World Politics in Cinema
In one of the most interesting films that I have ever seen, I viewed the movie Sneakers, produced by Universal and directed by Phil Alden Robinson. This film is one of my all time favorites which I viewed again for the purpose of discussion in which there are many instances of political concepts that coincide with GVPT200. The concepts of zero-sum gain, vulnerability interdependence, and creating a hegemon power are all examples that can be seen in the movie.The movie Sneakers revolves around the main character, Martin Bishop who a is computer expert played by Robert Redford as he heads a team of renegade hackers - including a former CIA employee, a gadgets wizard, a young genius, and a blind soundman. The group, who are routinely hired to test security systems are all somehow linked to the government in some way, whether by former employees or by having some contact with the law. Bishop's past comes back to haunt him when government agents blackmail the "sneakers" into carrying out a covert operation: tracking down an elusive black box. The black box is said to have significant power but
no one really knows much more than that. Bishop's team retrieves the box and makes a stunning discovery - the device can break into any computer system in the world. With factions from all sides willing to kill for the powerful box life becomes a little complicated for team. The movie provides many small twists and turns that provide for great plot. The movie Sneakers is a very powerful movie. Although, the director uses drama as underlying theme in the movie, if such a box was created and ever assembled, this could create a very large dilemma for many people. Imagine a group so strong that they could be in theory, in this computer run day in age, be the most powerful group or country ever. The movie combines the concepts of zero-sum gain, vulnerability interdependence, and even a hegemon power, through this conceptual little black box. Many views and modern theorys can be applied to the movie Sneakers. In the movie the black box can break all computer codes thus making life for the county with the box very good. In such a way that you could in theory create a hegemon power, where they could dictate that which are
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