it actually a good thing sean connery retire a james bond and a i be sure he wouldn not be able to keep up in the nowadays spying business and where fast car have be replace with hi tech brainwash technique and gorgeous woman be consider to be less sexy than advanced computer equipment . cypher be a pretty inventive sci fi thriller that often evoke feeling of fright and claustrophobia despite be utterly implausible . you know the trend in these type of movie represent nothing be what it seem and just when you think figure out the convoluted plot and the writer make sure to insert a new twist that confuse everyone again . the event in cypher supposedly take place in the most prominent region of the computer world and where the major company do not really do a lot apart from try to steal each other thunder . company digisoft literally spend million brainwash people and provide them with a new identity and only to let them infiltrate a spy in their big competitor and the sunways corporation . sunways and on the other hand and constantly try to unmask the digisoft rat and recruit them again a double spy . in between this whole unprofitable business stand morgan sullivan while a seemingly colorless thirty something employee who be select by sebastian rook ( the über spy ) to diddle the secret policy of both company . trust me and it actually less complicated than it sound and director vincenzo natali ( the dude from tube ) carefully take his time to introduce all the important and less important character . the first half of the film be rather reminiscent to the sadly underrated john frankenheimer gem second star rock hudson a it also deal with erase identity and drastically alter your former life style . even the set piece seem to come straight out of that 60 film and with load of empty white room and eerie corridor that seem to be endless . there also plenty of great action and suspense and most notably when morgan soberly experience how the digisoft crew inspect the result of their brainwashing technique during boring convention . the middle section of the film drag a little and mainly because you already realize that it all just build up towards multiple mislead plot twist and and i hop for a slightly more grim portrayal of the not so distant future . jeremy northam be perfectly cast and the adorable lucy liu be convincingly mysterious a the foxy lady who appear to be on his side . regular director choice david hewlett have the most memorable supportive role a the uncannily eccentric suways engineer virgil c. dunn . cypher be well make and adrenalin rush sci fi entertainment and highly recommend to people who fully like to use their brain capacity from time to time .