director vincenzo natali cypher be a complex and imaginative thriller which and although require some suspension of belief and plenty of concentration and manages to be a thoroughly entertaining experience . morgan sullivan ( jeremy northam ) and a stay at home husband with an overbear wife and decides to add a bit of spice to his mundane existence by get a job a an industrial spy at high tech company digi corp. his job be to travel to conference across the country ( under the assumed identity of jack thursby ) and secretly broadcast the speech give back to his boss and via a nifty little electronic pen gizmo . in reality and however and the speech be merely a cover for far more nefarious activity . morgan and along with his fellow conference attendee and be be brainwash . the drugged water they be drink put them into a temporary coma and during which they be tell to forget their past and permanently adopt their new identity . once they be totally convinced that they be someone else and they be tell to apply for job with rival company and where they be able to indulge in corporate espionage without suspicion . but digi corp plan be scupper by the intervention of shady operative for hire rita foster ( lucy liu ) and who open morgan eye to what be really happen . she give morgan an antidote to the mind alter drug so that he can resist the brainwashing technique . she also warn him that if digi corp suspect that he do not fully believe he be jack thursby and then he will be eliminate . morgan play along and and applies for a job at rival business sunways . however and arrive at his new workplace and he be give a polygraph test and be immediately rumble a a spy . fortunately and the boss at sunways see this a an ideal opportunity to fee false data to digi corp and morgan become a double agent . from hereon in and thing get progressively more complicated while the plot twist and turn and poor old morgan end up not be able to trust anyone . in an exciting finale and all eventually become clear ( but only if you have be follow event very carefully ) . director natali handle proceeding confidently and certainly have a great ability to produce a classy look film for a relatively low budget . he manage to get some great performance from his talented cast while jeremy northam and in particular and be fantastichis portrayal of the initially somewhat nervous morgan be play to perfection . cypher be another fascinating movie from a director who be willing to take chance and i eagerly look forward to his forthcoming project and high rise and necropolis .