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3 | ''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. |
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5 | Not to be confused with the Creator/JackieChan [[Film/WhoAmI1998 film]] [[SimilarlyNamedWorks of the same name.]] |
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8 | !!This film provides examples of: |
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10 | * AbsentFather: Ben's father ran away to France when he was born. |
11 | * TheAce: Max. |
12 | * 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. |
13 | * AsideComment: The last scene has Ben looking at the camera saying "No more magic tricks.". Then he winks and the screen goes black. |
14 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: Hanne suggests to attack MRX's weakest point, his {{pride}}, by ruining his reputation in the Darknet community. [[spoiler:It works.]] |
15 | * BadJobWorseUniform: Ben's embarrassing outfit as a pizza delivery boy. |
16 | * BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Ben's plan to hand himself in, get MRX arrested with Hanne's help and forge a new identity for himself.]] |
17 | * 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. |
18 | * BingeMontage: In the scene where CLAY parties hard with the three girls they pick up on the street. |
19 | * 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]]. |
20 | * {{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. |
21 | * BrokenPedestal: MRX is an idol in the hacker scene. Until it turns out he makes deals with the Russian cyber mafia. |
22 | * CallingCard: Discussed by Ben: |
23 | --> '''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. |
24 | * ChekhovsGun: |
25 | ** The three shells that belong to Ben's grandfather are later used as evidence for the killing of three CLAY members. |
26 | ** The nail Alex hurts himself with becomes an important plot point later on. |
27 | * ChekhovsHobby: Marie studies law which comes in handy when she confirms that the witness protection program is not permitted for mentally ill candidates. |
28 | * CoincidentalBroadcast: While Max and Ben have a fight, Paul notices the TV news announcing the death of Krypton. |
29 | * TheCommandments: MRX' three rules: |
30 | ## No system is safe. |
31 | ## Aim for the impossible. |
32 | ## Have fun in cyberspace and meatspace. |
33 | * ConvenientlyTimedGuard: After Ben completes the download of the exam questions at the university's server room, a guard appears out of nowhere. Busted! |
34 | * CoolCodeOfSource: Can be seen whenever Ben works his skills on a laptop. |
35 | * CoolMask: The CLAY members wear masks reminiscent of the one worn by Guy Fawkes. |
36 | * TheCracker: MRX is a ruthless hacker who sells information to the Russian cyber mafia. His actions get Krypton killed. |
37 | * CyberPunkIsTechno: The CLAY members celebrate their successful hacking of the BND by dancing to techno music at a club. |
38 | * DownerBeginning: The movie starts with the hero entering a hotel room with three dead bodies inside. |
39 | * DuelingHackers: [=WhoAmI=] versus MRX. |
40 | * DyeOrDie: Ben dyes his hair blond at the end for obvious reasons. |
41 | * EverythingIsOnline: CLAY is able to manipulate the lighting system of a building from an entry point outside the location. |
42 | * 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. |
43 | * FaceCam: Ben's face is shown this way swiftly when being chased by MRX's henchmen through Copenhagen. |
44 | * ForeignLanguageTitle: The movie title consists of the hero's English online nickname. |
45 | * ForegoneConclusion: Subverted. In the opening FlashForward scene there is a 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.]] |
46 | * FreezeFrameIntroduction: |
47 | * GilliganCut: First Paul refuses to ride in the new Porsche. Cut to the next scene where he screams of joy in the driver seat. |
48 | * 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. |
49 | * HackerCave: The house of Ben's grandmother serves as this for CLAY. |
50 | * 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). |
51 | * HeldGaze: Between Ben and Marie when they first meet in the library. |
52 | * 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's approach to [[SocialEngineering exploit human weakness]] instead of security systems. |
53 | * 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. |
54 | * IJustWantToBeSpecial: The driving force behind Ben and Alex' actions throughout the movie. |
55 | * ImagineSpot: Ben imagining himself and Marie getting married and live HappilyEverAfter, once he helped her with the exam answers. |
56 | * TheInternetIsForCats: Invoked by CLAY when emailing the BND secretary with kitty photos and a link to a phishing site. |
57 | * InterrogationFlashback: Ben turns himself in at the beginning of the movie. His story then unfolds in flashbacks while being interrogated. |
58 | * ItRunsInTheFamily: Invoked by Ben who makes Hanne think he suffers from Multiple Personality Disorder, the same disease his mother was plagued with. |
59 | * JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: The CLAY members use garbage man uniforms to get into the dumps where the BND trash is disposed. |
60 | * Letters2Numbers: The hacker group ''[=FR13NDS=]". |
61 | * LoveAtFirstSight: Ben is visually stunned when seeing Marie for the first time. |
62 | ** Although it's not exactly the first sight, as they were in the same class at school for years. |
63 | * LoveMakesYouDumb: Being deeply in love with Marie, Ben decides to steal the exam questions for her but gets caught in the process. |
64 | * MalevolentMaskedMen: CLAY's clown masks. Also everybody on Darknet is wearing a creepy mask. |
65 | * MatchCut: From Ben looking down at the flyer for Max's party to him standing with the flyer in front of the house. |
66 | * MatrixRainingCode: The movie poster features it. |
67 | * MissingMom: Ben's mother killed herself as she [[DrivenToSuicide became weary]] of her Multiple Personality Disorder. |
68 | * MultilayerFacade: When MRX unmasks [=WhoAmI=] in the Darknet, the latter has another mask beneath it. And another, and another. |
69 | * OnlineAlias: [=WhoAmI=] and MRX amongst others. |
70 | * 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: |
71 | --> '''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. |
72 | * 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 arrives too late. Discussed by Stephan: |
73 | --> '''Stephan''': "We're too long online, man!" |
74 | * PlayfulHacker: CLAY before they go serious and hack the BND. |
75 | * PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: When delivering pizzas to the library, Ben cites a famous line from Superman that Marie doesn't get. Leads to an awkward moment of silence. |
76 | * ProtagonistTitle: ''[=WhoAmI=]'' is Ben's online alias. |
77 | * RaisedByGrandparents: After his mother committed suicide Ben was raised by his grandma and later he returned the favor and took care of her. |
78 | * RapidFireTyping: Ben types extremely fast. |
79 | * RebelRelaxation: When Ben and Max first meet at community service, the latter does this pose against a wall while smoking a cigarette. |
80 | * TheReveal: The film features a double TwistEnding complete with a revelatory montage. |
81 | * SinisterSubway: When chased through Copenhagen, Ben ends up in a dark subway tunnel. |
82 | * SpinningPaper: CLAY's hacking actions before the BND coup are compressed in a montage of newspaper headlines and reactions in society. |
83 | * SplitPersonality: [[spoiler:Ben makes Hanne believe he suffers from Multiple Personality Disorder.]] |
84 | * 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. |
85 | * ToxicFriendInfluence: How Max got Ben to work with him. Lampshaded by the latter. |
86 | --> '''Ben''': I should've simply sat there. But it was like an invisible rope between us. |
87 | * TrojanHorse: A digital variant. Ben plants a [[MatryoshkaObject Trojan inside a Trojan]] to uncover MRX's identity. But the plan fails as MRX looks through the trick and rejects the virus program that was originally meant to help him hack into the Europol system. |
88 | * UnreliableNarrator: The story Ben tells the interrogator turns out to be false. |
89 | * YouMustBeCold: Ben covers his grandma with his jacket when finding her lost in the streets. |
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