| NetForce | |
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| Genre | |
| Based on | Tom Clancy's Net Force by Tom Clancy Steve Pieczenik |
| Written by | Lionel Chetwynd |
| Story by | |
| Directed by | Robert Lieberman |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Jeff Rona |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Dennis E. Doty |
| Cinematography | David Hennings |
| Editor | Alan L. Shefland |
| Running time | 200 minutes |
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| Budget | $20 million[citation needed] |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | February 1, 1999 (1999-02-01)[1] |
NetForce is a 1999 Americanmade-for-televisionscience fictionactiondrama film directed byRobert Lieberman, written byLionel Chetwynd, and starringScott Bakula. Based on theTom Clancy's Net Force series of novels created byTom Clancy andSteve Pieczenik, it was broadcast onABC in 1999.
In 2005, Alex Michaels is deputy head of a new division of theFBI called "Netforce" which investigatescomputer crime and polices theInternet. When his boss and mentor, Steve Day, is assassinated, the evidence points to Web pioneer and owner of the company Januscorp, Will Stiles, a character said to beBill Gates' apprentice. Stiles is about to release a newweb browser that may allow him to hack into any computer in the world and to gain control of the Internet. Michaels is appointed acting Commander of Netforce, and leads his people on the hunt for Stiles.
NetForce was shot inLos Angeles,Virginia, andWashington, DC.[2]
Bruce Fretts ofEntertainment Weekly called it "boring cyber-nonsense".[1] William McDonald ofThe New York Times wrote, "The movie does gather suspense and momentum in Part II, but so much is going on, and so much dialogue is devoted to explaining it, that no one has time to be interesting."[3] Steve Johnson of theChicago Tribune called it "pretty silly stuff".[4]