this be loosely base on the idea of the original 80 hit . it set in the modern day a we see a base in afghanistan get destroy by a uav right at the start . and that exactly where the movie jump the shark . uav aren not arm . they could be but i do not think it ever be try for real . we get to see the computer that have mastermind this operation and call r. i. p. l. e. y. we be introduce to hacker will farmer ( he good at chemistry and electronics which doesn not make him a computer hacker ) and his love interest and annie ) and will 1st attempt at hacking be not only a complete failure his ip address be also log and annie guess who it be . we also meet will mom who work for a chemical company . will take money from his neighbour bank account ( mr massude ) isn not a hack ( he help him set up the account ) and we then get a nod back to the original movie where they decide against play global thermonuclear war and they play the dead code . the trace the ripley office be run be not on will but on massude pc so all the evidence they be gather be useless against will . exactly why ripley shut will machine down isn not explain ( he only play an online game . ) and also why it felt the need to have to shut down all the electricity in the entire block he live in as well . why a counter terrorism agency would see this a a viable target be extremely questionable . a for ripley activate his mobile phone . i think not and it wasn not connect to the pc and the message wouldn not play unless he actually answer the phone so there more bad hacking science there too . ripley agent arrive at massude home and take him away and will be give a envelope which turn out to contain a lot of money . will search for the licence plate of the car that take massude isn not a hack a you never see him break into the dmv computer . the ripley agent who grab dennis in the airport a he look for will have no authority to arrest or detain him . will mother hadn not be steal chemical and bio agent either . and even if she do they have no right to arrest or detain dennis . patriot act or not . i do not know why will be worry about be arrest for any crime in canada a it a totally different country with different law to the u . the computer have go rogue and all the action it take against will and his mother and dennis wasn not sanction by a government agency . the phone phreak we see will do be the 1st show of any hacking skill in the movie and we also get a hack into ripley which seem too easy for such a powerful system . the guy who run into annie at the airport and be also watch them in the street be nothing to do with ripley and the laughable notion that ripley could track a cellphone whilst underground be as stupid a the idea that a computer read lip . another reference to the original movie when they mention stephen falken a the designer of the system ripley replace and the joshua project . we discover that the guy who run into annie be falken ( not play by the original actor sadly ) who fake his own death . we also get to see wopr a what go to help them beat ripley and they keep the same voice use back then . falken and wopr be destroy too quickly after be hardly use at all ( the same explosion should kill will and annie and the russian . it also unlikely they would create a self contain computer system that have the ability to nuke or drop chemical weapon on the country it operate out of . the whole decontamination plot and idea be totally unbelievable . those kind of order would have to go through the president or joint chief of staff . so yet another laughable and unbelievable idea . the ip hack against ripley aren not do by will and he just contact one of his friend who suggest and implement the idea . it excessively laughable that will would get a login just from increase ripley operating temperature . have joshua a a backdoor into ripley ( especially after it have be blow to bit ) be an incredible cop out and scream of a very desperate writer who have no idea leave and want to get this movie over and do with . there be an awful good where ripley be play dead code and we see a countdown ( say 17 minute ) then ripley say decontamination in 30 minute and how crap be that when they can not even keep up with their own timer . ripley attack mission against philadelphia be halt ( far too easily in my opinion ) and it decide to attack joshua in it internal circuit and reroutes the missile aim a philly to washington where ripley be station . the idea of the nuclear exchange to make ripley realise what she do would not work ( surely she would already know if she have joshua insider her a he would already learn this lesson in the original movie . ) be yet another nod back to the original movie . their cop out at have ripley repeat joshua exact same word form the end of the original movie just go to show how many original idea they be unable to come up with . if you want to point finger for bad and steal idea the men to blame be randall badat and rob kerchner . this be an awful movie and be best avoided .