My brother rented "Replicant" from the video store in the vein attempt to see a good movie with Jean Claude Van Damme in it. In his martial arts mag it had been given a good review so he thought he'd check it out.
I had the misfortune of being in the room at the time, and with nothing pending...I sat down to watch.
To start off, looking at the cover turned me off this movie even before I watched it... the star cant act and Michael Rooker bless his heart, had never really been in anything higher than B movies. So I knew I was in for some below level film.
The story to the movie is rather simple Jake (Rooker) is trying to catch the torch (Van damme with one of the lammest hairdos ever) a serial killer who after killer his victims (always mothers) lights the on fire.
They have a very cliche'd cat and mouse game where they talk on the phone. and Jake retires to get away from the torch once and for all having been tracking him for 3 years. But after one phone call he gets a job at the NSA and somehow, they have grown a full grown replicant of Van Damme to try and track him down.
The second act in the film basically consists of Van damme looking scared and not talking, while Rooker keeps beating him and teling him to shut up. and last but not least the two Van Dammes have a crappy fight and the good guys win and walk away with hookers.
One of the worst movies I've ever seen, I didnt pay for it and I felt ripped off.
No stars.
I had the misfortune of being in the room at the time, and with nothing pending...I sat down to watch.
To start off, looking at the cover turned me off this movie even before I watched it... the star cant act and Michael Rooker bless his heart, had never really been in anything higher than B movies. So I knew I was in for some below level film.
The story to the movie is rather simple Jake (Rooker) is trying to catch the torch (Van damme with one of the lammest hairdos ever) a serial killer who after killer his victims (always mothers) lights the on fire.
They have a very cliche'd cat and mouse game where they talk on the phone. and Jake retires to get away from the torch once and for all having been tracking him for 3 years. But after one phone call he gets a job at the NSA and somehow, they have grown a full grown replicant of Van Damme to try and track him down.
The second act in the film basically consists of Van damme looking scared and not talking, while Rooker keeps beating him and teling him to shut up. and last but not least the two Van Dammes have a crappy fight and the good guys win and walk away with hookers.
One of the worst movies I've ever seen, I didnt pay for it and I felt ripped off.
No stars.