Cypher Page #5

Synopsis: Hoping for a more exciting life than the suburban drawl he currently inhabits, nerdy salary man Morgan Sullivan takes a job as an industrial spy at Digicorp, a global computer corporation. Digicorp assigns him the duty of flying to various conventions around America, recording the speeches that are made. But when Sullivan meets a mysterious woman he begins to realize that his job may not be what it seems, as he descends into a dark underworld of brainwashing and struggles to maintain his own identity.
Director(s): Vincenzo Natali
Production: Miramax
  5 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
58%
R
Year:
2002
95 min
Website
295 Views


remain inside the elevator.

For your safety, please

remain inside the elevator.

Emergency crews are on their way.

For your safety, please

remain inside the elevator.

Jump!

Now!

I told you I'd know where you'd be.

- Is this Rooks?

- I can take the disk now.

Jamison, one of our operatives.

Rooks is back at the hotel.

He's looking forward to seeing you.

The car's waiting downstairs.

Call me when you get to the lab.

- This is where Rooks lives?

- For now. He moves around a lot.

- But you know where he is at all times?

- We have a special relationship.

Your assignment is nearly

finished, Mr. Sullivan.

I'll be back in a moment.

Finster.

- It's Morgan Sullivan.

- Sullivan! What happened to you?

I'm in the penthouse suite of an old

building. I don't know where it is.

We're tracing the call. We'll

be there shortly. Where's Rooks?

- I'm just about to meet him.

- Get off the phone before he sees you.

He will kill you, understand? Hold

on to the disk. We're on our way.

- Don't come any closer.

- Put the gun down, Mr. Sullivan.

I'll break it. You come

any further, I'll break it.

I gave you the Sunways disk. This

one is yours. The one Rooks wants.

Stop!

- You really don't want to do that.

- You used me. You and Rooks.

- You used me from the very start.

- Wait, let me explain.

No. Finster already

explained everything.

- When did you talk to Finster?

- He's on his way. I just called him.

If Rooks wants this disk

before Finster arrives,

you better unlock that

door and let me go.

Listen to me. Sebastian Rooks is

not the person you think he is.

Sebastian Rooks is a ruthless spy

- and so are you.

- No, you're wrong. He's-

I know about you.

I know about the two of you. I know

about your special relationship.

Please, just hear me out. I-

I don't want to hear any more lies!

I don't want to hear any more lies!

God! I can't believe I thought

you actually cared about me.

- I can't believe I was such a fool.

- I do care about you.

No, no.

Just go see Rooks. It'll be okay.

Hurry. Find him.

I tried stopping you, but you insisted.

You said it was the only way to

steal the data from the vault.

Welcome home, Mr. Rooks.

Come on. Finster will

be here any minute.

No, no. No more lies. You

can't trick me anymore.

Listen to me. You are

not Morgan Sullivan.

You created him out of

your own imagination.

Your life in the suburbs, your

miserable marriage-- Your wife, Amy,

was one of your own

operatives playing a part

you assigned her.

The more you fight the

truth, the more it'll hurt.

It's not possible.

You used the same brainwashing

technique Digicorp uses.

You were the one who sold them

the technology to begin with.

- This makes no sense!

- It makes perfect sense!

By turning yourself into Morgan Sullivan

was the only way you could pass

Digicorp's neuro-graph.

It was the only way you could get hired

to be their spy and get sent to Sunways.

- Why would anyone do this?

- For this.

- What's on it?

- I was hoping you could tell me.

You don't know?

I've put a lot of faith

into this assignment.

Clear! Freeze! Don't move!

Sunways Security! Identify

yourself! Digicorp Security!

- You're following me, Callaway?

- I'm here for Rooks, not you.

That's who I am here for.

- You've flown this before?

- No, never.

You know how to fly it. You designed it.

- I don't know what to do.

- Sebastian Rooks knows.

- I can't remember Sebastian Rooks!

- You remembered that you loved me.

Just think.

We're out.

Did you get a look at him?

Did you see Rooks' face?

Just Morgan Sullivan, our pawn.

Jesus! He's Rooks.

Is it what you want?

Yes.

Yes. It's you.

The file in the vault was

erased. And this is the only copy.

Now there's no copy at all.

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