Cypher (2002) Vincenzo Natali | Jeremy Northam & Lucy Liu | Spy Thriller Movies | Double Reverse Quadruple Agent
16 videos • 3,792 views • by 🐍 Snake Movies {Languages: English, Spanish, German} {Genres: Spy Thriller, Sci-Fi} {Main Cast: Jeremy Northam, Lucy Liu, David Hewlett} Emiliana's Review: CYPHER is Vincenzo Natali's second cult film he directed after his original horror movie CUBE in 1997! This atmospheric spy thriller includes unexpected plot twists and it toys with the concepts of double agent, triple agent and so-called "double reverse quadruple agent" (see explanation below). Actor Jeremy Northam plays three different characters and personalities in this movie: Morgan Sullivan, Jack Thursby, Sebastian Rooks. This is one of the most unique spy films you'll ever watch - one of a kind! Double Reverse Quadruple Agent: The protagonist is the plaything in a Gambit Pileup in which he brainwashes himself multiple times with layers of different personalities. He ends up a hextuple spy, ultimately working for himself. He pulled a Memory Gambit before the movie began, so he could pass one set of lie-detectors to get into one agency (DigiCorp), then fail the same set of lie-detectors to get into the rival agency (Sunways Systems). At the end of the film (see Final Scene) he is conscious of his true identity in an "unbrainwashed" mind state which is only known to him and his loyal lover and girlfriend Rita Foster, played by actress Lucy Liu. With this unconventional technique he infiltrated two rival spy/intel agencies while at the same time concealing his true mission objectives. It works effectively throughout the story, because in his brainwashed states as Jack Thursby and Morgan Sullivan he does not really know himself that he is Sebastian Rooks and anything about his real top secret mission at all.