In the 2001 film Antitrust, the hacker protagonist uses the first name Milo.
Milo Hoffman, played by Ryan Phillippe, is a gifted programmer recruited by the fictional software company NURV. He initially sees the company as an ideal workplace, but he becomes suspicious of its practices and investigates evidence that it is stealing code and eliminating rivals. His technical skills make him valuable to NURV, while his independent judgment puts him in danger.
The film uses the thriller format to explore concerns about corporate control, proprietary software, surveillance, and the ethics of technological power. NURV is fictional and is not a direct depiction of a particular real company, despite the film’s release during a period of intense public interest in major technology corporations.
Antitrust was directed by Peter Howitt and released in 2001. The title refers both to competition law and to the movie’s broader concern with monopolistic control over software and information.