The story is about a computer geek’s (Ryan Phillipe) dream job at a hot Portland-based firm that turns nightmarish. The nightmare starts when random programmers die or are killed at various ways and his boss keeps giving him discs full of codes with no apparent author or staff. As Milo investigates the inner workings of the company, with the help of his girlfriend Alice Poulson (Claire Forlani). he discovers his boss has a ruthless way of dealing with the competition to dispatch the company’s problems.
The cast of the movie was really great, Claire Forlani, did a great acting as Milo’s girlfriend who had divided loyalty. Ryan Phillippe did great but I found him a bit dull, as the film's hero. Rachel Leigh Cook, was really cute here, as his partner-in-crime in some parts. Tim Robins seemed a bit like Bill Gates in some of the scenes which really made NURV seem like Microsoft. lol
While the cast is great, the best part of the film is its message. The movie portrayed (although a bit exaggerated in my opinion) the greed of corporate software companies and the altruistic nature of open sourcing. The movie is pro-open source though “Knowledge belongs to the people”, and I quite agree with it ;)
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