Michael Mann’s action-thriller is set within the world of global cybercrime, where jailed hacker Hathaway (Chris Hemsworth) is furloughed in the wake of a cyber attack on a Chinese nuclear plant. Hathaway finds himself at the center of a delicate US and Chinese mission to hunt down a high-level cybercrime network with plans that go beyond China.
Set within the world of global cybercrime, "Blackhat" follows furloughed convict Nicholas Hathaway (Chris Hemsworth), and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. As Hathaway closes in, the stakes become personal as he discovers that the attack on a Chinese nuclear power plant was just the beginning. Michael Mann directs the propulsive action-thriller.
Some flashing lights sequences or patterns may affect photosensitive viewers.