Cypher

You'll notice by the stars I've given this GREAT film that '...before you see it the first time,' is implied. I had never before heard of this film and happened across it just because this week (and last) was a... Full review

Cypher is an entertaining but irritating film. Nothing in the film is exactly as it appears, and the film reads a lot like a Dean Koontz novel . It's premise is ridiculous, and none of the characters are particularly believable,... Full review

There was a stylish approach to this film on the part of director Vincenzo Natali with interesting camera angles and effective close-ups. It was also refreshing to see Jeremy Northam and Lucy Liu given leading roles and expanding their range... Full review

Jeremy Northam's characterization of the stuttering, mild mannered bookish Morgan Sullivan and watching him let loose bits and pieces of his real identity under the influence of single malt scotches and under the spell of Lucy Liu's presence is brilliantly... Full review

Morgan Sullivan is a businessman who, rather than work for his father-in-law, takes a strange job working as a corporate spy for a company called Digicore. His assignments are simple and boring; attend a conference and use a covert device... Full review

This Filmfour funded Sci-Fi movie is most definitely a must see. While it takes huge influence from The Manchurian Candidate and offers nothing new or original plot wise; it's handled with the utmost skill that it comes off as being... Full review

This is a superbly imaginative low budget Sci-fi movie from cult director Vincenzo Natali. The film plays out like a crossing of Phillip K Dick with Hitchcock and Cronenberg and the film takes on a unique feel like nothing you... Full review

Cypher was a movie I was looking forward to after I had read some comments here about it's story being like the works Philip K. Dick, an author whose paranoid tales I love to read.As far as plot twists go... Full review

When The Matrix appeared in 1999 and questioned existence and identity, it was expected that a lot of movies would use it as inspiration. That didn't really happen, surprisingly, and it took till 2002 for a movie of similar theme... Full review

this is a truly wonderful sci fi thriller cum satire on corporate evils and kafke type manipulation which always maintains interest. it's a relief to see such a marvellously stylish independent movie as oppossed to bigger budgeted hollywood drivel of... Full review

Northam is excellent in a role that takes him well outside his comfort zone and requires him to be on screen in almost every scene. This is a rather subtle clue to the films ultimate twist, but the fun is getting there. ... Full Review

Northam is excellent in a role that takes him well outside his comfort zone and requires him to be on screen in almost every scene. This is a rather subtle clue to the films ultimate twist, but the fun is getting there. ... Full Review

Not unexpectedly, both "Cube" and "Cypher" enjoy some of the same strengths and weaknesses. Of the two, however, "Cypher" may hold the greater appeal for a mass audience, thanks to its charismatic star, Jeremy Northam, and its more obvious, if somewhat dubious, thrills. ... Full Review

Truth is, Cypher is not smart enough to create its own intricate universe. Cypher is occasionally stunning to look at (the Vaults golden cavern, with its asymmetrical tunnels, is derived from German Expressionism at its most outstanding), but never decides what to do with its innovative designs. ... Full Review

Basically, this is just another small, smart, and sci-fi geeky flick that will have its fate determined by the always-hungry movie animals of the world.....Cypher is a quiet, mellow, and fairly austere little flick --.... ... Full Review

The 2002 sci-fi thriller "Cypher" is another of those movies Miramax helped produce but never distributed in the United States. While it played at any number of film festivals around the world and opened in a few limited markets in... ... Full Article

Cypher (July 26/05) That Cypher is only being released now, two years after it premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, doesn't come as much of a surprise, given its confounding storyline (there's no doubt the folks at Miramax were baffled... ... Full Article

Miramax Home Entertainment presents Lucy Liu ("Kill Bill Volume 1", "Charlie's Angels,") and Jeremy Northam in CYPHER, an exciting techno-thriller set in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. ... Full Article