising his suspicions. He finds out that everyone is in on it (they always are), including the authorities. He realizes he must inform the public that N.U.R.V. murders its competitors to maintain its hold on the market.

The highlight of the movie is when they show the "truth video" on the Jumbotron in Times Square and all around the world. This would have been an effective climax, if it weren't taken directly from the movie "Hackers."

The score isn't an exact replica of "The Shawshank Redemption," but it is close enough that the writer of "Shawshank's" score has a lawsuit opportunity waiting for him.

The only thought that this movie provokes is awe at how Tim Robbins must have spent all his money and had to take this role to make ends meet.

The only reason this movie should get any kind of positive rating is because it makes a viewer want to stay to see how many more movies it can rip off.

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