Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Cypher

  • 09-11-2003 2:35am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,425 ✭✭✭


    Jeremy Northam was great in this dark, cryptic thriller. Lucy Lui was actually pretty good in her role too. It kinda had a "made-for-tv" feel about it, but it's still great! :)
    I was completely lost at certain points, all the double-agent shenanigans were fantastic.


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,213 ✭✭✭✭therecklessone


    Saw it tonight, really enjoyed it. Highly stylised with great cinematography.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,025 ✭✭✭yellum


    Saw this Friday night in the IFI. Really liked it and loved the whole crossing and double crossing and what was real and what wasn't.

    Jeremy Northam was really good in this flick. His acting was superb. The end was played out too fast though and the ending was a bit too sweet. Still its a good followup from the guy that did Cube.

    The score in this was pretty good too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭davej


    Yes it was pretty good alright though
    I saw through the twist as soon as the mysterious Sebastian Rook was mentioned. (Did you notice that Northam's character was described a number of times as the "pawn"?)
    which made it slightly less enjoyable for me.

    For a while there I thought the whole agent/double agent would descend into a circular pattern which would never resolve itself. So it was refreshing to see a definite conclusion

    I loved the almost monchrome cinematography and the gradual transformation of
    Northam from geeky loser to super-spy
    . But one thing i found a little annoying was the whole stealing of data. Have people in the not-too-distant future lost the concept of backing up stuff ?

    davej


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 726 ✭✭✭lamda


    I did enjoy this (despite Lucy Liu and her limited acting abilities) but was really disappointed by the ending.... it just seemed a real anti climax


Advertisement