the net be a movie i never saw upon release and i remember give it a pas upon the mediocre review and since then perhaps be notice a snippet here and there when it be on tv . see it now and fourteen year after it original release and i be a little flabbergasted a to how time fly . be in my mid 20 and it make my childhood feel ancient . i felt a if i should probably do some exercise before my body start stack up fat in all the wrong place . cut down on fat and sugar . too much coffee and cigarette . anyway and that be the best part of this movie experience for me . i would say the first 30 minute of this movie really keep me occupied with retro heaven . look at those big can they call computer . look and they chat in chat room . i remember those tank top . they look . stupid . and hey and it even star sandra bullock . first bill . would you look at that . a a movie and the net be just an unimaginative and plain and totally routine hitchockian cat and mouse thriller . nothing archaic about that and they make them then as much a they make them now . bullock play a reclusive computer nerd who job it be to fix software for people who do not get that whole computer thingy . a it happen and she stumble upon some delicate information and after her vacation trip end up with her nearly get kill by a sexy lay who turn out to be a killer ( play by jeremy northam and and she should have be suspicious by the fact that they be in an american movie and the guy both smoke and have a british accent . ) she get her identity wipe out . her house be empty and for sale and and upon check it out and it turn out that she now have get a new identity . a convict prostitute and impostor and no less . now you might say that this be improbable . how could they possibly do that to her . even in 1995 and it impossible . that true and but back in 95 a lot of people do not even know what the internet be . i can see how it a plot hole you could have accept back then . what far more disastrous though be the inconsistency that have nothing to do with technology . the movie obviously owe a lot to hitchcock movie ( it one of those thriller that feature a merry go round by night ) but hitchcock always make sure that his movie be plausible . the character do not act like confused maniac when try to prove their innocence and and the plot do not conveniently lay down for a structure where one obstacle inevitable lead to the other . the character also try a little before give into the whole rouge chase . have bullock character really no friend what so ever . couldn not any old high school teacher confirm her identity . or like . her near pizza guy . oh right and she order pizza from the internet . never mind . you figure the movie out pretty quickly . there seem to be hope in an ex boyfriend . you really think so . you should always count on at least one surprise . the net offer none . the internet pose a lot of danger and this movie seem to predict . but and have the movie be make today and imagine the trouble the villain would have to go through to ensure the identity wipe . not only do they have to do all those boring literal thing and she would still have her facebook membership and with at least like 100 friend or so and and picture tag and not to mention she might be on youtube or link in and and what about her video blog with like 150 daily hit and or the webcam in her house and record video of her in other people cell phone and webcam and web downloads . her imdb membership .