Swordfish (film) Swordfish (film) Swordfish is a 2001 American action crime thriller film directed by Dominic Sena and starring John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Vinnie Jones and Sam Shepard. The film centers on Stanley Jobson, an ex-con and computer hacker who is targeted for recruitment into a bank robbery conspiracy because of his formidable hacking skills. The film was a slight box office success but was negatively received by critics upon release. Stanley Jobson (Hugh Jackman) is a computer hacker that infected the FBI's Carnivore program with a computer virus. His parole forbids use of computers and the internet.
Halle Berry felt that "the script gives Berry a blue-collar character she can make accessible, vulnerable and gutsy[...]". "The Call" was a sleeper hit, grossing US$68.6 million around the globe. In 2014, Berry signed on to star and serve as a co-executive producer in CBS drama series "Extant", where she took on the role of Molly Woods, an astronaut who struggles to reconnect with her husband and android son after spending 13 months in space. The show ran for two seasons until 2015, receiving largely positive reviews from critics. "USA Today" remarked: "She [Halle Berry] brings a dignity and gravity to Molly,