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  • TV-14
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The Net

Summary This show is based on the box office film in 1998 'The Net'. After Angela Bennett a computer expert opens an unexpected email she is then thrown in to a world of terrorism, drugs, and money. The terrorists are called the praetorians, everything they do is build around the computer age. So the only way that Angela Bennett can fight back i...

  • 1998
  • TV-14
  • USA
  • 1998
  • TV-14
  • USA

The Net

Season 1 Premiere: Jul 19, 1998
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary This show is based on the box office film in 1998 'The Net'. After Angela Bennett a computer expert opens an unexpected email she is then thrown in to a world of terrorism, drugs, and money. The terrorists are called the praetorians, everything they do is build around the computer age. So the only way that Angela Bennett can fight back i...

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Jun 2, 2014
The Net provides a whole lot more fun, thanks to the sprightly Brooke Langton, cast in Bullock's role as Angela Bennett, a free-lance computer fixer who one day receives a mystifying bit of electronic mail. [17 July 1998, p.E-12]
By Robert P. Laurence FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 2, 2014
It's superior to the movie. Both were produced by veteran Irwin Winkler. Brooke Langton, inheriting the role played in the film by Sandra Bullock, is more attractive and is able to project what Bullock lacks: warmth and vulnerability. [18 July 1998, p.E01]
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 2, 2014
It ain't bad by basic cable standards. That is to say, Langton is a poised female lead, sufficiently alluring to make you forget the fact that what's going on is all pretty implausible. [13 July 1998, p.34]
By Ray Richmond FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 2, 2014
Ms. Langton seems to be a good enough actress, but she doesn't have the lovable vulnerability that Ms. Bullock, at her post-"Speed" peak, brought to the movie role. And Ms. Langton doesn't exude the sexy spookiness of David Duchovny as Fox Mulder, the character who is clearly Angela's male counterpart. The show itself is inoffensive, if a little obvious, and could go either way.
By Anita Gates FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 2, 2014
While the series _ based on the 1995 Sandra Bullock film _ is more breathless than brainy, there's enough going on to make you want to stay tuned. [17 July 1998]
By Barry Garron FULL REVIEW
58
Jun 2, 2014
I like the idea of The Net as a series, with Angela living week to week in a Fugitive-type existence, trying to reclaim her identity and bring down the bad guys. If future scripts are clever enough, and viewers persevere past the first episode, this show could be a winner. [18 July 1998, p.7]
By Mike McDaniel FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 2, 2014
What is not so wonderful is the program itself, which takes the ill-received 1995 movie starring Sandra Bullock as its starting point but doesn't seem to venture much further than that entertainment's idea: Put a gal with a fetching smile, a Gap wardrobe and a hacker's aptitude on the run for her life. [17 July 1998, p.3]
By Steve Johnson FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • Columbia TriStar Television
  • Winkler Films
Initial Release Date: Jul 19, 1998
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
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