But squarely in the middle of the dial-up age of thrillers sits The Net, which hit theaters 30 years ago today. And at the time, you would have been right: The Net was an instantly anachronistic thriller with narrative and cinematic shortcomings saved by Bullock’s charm. The Net is still a very cheesy movie, but it might be deploying its cheesiness on purpose. The Net is about debbuger Angela Bennett, who accidentally finds herself embroiled in a global conspiracy involving villainous hackers who control large swathes of the internet. Robot of its time, but more amused with itself about how Angela uses technology for everything.