Encrypt (TV 2003)

By the year 2068, the Earth's ozone is gone, violent and uncontrollable storms are razing it's surface as a result. A small group of military survivors are the defenders of the last of ... See full summary »

Director:

Oscar L. Costo

Writers:

Richard Taylor (story), Richard Taylor (teleplay),

Stars:

Grant Show, Vivian Wu, Steve Bacic

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Grant Show	...	Garth
Vivian Wu	...	Diana
Steve Bacic	...	Lapierre
Matthew G. Taylor	...	King
Naomi Gaskin	...	Hernandez
Wayne 'Crescendo' Ward	...	Ebershaw (as Wayne Ward)
Art Hindle	...	Anton Reich
Hannah Lochner	...	Mandy
Vickie Papavs	...	Mandy's Mom
Mairtin O'Carrigan	...	Garth's Dad
Carolyn Goff	...	Elaine
Billy Otis	...	Lead Rat
Mauricio Rodas	...	Chortling Rat
Jeff Kassel	...	Limping Rat
Kelly Fiddick	...	Survivor

Storyline

By the year 2068, the Earth's ozone is gone, violent and uncontrollable storms are razing it's surface as a result. A small group of military survivors are the defenders of the last of human kind and when Captain John Garth is approached to do a job by a former brother-in-arms Lapierre, who is now employed by Reich, an eco-profiteer, in order to save his father & a few other survivors Garth agrees. He & a small group of mercenaries are to break into the near-impenetrable Vincent Estate & retrieve priceless works of "art" that were stored there before the apocalypse. But there is a deadly computer controlled defense system called "Encrypt" that they must circumvent, along with a killer robot called the Rook & the human-like holographic security chief Diana, who holds the key to Earth's total destruction---or it's complete salvation.

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Plot Keywords:

invisibility | hologram | android | fictional war | post apocalypse | 

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Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 June 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Contrato Mortal

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Not as bad as some people make it out to be

I switched to this movie because nothing else was on and expected the usual garbage that comes out of a "Sci-Fi Channel Original", due to low budgets and everything else. I was actually pretty impressed with the script when I took considerations for what TV writers have to go through in terms of rigorous formulas and budget crises. There were definitely some issues: was it really necessary to have a bad guy? What if the team really was going after what the hero thinks they are going after? The worst was that stupid robot Rook; although it's not a bad name for a robot, it looked like a 30s scifi plastic piece of junk. We could have skipped all of that. The psychological games between the hologram and the hero actually make up about 90% of this film anyway. The rest is just 10 minutes of silly subplot. Without any of the extra fluff and with a budget this movie actually had the potential to work.