Masterminds is a 1997 comedy action film starring Patrick Stewart. Masterminds is about a young prankster/hacker named Oswald "Ozzie" Paxton (played by Vincent Kartheiser), who has an unhappy relationship with his parents (due mostly to his hacking and troublemaking). Forced to take his sister to school, Ozzie finds that former-school-employee-turned-security-officer Rafe Bentley (Patrick Stewart) has taken hostages in a ransom demand.