SNEAKERS, with Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnell, River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier and David Strathairn. Directed by Phil Alden Robinson. On Panasia circuit.
SNEAKERS is so professionally executed that it demands admiration. Whether you like it or not you have to admire the craftsmanship and years of work that have gone into its production.
Everything about the film stinks of establishment Hollywood, but that does not detract from what is a thoroughly entertaining piece.
The humour is inoffensive, its stars are established and sure fire box office draws, but who cares, Sneakers is fun.
Topping the bill is Robert Redford who gives a charming, if typecast, performance as Martin Bishop, a reformed computer hacker, a refugee from the political idealism of the late-1960s, a man now running his own team of hi-tech experts.
The job of these ''sneakers'' is to infiltrate computer-based security systems to let clients know just how fallible their anti-theft arrangements are.
Director Phil Alden Robinson (Field of Dreams ) has put together a remarkably clean piece of cinema with this film.