Replicas
SCORE: 59
I was looking for something interesting
and different to watch on one of our movie nights where it was my pick.
I came across Replicas starring Keanu Reeves. He plays a scientist
trying to map the human brain after death and to place it into a
synthetic body. He keeps failing at this and his boss is a bit unhappy
since the financial donors are getting nervous. Then his family dies on
him in an accident that was his fault.
What is a scientist to do? He grows clone bodies of most of his family,
and works on a way to transfer their minds to the new bodies. He never
reports that his family died so he must take control of all of their
devices and keep their lives going until he can bring them back in the
clone bodies. He also must show up to work to keep up appearances.
Somehow he has time to do all of these things.
The issues families will have with Replicas are blood, violence, nudity,
lack of attire, enticement to lust, bad language, sexual content, and
more. The moral and ethical issues that are in Replicas are interesting
indeed. If you could grow a new body and map the brain then you could
become immortal. SPOILER ALERT! The ending of Replicas touches upon how
that would make people wealthy.
So much of Replicas makes no sense to me. He somehow gets away with his
family being gone for close to three weeks. No one questions it. No one
notices. He even goes longer without one of his kids. Again no one
reports them missing. SPOILER ALERT! They can steal all of this gear
from their employer because the employer is actually working for other
people that want military applications. His wife was against the morals
and ethics of his work but is okay with it when it brings her back to
life.
Too much of Replicas is totally predictable. Trying to leave on the boat
at night was so predictable that it irritated me. The same goes for what
the scientist does to save his family back at the lab. Some actors and
actresses had passion for their parts and others did not. It felt weird
that one person is all invested and the other seems half there. Replicas
has too much of a disconnect.
- Paul
Graphics: 60%
Sound: 60%
Replay/Extras: 60%
Gameplay: 65%
Family Friendly Factor: 50%
System: Netflix
Publisher: Entertainment Studios
Developer: Riverstone Pictures
Rating: ‘TV-PG’ - (Sexual References, Disturbing Images, Some Nudity,
Thematic Material, Violence)
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