Not the cover, but it'll have to do
(2003)

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8-22-03

Written by: Richard Taylor, Robinson Young Directed by: Oscar Luis Costo Starring: Grant Show, Vivian Wu, Steve Bacic

Encrypt starts with a fairly standard fare post-apocalyptic scenario. Twenty years ago, something bad happened, and now everybody lives in the ruined husks of surviving cites, and they fight each other for food. Major John Grant, defender of a small colony of survivors, is hired by an art collector to break into the most heavily fortified art museum ever created. There he meets Diana, the beautiful female hologram, and Encrypt, the AI in charge of killing any potential art thieves. For the most part, is a fairly typical made-for-TV sci-fi. It has the sub-standard acting and writing that you normally see in a B-movie. The dialogue is unnatural and poorly delivered. Character's emotions change abruptly, with no apparent reason. The special effects are absolutely average, with a standard complement of rippling cloaking devices, colorful tracers on the bullets, and all the fog machines you can eat. The one interesting aspect about the movie is this movie's video game feel. The characters all wear suits of high-tech armor that protect the wearer from 100 shots before becoming useless. Each suit has a little digital indicator on the wrist indicating how many shots they have left to take. Amazingly, right after a character checks this meter, something nasty kills them. The moron brigade (more on them below) encounters puzzles with disturbingly obvious solutions. However, only the wisest and most intelligent member of the little party seems to be able to figure it out. On top of all that, there's a mini-boss in a costume that looks like a reject from Power Rangers. A big downside of the movie is the small crowd of idiots...er... supporting characters that go into the museum with Major Grant. One fellow is constantly quoting classical poetry that is horribly inappropriate to the situation, while the spunky woman fighter is so obnoxious, she just has to be killed. The worst comes from the macho character, who has some of the worst lines ever spoken onscreen. Out of respect for the readers eyes, I will not repeat them here. As a whole, they make the least competent military team ever to appear on television. Sometimes I think they were trying for some kind of comic relief with this motley crew, but I found myself laughing at the movie more than the characters. In summary, this movie is about fifty percent crap and fifty percent camp. Encrypt is a standard B-movie. It has it's moments, but the usual poor writing, sub-standard acting, and terrible sci-fi clichés will irritate even the most die-hard camp fan. While it certainly isn't the worst movie ever made, it's just barely good enough to laugh at.

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From: Becky Rating: Awesome I THINK YOUR WRONG. THE MOVIE WAS GOOD BECUSE IT HAD A LOT OF ACTONING IN IT. THAT WHY SOME PEOPLE WITCH MOVIE LIKE THIS ONE. I MEAN THAT U MAY NOT LIKE THE MOVIE BUT SOME OF US SCI FI FAN MAY LIKE THIS MOVIE. THE ACTOR GOOD. LIKE STEVE BACIC AND SO OO. JUST TO NAME ONE OF THE ACTOR.