Replicas Reviews

Since this movie seemed to have a rather lame reputation, I wasn’t expecting much but since it was starring Keanu Reeves, I thought I might as well check it out anyway. To be honest, you might wonder why, at this point in his career, Reeves would accept to be in such an ugly and dumb science-fiction flick. To make things worse, it has been a while since I saw this actor delivering such a wooden performance. At least, I hope that he did get a good paycheck. In fact, even though I might be in the minority, I actually think that the damned thing had some potential though. Indeed, if they had the guts to go for a really daft dark comedy or some ghastly horror tale, it could have worked. Unfortunately, they went obviously for the most generic approach possible and the end-result was therefore just seriously tedious. Indeed, instead of going for something daring or developing the moral and ethical dilemmas at stake, they focused on some pathetic and unconvincing high-tech gadgets. Coming back on the cast, concerning Alice Eve, I always had a weak spot for this actress and I think she probably had the most interesting character in this movie. Indeed, she did discover that she recently died during a nasty car accident and that she was actually a clone which was quite a lot to take in. Unfortunately, the makers really did nothing at all with this and, instead, Eve did end up with another completely half-baked character who just stood by and waited until her husband took all the decisions for her. It’s too bad because she actually has an interesting charisma but, unfortunately, she spent more of her career with such terribly weak movies. Anyway, to conclude, I think I was actually rather generous with my rating here, the damned thing was indeed really weak and you should probably avoid it.