Masterminds

1997
PG-13
1h 46m

IMDb RATING

5.2/10

3.8K

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Patrick Stewart and Vincent Kartheiser in Masterminds (1997)

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Trapped in a school in which a gang of criminals has seized control, a young troublemaker fights a cat and mouse battle from inside.Trapped in a school in which a gang of criminals has seized control, a young troublemaker fights a cat and mouse battle from inside.Trapped in a school in which a gang of criminals has seized control, a young troublemaker fights a cat and mouse battle from inside.

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IMDb RATING

5.2/10

3.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Masterminds (1997)

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Trivia
As of 2023, this movie is still not available on DVD or Blu-ray. It does, however, show up on streaming services from time to time.

Goofs
When Ozzie uses the computer in Shady Glen's computer room, the scene is reused from the start of the film. (When he's "hacking" the website.)

Quotes
Raif Bentley: You know, I'm not a violent man but I really do think I'm going to have to kill someone here.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Leave It to Beaver/Money Talks/Mimic/Masterminds/Gabbeh (1997)

Soundtracks
What Do I Have To Do?
Written by Christopher Hall / Jim Sellers / Walter Flakus / Andy Kubiszewski
Performed by Stabbing Westward
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

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Featured review

5/10

Flawed but enjoyable Die Hard clone

'No good kid' Ozzie takes his young stepsister to school, and winds up in a hostage of the school by head of security Rafe Bentley (Patrick Stewart from Startrek / X-men). As Ozzie says himself: We got a die hard situation here people!

Thank goodness Ozzie is some sort of (computer)whizkid (apparently learned it from his dad) and sabotages the bad guys in many ways. Now, this computer thing is going way out of hand, with him infiltrating in the Pentagon (or something) in the beginning of the movie and his dad touching 2 keys and immediately infiltrates in the bad guys files... You also see the obligatory flickering 'NO ACCESS' and stuff like that... but who cares!

Near the end the movie loses it's touch a bit with a chase in the sewers (or something) and Patrick Stewart claiming to be a Manchester United fan... one of the worst scenes in movie history, I must admit.

But for 'one of the worst movies ever' (as it's sometimes called), I thought the movie was highly enjoyable. Flawed yes, far-fetched sure, but still...

Final score: 5/10.