a snappy and extremely well write literate script from the oscar nominated writer or director of field of dream be bring to life by one of the best cast ever assemble . the legendary robert redford lead a ragtag bunch of computer jock and which include oscar nominee sidney poitier and dan aykroyd and river phoenix and and oscar winner mary mcdonnell . maybe the film best performance and aside from redford and be by david strathairn and the only major player who have never be up for an oscar . and oscar winner ben kingsely be a sublime villain . redford be martin bishop and the head of a group of computer and security specialist misfit who breach corporate security system a a way of analyze their weakness and recommend improvement . the group be coerce into a great caper represent steal a little black box from a top mathematician and for the u government . only it isn not just a little black box and it a codebreaker actually it the codebreaker represent a computer formula that can crack any encryption software ever devise . oh and and it not the u government . it the mob and which want the codebreaker to deal with the russian . so bishop and company have to steal the box back from the mob and in one of the great caper ever .