Replicant

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Summary: WOW A MUST SEE FOR EVERYONE!!!!!!
Review: I have been abd Van Damme fan most of my life and let me tell you this is his best work yet. I have the VCD of this movie not the DVD but I figured that I would write about the movie any ways. Van Damme is incredible in this movie it is his best acting yet. There are not to many fighting scenes but the few that are in this movie are great. Van Damme does a great job acting as a villian named the Torch and a his clone who at first has the mind of a little kid. Then as the movie progresses he starts thinking like the Torch and he remembers everything that the Torch did in his life. Let me just tell you buy this when it is released you'll be satisfied. I wish that this movie would be released theatrically because this could definately boost Van Damme back to super stardom.

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Summary: Well I¿ll be Van Damme¿d.
Review: I never thought I'd ever give a Van Damme movie 4 stars. I also never thought I'd see the day that Van Damme would perform as a "real" actor. Well, folks. This is the day, and this is the film. While this may only be a fluke (like Segal's UNDER SEIGE), one can always hope.

Granted, the storyline isn't much to talk about (what is it that makes Van Damme want to play two rolls?), and the premise itself is absolutely unbelievable ... still, it is not without interest, but one must keep eyes tightly closed to a few plot holes and contrivances. But believe it or not, what helped make this film interesting was Van Damme's performance (that and Ringo Lam's fast, hard-hitting direction -- he also directed Van Damme's MAXIMUM RISK).

If you're not much of a Van Damme fan, I doubt this film will change your mind. But for those of us who enjoy mindless action every now and again, this film turned into a real surprise. Between 1 and 10, REPLICANT gets a marginal 7. Happily, I got much more than I bargained for.

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Summary: "Replicant" is vintage Van Damme!!
Review: I really haven't seen much of Jean-Claude Van Damme lately, but when I found out that he was finally making "Replicant", I knew that I had to check it out for myself. I was waiting for "Replicant" to come to theaters, but it never showed up. So I looked around on the Internet to see if it was coming to DVD or video soon, and sure enough, there it was! When I saw it on my DVD player, I found out that it was a really great Van Damme film! "Replicant" centers around Van Damme as a serial killer being hunted down by Michael Rooker's character as a jaded cop who has spent months tracking the killer down, but somehow he got forced to retire. The National Security Force offers Rooker a chance to finally catch the killer once and for all. The solution: to create a replicated clone (also Van Damme) that will sense where the killer had been living, etc., and will try to stop him dead. But, of course, in order to do all of that, Rooker's character will have to teach him how to talk and walk like a newborn baby, etc. The fight sequences were incredible and there was action, action all the way through! To me, "Replicant" is much, much better than when I saw double Van Damme for the first time in "Double Impact" Also, I think that this is one of the better Van Damme films, aside from "Knock Off", "Sudden Death", "Kickboxer", "Nowhere to Run", "The Quest", "Maximum Risk", "Bloodsport", "Cyborg", "Lionheart", "Hard Target", and last, but not least, "Street Fighter". And all I have to say is that you should prepare for "maximum Van Dammination" in "Replicant"!

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Summary: This is one of Van Damme's BEST!
Review: I saw this movie earlier this year, very good effects, stunts, fights, characters, story, acting and all! The entire package is there! I would recommend getting this movie on DVD. Its one of Van Damme's BEST films ever.

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Summary: 100% Van Damage
Review: I wish I had a replicant as well. That way one of me could watch this movie 24 hours a day. It is a masterpiece worthy of AFI top 100 movies. The fact that it was snubbed by the oscars is a travesty.

I used to think of Michael Rooker as a poor mans David Morse. Now I view the man as the only real actor ever to grace the face of the planet. Watch this movie and you will feel his inner turmoil as a man paired with a clone of his serial killing rival. If you only see one straight to video Van Damme film this year make it REPLICANT!

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Summary: Good enterntainment
Review: I've seen replicant in the theater in belgium, where it got a cinematic release. I've been a van damme fan for a long time, but still i went with mixed feelings. Let's face it, van damme has made a couple off bad careerchoices the last couple of years. His last movies didn't do so well, and they weren't really great either. But this movie suprised me, ok, the storyline is a bit thin, (van damme plays the torch, and to catch him they make a clone of the torch, but the clone must learn about life to, pretty funny), but there's pretty good acting in it, a few action scenes which are really great. It's good entertainment, a good action-thriller. If you like movies like the watcher, then you'll defenitely appreciate the replicant. Good movie, but nothing more, just put your mind at zero, and watch.

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Summary: The Quintessential Van-Damme
Review: If you haven't seen a Van-Damme flick in a while...do yourself a favor and get this one. This movie is good! People often rag on storylines for not being realistic....but hey...isn't that what the entire genre of Sci-Fi is all about. Now, The Replicant isn't exactly sci-fi....but it's smart, action-packed Van-Damme all the way. And, by the by, Van-Damme's a good actor in my book. And this film exemplifies that to the fullest. He gives a chilling performance as "The Torch" and an almost tear-jerking performance as "The Replicant"....watch the movie...you'll understand. If that's not good acting.....I don't know what is. Buy it, watch it. Whatever. I only wish they had released this in the theaters...so a whole new generation can see what a real action star is. So there's my two cents. Now go do your part and buy the movie.

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Summary: THIS SHOULD'VE HIT THEATRES
Review: IN AN ATTEMPT TO CATCH A SERIAL KILLER [VAN DAMME], THE POLICE CLONE THE SERIAL KILLER [THE CLONE IS ALSO PLAYED BY VAN DAMME]. HMM, THIS IS DEFINITELY A FIRST. NOT ONLY DOES VAN DAMME PLAY THE USUAL HERO, BUT HE ALSO PLAYS THE VILLAIN. VAN DAMME ACTUALLY MAKES A VERY INTRIGUING BAD GUY. THIS MOVIE IS DEFINITELY A HIGH STEP UP FROM MOVIES LIKE ''DESERT HEAT'' AND ''LEGIONNAIRE''. GOOD ACTION SEQUENCES AND A CLEVER PLOT. VAN DAMME SHOULD PLAY A VILLAIN MORE OFTEN. THIS SHOULD BE A TREAT FOR ACTION FANS AND VAN DAMME FANS ALIKE. ACTUALLY ONE OF VAN DAMME'S BEST MOVIES.

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Summary: Touching Van Damme!
Review: In the most compelling Van Damme picture yet, he acts as a serial killer and a clone, or in other words, 'replicant'. He has the mind of a five-year-old in a forty-year-old man's body. The clone learns how to stand, walk and sit all at once. Good boy. "Sit!" is a typical command from his master, Jake (Michael Rooker) who is also a cop. Retirement was on his agenda, but the psychopath stopped him from putting down his gun. The clone helps Jake find the killer and all mayhem occurs! The clone can do ballerina tricks and the killer knows martial arts. They fight in a bar and the killer actually picked up a vacuum cleaner and threw it! Strength! The clone started to pick up on his senses and helped Jake get the killer. He started to feel emotions and feel saddened by the loss of the killer's mother. Van Damme is an ultra genius for this one and the ending will leave you sobbing the night away.

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Summary: Better then you'd think
Review: Its not the best movie but its worth checking out for sure. Better then anything Van Damme has done in the last 4-5 years!