Cypher (2002)

Cypher: Directed by Vincenzo Natali. With Jeremy Northam, Lucy Liu, Nigel Bennett, Timothy Webber. An unsuspecting, disenchanted man finds himself working as a spy in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. Quickly getting way over-his-head, he teams up with a mysterious femme fatale.

“This is really difficult to review for me, because I want to reward a movie that breaks from Hollywood and does something different, I especially want to reward the maker of the Cube by following up with a non-mainstream Hollywood movie. Itu0026#39;s just difficult to do with Cypher.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie isnu0026#39;t as exciting as I thought it would be either, especially after the verbal hype it received. Whatu0026#39;s even more difficult is I canu0026#39;t put my finger on why, there doesnu0026#39;t seem to be something totally tangible, it just doesnu0026#39;t quite hit the mark.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe premise is excellent, and there are some interesting moments and cleverly constructed twists, but thereu0026#39;s just not enough riding on them, not enough weight to them. I did feel like I followed the film along and came out the other end appreciating what had just happened but not really affected by it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eShame really, since it was good to see such a great performance from Jeremy Northam and Lucy Liu in a different role from the usual character she keeps playing.”