David Hewlett, Jeremy Northam, Joseph Scoren
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 fata...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 2, 2005
Stats: 488 reviews
Very cool cyber-spy thriller that I just chanced upon. Well worth an evening's viewing. A hi-tech industrial espionage plot with many twists and one of the coolest sci-fi vehicles (helicopter) I've ever seen.
Pulpy sci-fi espionage thriller that's so full of twists and turns you soon don't know whether you're coming or going. It often seems that the plot is unnecessarily convoluted just for the sake of appearing more clever than it really is, but Lucy Liu adds some much welcome glamour.
the first flick i've seen that lucy liu is good in, except for maybe her part in kill bill 1. it's very imaginative which is good and i like the little bits of black humour involved
Quirky but interesting premise..plot gets more convoluted as it progresss however..some nice comedic touches..worth a watch..good male lead performance
I am giving an extra half-star out of benefit-of-the-doubt. I was watching it in the background as I did other stuff, and it quickly became too convulted to properly follow or care about. A shame as I wanted to like it. I'll try again giving it my full attention some day.
Slick and polished to the extreme, and so over the top that it comes across as a parody of itself at times. The hues hardly stray from cold, bluish grays as cliches about conspiring mega-corporations, brainwashing, doub..triple... quadruple agents, super-valuable data disks and h...( read more)
Corporate spying with a science fiction twist. At times a bit unbelievable, but Northam is a convincing spy without any of the typical spyish combat scenes. The ending is great with a neat twist, although the stolen 'data' is a disappointing cliche. Northam gets the voice and cha...( read more)
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