Maps of Movies

Blackhat (2015)

Where Blackhat says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A hack that starts in Hong Kong ends in a Jakarta park, and the stage is Indonesia rather than Bali.

Scenes and places

The meltdown that starts it all (2015)

A hacker makes a nuclear plant's coolant pumps overheat and explode, and the plant begins to melt down. Authorities have no suspect, only an attack carried out from a computer.

Set in Chai Wan, Hong Kong (nuclear plant) — A nuclear plant in Hong Kong where overheating coolant pumps explode. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The film places the plant in Hong Kong; Chai Wan is the site Wikidata lists for the film's setting.

The market hack in Chicago (2015)

Soon after the meltdown, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange is hacked and soy futures jump. Investigators realise the same remote access tool sits behind both attacks.

Set in Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago — The commodities exchange whose soy futures are manipulated after the plant attack. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A commodities exchange in Chicago; only the city is named in the sources, so the coordinate is the city's.

The Los Angeles briefing (2015)

Chen Dawai meets FBI agent Carol Barrett and admits the core of the hacker's code was written by him and his old MIT roommate, Nicholas Hathaway. He asks that Hathaway, now in prison for hacking banks, be offered a temporary release.

Set in Los Angeles — The city where Captain Chen Dawai meets FBI Special Agent Carol Barrett. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Los Angeles is where filming began on May 17, 2013, according to the article; no specific site is named.

Filmed at Los Angeles, California — Principal photography began in Los Angeles; the article names no specific site. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The raid in the drainage tunnel (2015)

The team traces the stock-trade money to a paramilitary operative and raids his hideout with a Special Duties Unit team. The raid turns into a shootout in a drainage tunnel, and the operative and his men get away.

Set in Hong Kong (drainage tunnel raid) — A drainage tunnel where a raid on a paramilitary hideout turns into a shootout.

The article places the shootout in a drainage tunnel in Hong Kong without naming where.

Filmed at Tsuen Wan Drainage Tunnel, Ting Kau (Ting Kau, Hong Kong) — A production source says the crew secured this tunnel for one of the film's central action set pieces. The coordinate is Ting Kau's, not the tunnel entrance. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The site seen from space (2015)

Lien finds that the hacker has been buying high-resolution satellite photos of a site near Seri Manjung, Malaysia. Hathaway works out that the plant attack was only a test for a larger plan aimed at Malaysian tin mines.

Set in Perak, Malaysia (near Seri Manjung) — A site in Perak, Malaysia, that the hacker photographed by satellite; the coordinate is the state's, not the site's. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Seri Manjung is a town on the Perak coast; the film's coordinates for the site are given only as 'near' it.

The bank job in Jakarta (2015)

In Jakarta, Hathaway hacks into a bank's computer and moves the hacker's funds into his own Swiss account. That forces the hacker, Sadak, to make contact.

Set in Jakarta — The Indonesian capital where Hathaway hacks into a bank's computer. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Only the city is named in the sources; the bank's building is not given.

Filmed at Jakarta — Jakarta was one of the shoot's legs; the sources name no specific site for this scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The meeting in the park (2015)

Hathaway insists the hacker and his partner come alone, but they arrive with henchmen. He moves the meeting to a park crowded with a large religious procession and goes in armed with homemade weapons hidden under his clothes.

Set in A park in Jakarta during a religious procession — A Jakarta park where a large religious procession is passing; the coordinate is the monument where the finale was shot. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The scene is set in a Jakarta park; the finale was shot at the West Irian Liberation Monument in Lapangan Banteng.

Filmed at West Irian Liberation Monument, Lapangan Banteng, Jakarta (Lapangan Banteng, Jakarta, Indonesia) — The article says the film's finale was shot at this monument. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong — A shootout set piece (which scene is not stated) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — Malaysian leg of the shoot (scene not stated) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Nicholas Hathaway — A convicted hacker offered a release if he helps trace a dangerous cybercriminal.
• Chen Lien — A networking engineer who joins the hunt with her brother, Captain Chen Dawai.