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Cypher is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Vincenzo Natali released in USA on 1 october 2002 with Jeremy Northam
Cypher (2002)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 october 2002
Length 1h35
Directed by Vincenzo Natali
OriginUSA
Themes Films about altered memories, Spy films, Films about computing, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films
Rating66%
Cypher (also known as Brainstorm), is a 2002 science fiction thriller film starring Jeremy Northam and Lucy Liu. It was written by Brian King and directed by Vincenzo Natali. Jeremy Northam plays an accountant whose hope for a career in corporate espionage takes an unexpected turn. The film was shown in limited release in theaters in the US and Australia, and released on DVD on August 2, 2005. The film received mixed reviews, and Northam received the Best Actor award at the Sitges Film Festival.
Synopsis
Morgan Sullivan (Northam), a recently unemployed accountant, is bored with his suburban life. Pressured by his wife to take a job with her father's company, he instead pursues a position in corporate espionage. Digicorp's Head of Security, Finster (Bennett), inducts Morgan and assigns him a new identity. As Jack Thursby, he is sent to conventions to secretly record presentations and transmit them to headquarters. Sullivan is soon haunted by recurring nightmares and neck pain. When he meets Rita Foster (Liu) from a competing corporation, his life starts to become complicated.Actors
Jeremy Northam
(Morgan Sullivan)
Lucy Liu
(Rita Foster)
Nigel Bennett
(Finster)
Timothy Webber
(Callaway)
David Hewlett
(Virgil C. Dunn)
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