Cypher

R

2002

1h 30m

Mystery & Thriller

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58%

19 Reviews

Tomatometer

65%

5,000+ Ratings

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Morgan Sullivan (Jeremy Northam) is an accountant anxious for a more exciting life. He gets his chance when Digicorp hires him as a corporate spy. While carrying out his first missions, however, Sullivan keeps crossing paths with an enigmatic woman named Rita (Lucy Liu), who claims Digicorp is brainwashing him. Soon Morgan is questioning everything about his life, including his own identity -- making things increasingly complicated when he becomes a double agent for Digicorp's rival, Sunways.

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This is very much science fiction film (it reminded me of Johnny Pneumonic) although it also has elements of a spy film, with double crossing being a main theme. It features lots of futuristic technology/gadgets and artificially bright lighting, plus robotic sounding noises in the background. It also made me think of Men in Black, in terms of the memory wiping device in those films. It could be quite a disorientating watch, due to some of the visual effects. It felt a bit tacky to me personally - I suppose its spooky in tone but it felt a bit unoriginal and lacking. I didn't really buy into the main character, Morgan, which is a problem. I also think perhaps the film makers tried too hard to make the viewer feel worried or gripped about whats going on but the lack of plot depth and context, plus the mediocre visual effects meant it didn't work for me - I fast forwarded through to the end, which is a bad sign in general. It's no Matrix, suffice to say. I wouldn't recommend this film, no.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Most of the positive reviews are true.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Mike J

E and I love it and it's just a beautiful thing and

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/29/22

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Bill F

Don't waste your time on this. Pretty mind-numbingly boring with awful dialogue and some seriously naff special effects. To repeat, just don't waste your time!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/13/22

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Audience Member

A dull boring middle age's futuristic fantasy, it's budget but strangely enjoyable mystery that makes you doubt yourself haha.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

very good, time for a remake!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Vincenzo Natali

Director

Jeremy Northam

Morgan Sullivan

Lucy Liu

Rita Foster

Nigel Bennett

Finster

Timothy Webber

Callaway

David Hewlett

Virgil C. Dunn

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Rated: 4/5

Dec 30, 2006

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

Natali can't be bothered to fashion an actual human story around the perpetually buzzing toys and non-stop backstabbing and double-crossing.

Rated: 1/4

Jun 19, 2004

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Neil Smith

BBC.com

Rated: 4/5

Aug 13, 2003

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Mark R. Leeper

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Brian King's screenplay make this a fast paced science fiction adventure very much of the style of Philip K. Dick.

Rated: 9/10

Jun 15, 2010

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Wildly ill-conceived on-screen with a droning, derivative, mind-numbing, and incredibly bad film.

Apr 29, 2009

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Jason Gorber

Film Scouts

A bit too clever and precious for it's own good, it's a fairly decent yet predictable near-future thriller.

Rated: B-

Jun 21, 2007

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Synopsis

Morgan Sullivan (Jeremy Northam) is an accountant anxious for a more exciting life. He gets his chance when Digicorp hires him as a corporate spy. While carrying out his first missions, however, Sullivan keeps crossing paths with an enigmatic woman named Rita (Lucy Liu), who claims Digicorp is brainwashing him. Soon Morgan is questioning everything about his life, including his own identity -- making things increasingly complicated when he becomes a double agent for Digicorp's rival, Sunways.

Director: Vincenzo Natali
Screenwriter: Brian King
Production Co: Pandora Cinema, Gaylord Films, Miramax Films
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Surround

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