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* Film/WhoAmI2014 -- A German thriller

* Film/WhoAmI1998 - A Creator/JackieChan movie about a man with amnesia.
* Film/WhoAmI2014 - A German thriller.

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''Who Am I – No System Is Safe'' is a 2014 German thriller directed by Baran bo Odar. It is centered on a computer hacker group in Berlin that gears towards global fame.

Not to be confused with the Creator/JackieChan [[Film/WhoAmI1998 film]] [[SimilarlyNamedWorks of the same name.]]

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!!This film provides examples of:

* AbsentFather: Ben's father ran away to France when he was born.
* TheAce: Max.
* AdolfHitlarious: On the NBD conference, CLAY manages to hack the presentation laptop and play their animation depicting Adolf Hitler in woman underwear being dry-humped by dogs. The neo-Nazi crowd is outraged.
* AsideComment: The last scene has Ben looking at the camera saying "No more magic tricks.". Then he winks and the screen goes black.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: Hanne suggests to attack MRX's weakest point, his {{pride}}, by ruining his reputation in the Darknet community. [[spoiler:It works.]]
* BadJobWorseUniform: Ben's embarrassing outfit as a pizza delivery boy.
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Ben's plan to hand himself in, get MRX arrested with Hanne's help and forge a new identity for himself.]]
* BavarianFireDrill: Max' favorite SocialEngineering technique that gives him exactly what he wants. His tenet: "Man is by nature trusting and averse to conflict". He then goes on to demonstrate the trope by pressing two choco donuts from an overwhelmed clerk.
* BingeMontage: In the scene where CLAY parties hard with the three girls they pick up on the street.
* BlindAlley: Ben hides in a chamber at the Subway tunnel. The pursuers run by but one comes back but [[FailedASpotCheck fails to properly check inside the chamber]].
* {{Bookends}}: The movie opens with a scene towards the end where Ben enters a hotel room. We revisit this moment again right before the final scene.
* BrokenPedestal: MRX is an idol in the hacker scene. Until it turns out he makes deals with the Russian cyber mafia.
* CallingCard: Discussed by Ben:
--> '''Ben:''' Most of the hackers just crack the threshold, look around the system and don't change a thing. Others leave a note. And many, take a souvenir.
* ChekhovsGun:
** The three shells that belong to Ben's grandfather are later used as evidence for the killing of three CLAY members.
** The nail Alex hurts himself with becomes an important plot point later on.
* ChekhovsHobby: Marie studies law which comes in handy when she confirms that the witness protection program is not permitted for mentally ill candidates.
* CoincidentalBroadcast: While Max and Ben have a fight, Paul notices the TV news announcing the death of Krypton.
* TheCommandments: MRX' three rules:
## No system is safe.
## Aim for the impossible.
## Have fun in cyberspace and meatspace.
* ConvenientlyTimedGuard: After Ben completes the download of the exam questions at the university's server room, a guard appears out of nowhere. Busted!
* CoolMask: The CLAY members wear masks reminiscent of the one worn by Guy Fawkes.
* TheCracker: MRX is a ruthless hacker who sells information to the Russian cyber mafia. His actions get Krypton killed.
* CyberPunkIsTechno: The CLAY members celebrate their successful hacking of the BND by dancing to techno music at a club.
* DownerBeginning: The movie starts with the hero entering a hotel room with three dead bodies inside.
* DuelingHackers: [=WhoAmI=] versus MRX.
* DyeOrDie: Ben dyes his hair blond at the end for obvious reasons.
* EverythingIsOnline: CLAY is able to manipulate the lighting system of a building from an entry point outside the location.
* ExtremeGraphicalRepresentation: The animation of the female operator during the PhoneTraceRace, with red dots and lines representing the different servers that CLAY uses to hide its traces.
* FaceCam: Ben's face is shown this way swiftly when being chased by MRX' henchmen through Copenhagen.
* ForeignLanguageTitle: The movie title consists of the hero's English online nickname.
* ForegoneConclusion: Subverted. In the opening FlashForward scene there is dead man in a tub with blood dripping from his tattooed hand. Later we learn that this hand belongs to CLAY member Stephan which points to him getting killed later in the story. [[spoiler: However, the opening scene was a fake and Stephan wasn't to die after all.]]
* GilliganCut: First Paul refuses to ride in the new Porsche. Cut to the next scene where he screams of joy in the driver seat.
* HackedByAPirate: When CLAY hacks the German stock market, they show the DAX's daily curve in form of [[FlippingTheBird the finger]] which causes some irritation in the commentator.
* HackerCave: The house of Ben's grandmother serves as this for CLAY.
* HackerCollective: A group of four hackers found a collective called "CLAY" (Clowns Laughing At You) who score a big coup by hacking the BND (German intelligence agency).
* HeldGaze: Between Ben and Marie when they first meet in the library.
