Five top feature films in which laptops prove utterly essential to the plot
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Independence Day - Who'd have thought the humble laptop would prove better at keeping aliens invaders at bay than, say, the A-bomb? And who could have imagined that our software would be completely compatible with theirs?
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Collateral - When Tom Cruise's hit man arrives in Los Angeles the only thing he has by way of luggage is a computer carrying the details of the five people he’s been hired to 'take out' before the sun rises on the next day.
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The Social Network - In the stunning finale, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (played by the Oscar nominated Jesse Eisenberg) stares blankly at his laptop wondering whether or not to contact the adorable girl who ditched him in the opening scene.
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The Taking Of Pelham 123 - There are no computers in Joseph Sargent’s superb original, but in Tony Scott’s frenetic remake, a stray laptop complete with a fuzzy webcam proves crucial to bringing John Travolta's tattooed train-jacker to justice.
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I Am Legend – New York might be in ruins but last man on Earth Will Smith is still at the mercy of computer technology as his laptop deals with the blood samples that could help eradicate the virus that wiped out the rest of the human race.
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Apr 20, 2009
