Given that this was filmed in the early 90's, I was impressed by the quality of the gadgets and special effects. The plot was interesting, although the film was a bit too slow at times. Sometimes when you see an action movie about illegal activities and high politics and stuff, the background character development just ain't worth it.
The intrigue kept me going for a while. As in some other movies, it is kinda dumb that you have a piece of technology that is developed and instantly coveted by the major powers that be, and for some reason the technology is completely uncopiable.
I liked the cast, except Aykroyd's character did not fit the mold at all. Perhaps I am just not one of his fans.
The computer simulations were interesting, but no where near amazing or realistic in any sense. I know they have braille interpreters (and even better, audio screen readers), but there is no way anyone is going to pull a Matrix and interpret a screen full of machine code. And just as impossible, you don't decrypt a screen full of said characters into a realtime display of graphics. But the concept of having an ultimate code-breaker is expectedly unrealistic, so I was simply entertained by that one. *grin*
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