Python Hyena Masterminds (1997): Dir: Roger Christian / Cast: Vincent Kartheiser, Patrick Stewart, Brenda Fricker, Matt Craven, Bradley Whitford: Certainly not the work of a mastermind. It is a pitiful embarrassment about a battle of wills between a deviant kid and a security adviser. Patrick Stewart plays the security adviser who will take over a school with his ruthless recruits and hold an auditorium full of children hostage. While his troops hold off police he makes a demand for cash. A young computer hacker will damage those plans and the film along with it. Very stupid with director Roger Christian going totally overboard. Vincent Kartheiser comes off as a really bad Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonation as he repeatedly messes up the villain's plans. None of this is believable and Kartheiser's action scenes leave little to desire. Stewart is way too talented for this. His villain is reasonable but seems too intelligent for the foolish antics pitted against him here. Bad supporting performances by Brenda Fricker and Matt Craven who should regret this film decision. This is pretty much ranking as one of the dumbest ideas presented to viewers in a film all year. Fine location but story is pointless without a shred of realism but then again the film seems aimed full steam ahead at stupidity. The only hacker who will want any part of it is one carrying a hatchet. Score: 2 / 10

Ornlu Wolfjarl Basically, a private school filled with rich twats and silly teachers disconnected from reality, is taken over by a computer genius and his armed thugs, as a part of a much bigger robbery heist. However, one of the school kids, who is also a computer genius and the social outcast, manages to evade capture and makes the lives of the bad guys a living hell. In other words, it's basically Home Alone, just taking place in a school and instead of mechanical contraptions you get computer gimmicks.I caught this movie one lazy afternoon on TV, and despite its childish dialogues, unrealistic portrayal of computers and other miscellaneous things that characterize a bad movie, it still made me laugh and spend a pleasant 90 minutes. Don't expect much as far as acting goes, and it doesn't help that 90% of the cast is either a stereotypical unimaginative mercenary hired by the bad guy, or a stereotypical unimaginative student/teacher, with the addition of a few stereotypical unimaginative cops (and soldiers at one point). Patrick Stewards certainly does a good job as the bad guy, but he knows this film is not going anywhere and it shows. He's just there having fun.The people who made this obviously had no idea what actual computers look like or how they work, or at least they made the assumption that the audience wouldn't know the difference, as is the norm for 80s and 90s movies (as well as plenty today). Particularly weird, is a scene at the beginning, where Oswald Paxton (the protagonist) is trying to pirate a game before its release and the security system of the company he's trying to hack into makes him play a racing mini-game, where he has to make it to the exit of a long corridor piled with skeletons coming out of closets, at which point he is granted access to the game files. "Oh brave hacker, pass the test and we shall see if you are worthy to pirate our game. Only the chosen one will distribute our game for free".At any rate, its certainly enjoyable. The dialogue, although badly written, is actually quite funny and the gags are also. The plot also isn't that bad, as you aren't informed on what the bad guys are actually trying to steal, but you get pieces of information as the film progresses and is revealed at the end, which is something that kept my attention. Also, seeing Patrick Stewart as the bad guy was actually pretty fun, and you get plenty of action too. 6/10

yoda_on_crack-1 Like seriously this movie is SO bad this kid is such a plug like seriously cut your hair and how dumb can these bad guys be he walks onto coal and see the pull cord things right beside him and the kid wouldn't of had time to but the burner against the nob. Also Wtf is with the mine scene that was SO bad they some would have died and your going to jail for ever anyways you terrorists just kill someone seriously toy soldiers is Way better and they would of killed the cops when they shot like 1000 bullets and them like what the shiz what are the cops doing just charging thats so stupid i would just kill the children I'm not even and the terrible sewer scene yet that I've herd so much about. PS how the hell does the kid know how to do that impossible hack thing he did wow such a bad movie as if professor x is in this disgrace.

LiZard15 I must say after sneaking several clips of die hard behind my parents back, i actually found this movie quite entertaining.I first heard of this movie from the friend of a friends sawing they didn't like it at all and that it was a sucky movie. Not really the best reason to rent a movie but then again I was getting real tired real quick out of all the romance comedies that my mother and sister had been renting, (Twenty is enough to kill someone) this action flick is very good.The director brought action and comedy into the movie. The script was very well written except for in one or two spots but other than that if you like a teenage hacker kicking bad guys @$$ you'll enjoy this flick staring Vincent Kartheiser and Patrick Stewart. Both actors give a fine performance. I'm not use to seeing Patrick Stewart in a bad guy role (parents star trek fans) but he pulled it off well. Kartheiser was a face i hadn't seen before but he is a very talented actor and also was believable in the film as the hacker teen.The movie carries itself fine though i thought the ending could be a little better but i still liked the film. 9/10 is how i rate it.