* HollywoodHacking: Played straight with Ben's way of hacking (using [[http://www.pctools.com/security-news/zero-day-vulnerability/ zero-day exploits]]) etc.). Subverted with Max' approach to [[SocialEngineering exploit human weakness]] instead of security systems.
* HowWeGotHere: The movie opens towards the end of the story where Ben enters a hotel room to find dead people inside. The rest of the movie tells the story of how he got to that point.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: The driving force behind Ben and Alex' actions throughout the movie.
* ImagineSpot: Ben visualizing himself and Marie getting married and live HappilyEverAfter, once he helped her with the exam answers.
* TheInternetIsForCats: Invoked by CLAY when emailing the BND secretary with kitty photos and a link to a phishing site.
* InterrogationFlashback: Ben turns himself in at the beginning of the movie. His story then unfolds in flashbacks while being interrogated.
* InTheBlood: Invoked by Ben who makes Hanne think he suffers from Multiple Personality Disorder, the same disease his mother was plagued with.
* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: The CLAY members use garbage man uniforms to get into the dumps where the BND trash is disposed.
* Letters2Numbers: The hacker group ''[=FR13NDS=]".
* LoveAtFirstSight: Ben is visually stunned when seeing Marie for the first time.
** Although it's not exactly the first sight, as they were in the same class at school for years.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Being deeply in love with Marie, Ben decides to steal the exam questions for her but gets caught in the process.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: CLAY's clown masks. Also everybody on Darknet is wearing a creepy masks.
* MatchCut: From Ben looking down at the flyer for Max' party to him standing with the flyer in front of the house.
* MatrixRainingCode: The movie poster features it.
* MissingMom: Ben's mother killed herself as she [[DrivenToSuicide became weary]] of her Multiple Personality Disorder.
* MultilayerFacade: When MRX unmasks [=WhoAmI=] in the Darknet, the latter has another mask beneath it. And another, and another.
* OnlineAlias: [=WhoAmI=] and MRX amongst others.
* ParentalAbandonment: Ben grew up [[RaisedByGrandparents with his grandma]] because [[AbsentFather his father left]] when he was born and [[MissingMom his mother committed suicide]] when he was eight. Discussed early on:
--> '''Ben''': Every superhero needs a tragic family story: Spiderman's parents... Dead. Batman's parents... Murdered. Superman's parents... Exploded. I actually had the best requirements.
* PhoneTraceRace: Done with IP addresses. The Special Task Force manages to locate CLAY at a Berlin State Library and rushes over to catch them red-handed but arrive too late. Discussed by Stephan:
--> '''Stephan''': "We're too long online, man!"
* PlayfulHacker: CLAY before they go serious and hack the BND.
* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: When delivering pizzas to the library, Ben cites a famous line from Superman which Marie doesn't get. Leads to an awkward moment of silence.
* ProtagonistTitle: ''[=WhoAmI=]'' is Ben's online alias.
* RaisedByGrandparents: After his mother committed suicide Ben was raised by his grandma and later he returned the favor and took care of her.
* RapidFireTyping: Ben types extremely fast.
* RebelRelaxation: When Ben and Max first meet at community service, the latter does this pose against a wall while smoking a cigarette.
* TheReveal: The film features a double TwistEnding complete with revelatory montage.
* SinisterSubway: When chased through Copenhagen, Ben ends up in a dark subway tunnel.
* SpinningPaper: CLAY's hacking actions before the BND coup are compressed in a montage of newspaper headlines and reactions in society.
* SplitPersonality: [[spoiler:Ben makes Hanne believe he suffers from Multiple Personality Disorder.]]
* SteppingOutForAQuickCupOfCoffee: Hanne lets Ben into the Server room and gives him five minutes to manipulate the witness protection program to create himself a new identity.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: How Max got Ben to work with him. Lampshaded by the latter.
--> '''Ben''': I should've simply sat there. But it was like an invisible rope between us.
* TrojanHorse: A digital variant. Ben plants a [[MatryoshkaObject Trojan inside a Trojan]] to uncover MRX' identity. But the plan fails as MRX looks through the trick and rejects the virus program that was original meant to help him hack into the Europol system.
* UnreliableNarrator: The story Ben tells the interrogator turns out to be false.
* YouMustBeCold: Ben covers his grandma with his jacket when finding her lost in the streets.
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* CuteKitten: Invoked by CLAY when emailing the BND secretary with kitty photos and a link to a phishing site.

Not to be confused with the Creator/JackieChan film of the same name.

* HackedByAPirate: When CLAY hacks the German stock exchange, they show the DAX's daily curve in form of [[FlippingTheBird the finger]] which causes some irritation in the commentator.

* HackedByAPirate: When CLAY hacks the German stock exchange, they show the DAX's daily curve in form of [[FlippingTheBird the finger]] which causes some irritates in the commentator.