The Firm meets The Net in
AntiTrust, a high-tech thriller in
which a ruthless Bill Gates clone hires a
young computer genius to help him link every
communication device on earth. Robbins
plays the manipulative software billionaire.
Phillippe (who cut his acting chops as daytime
TV’s first gay teen on One Life to Live)
is Milo, the self-proclaimed "geek"
who trades his idealistic zeal for a shot at the
big time.
Almost immediately, strange events and
suspicious deaths lead Milo to question his
employer’s moral fiber. After-hours snooping
proves him right (fortunately for Milo, this
computer-savvy megaconglomerate
videotapes and archives its own violent
crimes and other incriminating evidence). But
where will our hero turn? He can’t trust
anyone, not even his live-in girlfriend who may
actually be waiting to exploit his potentially
fatal sesame seed allergy! What ensues is a
fairly engaging cat-and-mouse game that
ends with Milo turning his boss’s new
technology against him and delivering a blow
to greedy capitalists everywhere.
AntiTrust is your basic
one-man-against-the-system story crafted as
a hacker’s fantasy. The high-tech battle of
wits. The thrill of the chase. But part of that
fantasy is sexual as Milo and his girlfriend
enjoy physical intimacy (implied) outside of
marriage. Beyond romanticizing cohabitation
to its target audience of adolescent boys, the
film also features profanity, alcohol use and
images of a man being beaten to death.
Mildly redemptive elements
notwithstanding, AntiTrust contains
moral glitches that may not make teens’
systems crash, but definitely won’t help
them run any smoother.
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