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The dot-com bubble bursts, but someone's still buying yachts.
TMDB
49
IMDb
52
Rotten Tomatoes
52
Audience Score
55
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Purpose (2002)

tech bro fever dreamcorporate paranoiay2k aesthetic

Overview

Thriller

A software developer becomes a billionaire and is distracted by fame, greed and power, then must save his invention and company from a hostile takeover.

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Content warning
techno-capitalism hubrisfounder identity crisishostile masculinityinnovation vs exploitation

Standout Aspects

Acting

Jeffrey Donovan pre-Burn Notice, playing slippery with greasy commitment.

Production

Time-capsule tech design — every monitor is a beige monument.

Best for:Solo: Late-night curiosity about forgotten early-2000s tech thrillers.·Background: Fold laundry to nostalgic BlackBerry-era corporate intrigue.
Heads up:Sexual Content: Brief gratuitous scenes of billionaire excess.
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Director

Alan Ari Lazar

ReleasedFeb 21, 2002
Runtime1h 36m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelmedium

Top Cast

John Light

John Light

John Elias

Jeffrey Donovan

Jeffrey Donovan

Robert Jennings

Megan Dodds

Megan Dodds

Lisa Forrester

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

Bernard Elias

Paul Reiser

Paul Reiser

Ben Fisher

Hal Holbrook

Hal Holbrook

Tom Walker

Mia Farrow

Mia Farrow

Anna Simmons

Shaun Majumder

Shaun Majumder

Victor

Archie Kao

Archie Kao

Kiko

Ismael 'East' Carlo

Ismael 'East' Carlo

Fisherman

Ian Bagg

Ian Bagg

Caddy #1

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Shot in 2000, released straight-to-video in 2002 — the dot-com crash made its premise accidentally prophetic.

Cultural

Hal Holbrook's Tom Walker represents old-guard capitalism judging new-money hubris — a tension that aged into Zuckerberg hearings.

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