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[[File:The_Net_poster_4562.jpg|frame|Identity theft is hell.]]

''The Net'' is a 1995 techno-thriller film starring [[Sandra Bullock]] and directed by Irwin Winkler. Bullock plays Angela Bennett, an unassuming, nerdy computer analyst who works from home, helping her company debug games and other software. However, when her friend sends her a suspicious piece of software, she becomes embroiled in an intricate cyber-terrorist plot that puts her life and the lives of those around her in mortal danger. Bennett becomes a wanted fugitive when her identity is erased and replaced, her credit cards rendered null, her car stolen and her house sold without her knowledge. Bennett can only count on her former therapist, Dr Alan Champion, to protect her and ensure her mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's, is safe.

''[[The Net]]'' is a 1995 techno-thriller film starring [[Sandra Bullock]] and directed by Irwin Winkler. Bullock plays Angela Bennett, an unassuming, nerdy computer analyst who works from home, helping her company debug games and other software. However, when her friend sends her a suspicious piece of software, she becomes embroiled in an intricate cyber-terrorist plot that puts her life and the lives of those around her in mortal danger. Bennett becomes a wanted fugitive when her identity is erased and replaced, her credit cards rendered null, her car stolen and her house sold without her knowledge. Bennett can only count on her former therapist, Dr Alan Champion, to protect her and ensure her mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's, is safe.

A [[Direct to Video]] sequel, ''The Net 2.0'', was made in 2006.

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== The film includes examples of the following: ==

* [[Action Survivor]]: crosses over into [[Action Girl]] towards the end, but for the most part Angela is flung into the mayhem and caught unawares.

* [[Big Brother Is Watching]]

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* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Jack Devlin. The last name reminds you something not very good...

* [[Nerds Are Sexy]]: Especially when played by Sandra Bullock and Jeremy Northam.

* [[Non-Indicative Name]]: Dr Alan Champion. {{spoiler|he dies from insulin poisoning}}.

* [[Non-Indicative Name]]: Dr. Alan Champion. {{spoiler|He dies from insulin poisoning}}.

* [[Oh Crap]]: Most of Angela's reactions to various things, including her house being sold, her car being stolen, her fake criminal record and so on.

* [[Plot Coupon]]: "Give us the disk and we'll give you your life back". {{spoiler|Too bad it melted in the Mexican sun.}}

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[[Category:Films of the 1990s]]

[[Category:The Net]]

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