nicky g
09-03-2003, 11:10 AM
I imagine this has been and gone in the US, but worth renting on DVD if that's the case. It's about a man who becomes an industrial spy and finds out that things aren't quite what they seem etc. Stars Jeremy Northam and Lucy Liu, and is by the director whop made "Cube", which I've not seen but heard good things about. The usual twist-after-twist-y nonsense but it's pretty stylishly done, well-paced and Lucy Liu is hot in it (I previously didn't think much of her). The final twist is quite impressive, though the very end of the film doesn't quite work and spoils it a bit. A lot of references to chess and North-by-North-West (possibly my favourite film ever, which I forgot to mention on the favourite film thread) - in many ways a kind of NbyNW for the computer age, though not really comic and lacking Cary Grant's ultra-coolness. Definitely worth a look for fans of spy films or sci-fi thrillers.