Review of Replicas (2018) by Alejandro S — 11 Jan 2019
There are interesting ideas in Replicas but they are ideas that take the back seat for suspense that does not grip or intrigue that does not interest. Reeves tries to carry the film the best he can but we have also, sadly, see him play this exact role before, many times.
The most interesting thing in the movie is in the middle when Reeves brings back to life his family that died in a car crash. They are clones and each child feels different. His wife confronts him and realizes this truth.
Reeves can do nothing but confess what he did. It is at that moment that the film should have turned into an amazing concept with complication but the filmmakers opted for a standard suspense with corporate bad guys.
It's really a waste that this movie lands in the stack of what it could have been rather than what it ended up being: a mediocre standard film with nothing special to recommend.
This review of Replicas (2018) was written by Alejandro S on 11 Jan 2019.
Replicas has generally received mixed reviews.
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