Replicant
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Replicant |
| Original title | Replicant |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ringo Lam |
| script |
Lawrence David Riggins Les Weldon |
| production |
Danny Lerner John Thompson David Dadon |
| music | Guy Zerafa |
| camera | Mike Southon |
| cut | David M. Richardson |
| occupation | |
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Replicant is an American science fiction - thriller by director Ringo Lam from the year 2001 with Jean-Claude Van Damme in the main and another double role. The film was first released in Germany in September 2001.
action
Seattle is hit by a series of murders in which officer Jake Riley is investigating. Single mothers are cruelly murdered and then set on fire. When the killer cannot be arrested, even though he keeps talking to Riley on the phone, the policeman ends his career in frustration. A secret government agency uses a new type of technology and clones the stranger using DNA analysis of traces found at the crime scene. The resulting replicant is supposed to help snatch his original. But before he is able to do so, he must get to know the world in which he was placed. Jack Riley can be won over for this and he becomes his tutor first, then his fellow investigator. For fear of the replicant, however, he does not treat him like a colleague, but like a prisoner, which even Riley's mother criticizes. By analyzing the face, Riley finds the identity of the woman killer in the police computer, to which he gains access with the help of his ex-colleague: Edward Garotte. During the subsequent search of Garotte's apartment, the replicant saves him from a bomb trap because the latter is now beginning to take over Garotte's thoughts. After this act, Riley treats the replicant better. This is followed by a brutal hunt for garrots, in which there is an encounter between the original and the copy. Garotte tries to convince his other self that he is his "brother" and Riley is his enemy. Finally, Garotte kills his own mother, who was the reason for his actions, in a hospital, where the three men experience a fatal showdown in the crematorium .
criticism
The lexicon of international films described the film as a "thoroughly successful B-film." It tells "its straightforward story with many hardships" , but without ignoring "the psyche of its protagonists" . It is about a "straightforwardly implemented film in its bitter statement" , which "makes the dark events almost perfect in its optics" . With leading actor Jean-Claude Van Damme, the film "found an ideal cast."
Awards
In 2001 the film was nominated for a Video Premiere Award in the categories Best Live-Action Video Premiere Movie and Best Actor .
background
This is Ringo Lam's third film with van Damme in the lead role.
Frames
In addition to the uncut version (approved for ages 18+) there is also a cut version (approved for ages 16+), which was relieved of scenes of violence and Garotte's rabid behavior.
Web links
- Replicant in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Replicant at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Comparison of the cut versions FSK 16 - FSK 18 from Replicant at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for replicant . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2009 (PDF; test number: 87 513 DVD).
- ↑ Replicant. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .