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Synopsis:
Stanford
grad
Milo
Hoffman
(Ryan
Phillippe)
and
his
equally
talented
friend,
Teddy
(Yee
Jee
Tso),
intend
to
form
an
Internet
start-up
and
take
the
world
by
storm.
That
all
changes
when
Milo
is
courted
by
deceptively
friendly
software
magnate
Gary
Winston
(Tim
Robbins),
the
immensely
wealthy
head
of
world-dominating,
Portland-based
company,
NURV.
Milo
takes
the
bait,
leaving
Teddy
behind.
Arriving
in
Portland
to
a
NURV-provided
house
and
car,
with
his
girlfriend
(Claire
Forlani)
in
tow,
Milo
finds
himself
working
on
Winston's
masterplan--software
that
will
link
the
world's
communications
devices
together.
But
it's
not
long
before
Milo
begins
to
uncover
disturbing
evidence
of
Winston's
unethical--and
brutal--business
tactics.
When
Winston's
web
of
violence
touches
Milo's
world,
he
joins
forces
with
fellow
NURV
programmer,
Lisa
(Rachael
Leigh
Cook),
and
sets
out
to
tell
the
world
of
Winston's
reprehensible
practices.
Though
obviously
influenced
by
the
practices
of
a
certain
Pacific
Northwest-based
software
empire
and
its
recognizable
leader,
Howard
Franklin's
(THE
NAME
OF
THE
ROSE)
script
is
a
snappy
popcorn-muncher
that
manages
to
generate
suspense
even
though
it
realizes
its
own
excesses.
Robbins,
as
evil
geek
Gary
Winston,
is
obviously
having
a
good
time.
ANTITRUST
takes
the
conventions
of
the
conspiracy
film
and
adds
a
candy-colored
millennial
sheen.
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