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Overview

User Rating:
7.1/10   10,349 votes
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Director:
Vincenzo Natali
Writer (WGA):
Brian King (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
18 January 2003 (Japan) more
Tagline:
Never forget who you are. more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
5 wins & 3 nominations more
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(9 articles)
First Snazzy Clip From Vincenzo Natali’s Splice
 (From Beyond Hollywood. 9 October 2009, 7:46 AM, PDT)

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User Comments:
Good premise and story, just doesn't quite give enough weight more (92 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jeremy Northam ... Morgan Sullivan

Lucy Liu ... Rita Foster
Nigel Bennett ... Finster

Timothy Webber ... Callaway

David Hewlett ... Virgil C. Dunn

Kari Matchett ... Diane

Kristina Nicoll ... Amy

Joseph Scoren ... Digicorp Technician #1
Stephen Brown ... Digicorp Technician #2

Arnold Pinnock ... Pilot In Mensroom
Jocelyn Snowdon ... Stewardess to Buffalo

Boyd Banks ... Fred Garfield
Steve Jackson ... Waiter Buffalo
Dan Duran ... Buffalo Speaker #1
Valerie Buhagiar ... Buffalo Speaker #2
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Brainstorm (International: English title)
Company Man (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for some language.
Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Company:
Pandora Cinema more

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Trivia:
The phone number encoded using Job 13:17 is 436-726-3993, which uses the apparently unused area code 436, and does not comply with the convention to use 555 as a prefix for fictional phone numbers. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: When Morgan is given his fake California ID, it shows a Blue and a Red Bar below the name and address. The Blue line is to denote a provisional license for those under 18 at the time of issuance, and the red bar is to denote what year the ID holder turns 21. Morgan is appears to be in his 30's, so there would be no colored bars on his ID. more
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References Johnny Mnemonic (1995) more

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18 out of 32 people found the following comment useful.
Good premise and story, just doesn't quite give enough weight, 16 March 2005
6/10
Author: Richard Brunton (imdb-update@brunton.org.uk) from Edinburgh, Scotland

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. It's just difficult to do with Cypher.

The movie isn't as exciting as I thought it would be either, especially after the verbal hype it received. What's even more difficult is I can't put my finger on why, there doesn't seem to be something totally tangible, it just doesn't quite hit the mark.

The premise is excellent, and there are some interesting moments and cleverly constructed twists, but there'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.

Shame 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.

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