The world has gone to Hell. And Hell has sent it back. By 2068, wars and ecological assaults have ravaged the Earth's atmosphere. The ozone layer lies in shreds, as continent-sized storms punish the landscape. Camps of survivors fight for whatever scraps of food remain. And anything can be food. One old man at a camp in Los Angeles sees that hunters have brought in coyote meat — already butchered. "But there ain't no coyotes left," he notes with a sad, terrible wisdom. And he'll still eat the stew they serve. JOHN THOMAS GARTH (Grant Show, Melrose Place) is another survivor. A former major in the Marines, the recipient of the Medal of Honor, he tries to protect his people from what seems more and more like the inevitable end. But then hope comes — bearing a pulse rifle and an attitude. A former Marine by the name of LaPIERRE (Steve Bacic, Andromeda, SCI FI Pictures' Threshold) knew Garth before it all went bad. Now LaPierre's working for ANTON REICH (Art Hindle, Invasion of the Body Snatchers), an obscenely wealthy powerbroker who profited from the cataclysm. Reich's offer seems simple: Garth will "liberate" the world's art treasures, put into safekeeping at the nearby Vincent Estate. In exchange, Garth's people will have all the food and medicine they need. Garth will lead an elite squad consisting of recon specialist FERNANDEZ (Naomi Gaskin), hulking ex-Marine sniper KING (Matthew G. Taylor) and tech specialist EBERSHAW a.k.a. The Poet (Wayne Ward). They're equipped with force-field body armor and other futuristic weapons and defenses. All they have to do is get past ENCRYPT — the security system that has torn two previous elite squads to ribbons. So begins a mesmerizing journey into the heart and soul of soldiers, as Garth and his team encounter the beautiful DIANA (Vivian Wu, The Last Emperor, the SCI FI series Strange World), the estate's holographic head of security. The soul of a dead woman now at the heart of a machine, she forces them to question their motives, their mission, their very lives — and she in turn is forced to question her own. Which would all be a nice little tea party were it not for lethal stealth-humans, booby-traps and a monstrosity called THE ROOK — an autonomous combat robot designed to destroy intruders. Director Oscar Luis Costo — producer of the Vanishing Son telefilms and SCI FI Pictures' Clive Barker Presents Saint Sinner, and a director on such series as The Pretender, Sliders and Dark Skies — and fresh young screenwriters Richard Taylor and Robinson Young have crafted an action film that quotes Virgil as much as it does the best war-movie epics. The secret of ENCRYPT is no secret: It's a hard-charging combat story with smarts. John Garth  …  GRANT SHOW Diana  …  VIVIAN WU LaPierre  …  STEVE BACIC King  …  MATTHEW G. TAYLOR Hernandez  …  NAOMI GASKIN Ebershaw  …  WAYNE WARD Anton Reich  …  ART HINDLE Mandy  …  HANNAH LOCHNER Mandy's Mom  …  VICKIE PAPAVS Garth's Dad  …  MARTIN O'CARRIGAN Garth's wife Elaine  …  CAROLYN GOFF SCI FI Pictures Amber Light Films Screenplay by RICHARD TAYLOR and ROBINSON YOUNG Directed by OSCAR LUIS COSTO Executive Producers ANN WESTON, MARCY GROSS Producer DEREK S. RAPPAPORT Associate Producer PAUL M. LEONARD Director of Photography MICHAEL GALBRAITH Editor ANDREW COHEN Music MISHA SEGAL Art Director JON GOULDING Production Designer ED HANNA Costume Designer RUTH SECORD Visual Effects MICHAEL KOWALSKI, ALLAN MAGLED Soho Visual Effects Special Effects JOHN LAFORET Prosthetics / Creature Effects A. SCOTT HAMILTON