Cypher

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Jan 13, 2019 After a promising start, this film lurches downwards until it's difficult to tell if this is a parody or not, which is not a good thing. What results is a by-the-numbers noir conspiracy thriller set in a world dominated by evil conglomerates willing to sacrifice individual identity as they battle each other. While the director shows signs of breathing life into a tired genre, he's eventually defeated by the format and a noticeable lack of budget. See more

Harry L Sep 22, 2018 It feels like a cheap Matrix knockoff.

Hermione L Feb 5, 2018 Well made low budget sci-fi/neo-noir thriller. The cinematography, the visual aesthetics and the production design are all excellent. Also, the plot development is as intriguing as mathematical/logic puzzle. See more

Luke P Jan 19, 2018 Fun little techo-thriller that thinks it is more clever than it is. Nonetheless, it is fun and engrossing. Honestly, I'd love to see more movies/get more stories about these characters See more

Albus G Jan 1, 2018 Jeremy Northam plays a corporate spy caught between two rival firms in a cyberpunk future where he's not always quite sure who he's working for, who's on his side, or even of his own identity. Lucy Liu plays a femme fatale of sorts who helps (or is she manipulating?) Northam. It's a clever twisting plot, though the film suffers some from it's limited budget and suffers more so from under developed characters, which made me less interested in what happens to them. These strengths and weaknesses were also true of writer/director Vincenzo Natali's previous film "Cube" (he also later directed the underrated "Splice"). Overall, the Byzantine plot is so clever and so much smarter than most science fiction films, it makes this film well worth checking out by sci-fi fans despite it's deficiencies. See more

Rey G Aug 7, 2016 Morgan Sullivan (Jeremy Northam,) tiring of his dull suburban life, gets a job as an industrial spy for a huge software house, but quickly finds himself in a bafflingly complex and perilous web of deception involving a rival corporation, brainwashing, a sinister, inaccessible Mr. Big, and a mysterious femme fatale (Lucy Liu) who appears at crucial moments only to vanish. Cypher is an intelligent sci-fi/espionage/thriller, stylishly filmed and well acted. It's the type of science fiction that depends more on ideas than special effects, though those it employs are convincing. (It seems to be set in a near future -- at any rate, the technology used seems a bit beyond what currently exists.) It's a low-budget film that doesn't look low budget thanks to the the skill of director Vincenzo Natali (best known for Cube,) and features one of the more clever surprise endings you'll find. Lucy Liu, as usual, is a joy to watch, and the other actors are generally good. Idiotically rated R for a few profanities. See more

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