Replicas

Name: Replicas
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: January 11, 2019
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 19
Cast: Alice Eve, Amber Rivera, Amber Townsend, Aria Lyric Leabu, Emily Alyn Lind

2019

METASCORE

Overwhelming dislike based on 15 Critic Reviews

See All

USER SCORE

Mixed or average reviews based on 88 Ratings

See All

4.6

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

4.6	Your Score
4.6	User Score Mixed or average reviews based on 88 Ratings

Would you like to write a review?

There is a 75 character minimum for reviews. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. Please do not use ALL CAPS. There is no linking or other HTML allowed. Your review may be edited for content. 0/5000

Check box if your review contains spoilers

Play Sound

Please enter your birth date to watch this video:

You are not allowed to view this material at this time.

Replicas (Trailer 2)

Now Playing: Replicas (Trailer 2)

Movie Details & Credits

Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: January 11, 2019 | PG-13

Starring: Alice Eve, Amber Rivera, Amber Townsend, Aria Lyric Leabu, Emily Alyn Lind, Emjay Anthony, John Ortiz, Jonathan Dwayne, Keanu Reeves, Luis Gonzaga, Nyasha Hatendi, Thomas Middleditch

Summary: After a car accident kills his loving family, a daring neuroscientist will stop at nothing to bring them back, even if it means pitting himself against a government-controlled laboratory, a police task force, and the physical laws of science themselves.

Director: Jeffrey Nachmanoff

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 107 min

See All Details and Credits

Watch Now

Buy on

Stream On

Metascore

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Critic Reviews

Frank Scheck

Jan 11, 2019

Replicas manages to be perversely entertaining for its fast-paced first half, if only because of the sheer absurdity of its storyline. But it eventually devolves into tedious thriller tropes. Read full review

The Guardian Charles Bramesco

Jan 11, 2019

An evolutionary marvel, Reeves has figured out how to adapt to the hostile environment of mediocrity, and here he takes to the gobbledygook and gaps in logic like a genetically altered fish to water. When the guy’s good, he’s great, and when he’s bad, he’s still serviceable. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Jan 14, 2019

St. John's script is the underlying bug in the code. Science fiction is at its best when it's a morality tale – especially when dealing with tech, such as brain mapping, that is seemingly within our grasp. Yet there's no moral or emotional weight to anything William does. Read full review

Jake Cole

Jan 10, 2019

The climax’s bizarre left turns culminate in a final image so bewildering that were the film not so relentlessly dour it might have clarified Replicas as an absurdist comedy. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Jan 11, 2019

Frankensteined together from the stiff corpses of a dozen smarter movies, Replicas is a cloning thriller so carelessly stupid that it often feels like a mad science experiment gone wrong. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Jan 11, 2019

Truly dreadful...Replicas is completely ludicrous on a dozen or so levels, but it depressingly avoids the camp or style needed to make an implausible story work as pure entertainment. We’ll go with your goofy story, filmmakers, if you give us a cinematic reason to do so. Replicas never does. Not even remotely. Read full review

Joe Leydon

Jan 11, 2019

How late can a thriller spring a plot twist that at least partially compensates for all the cavernous plot holes, risible dialogue, and ludicrously illogical behavior that precede it? Probably not nearly as late as the makers of Replicas wait before introducing a third-act reveal that brazenly acknowledges just how silly things have been up to that point. Read full review

SEE ALL 15 REVIEWS

Write a Review

User Reviews

TCrossin

Mar 21, 2020

I almost did not watch this movie after reading other reviews. I am glad that I did watch this though. The acting is pretty good, but not quite to the level of John Wick. As a Sci-Fi movie, it was well written and thought out. Some reviews said that the science was not well thought. Sci-FiI almost did not watch this movie after reading other reviews. I am glad that I did watch this though. The acting is pretty good, but not quite to the level of John Wick. As a Sci-Fi movie, it was well written and thought out. Some reviews said that the science was not well thought. Sci-Fi allows for a lot of poetic license, such as the movie Interstellar. The “science” does not need to be right. I will add this to one of my favourites.… Expand

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

Mysteel

Jun 26, 2020

Not sure why this got bad reviews, I found it gripping from beginning to end. It doesnt have the great special effects maybe that's why And yes it had a very small minute or two that were a little bad acting and could've used more emotion from Keanu but pretty good.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

ferrydust

Jan 15, 2019

I'm glad I watched it. However. This story would have been better served by spanning it over several seasons of episodes; there is way way way too much going on. I'm a staunch sci-fi fan, yet ALL the scifi things just happened/progressed/clicked so quickly; the brilliance of scifi is howI'm glad I watched it. However. This story would have been better served by spanning it over several seasons of episodes; there is way way way too much going on. I'm a staunch sci-fi fan, yet ALL the scifi things just happened/progressed/clicked so quickly; the brilliance of scifi is how people respond and cope and grow (or not) in the face of crisis and change and opportunity and realization. Because so much was happening and the transitions so blisteringly fast, the human component was likewise skimmed. I'd watch the same type of film again, though couldn't commend it, and will remain sad that better justice wasn't done to the story, actors, and concepts by giving them a proper format rather than an ultra-abridged movie version.… Expand

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

SSR

Jan 27, 2019

The premise is interesting, but numerous plot holes you can drive a lorry through, Keanu's usual odd wooden acting, and a cast that also weren't great. It was just about watchable to see where the chaos was going to end up.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

Compi24

Jan 12, 2019

In traditional January movie fashion, Jeffrey Nachmanoff's "Replicas" is nearly unwatchable, featuring some of the worst acting and visual effects you'll see all year (Yes, already). It's a movie that's tied together with just enough coherence and competence to keep you in your seat, but notIn traditional January movie fashion, Jeffrey Nachmanoff's "Replicas" is nearly unwatchable, featuring some of the worst acting and visual effects you'll see all year (Yes, already). It's a movie that's tied together with just enough coherence and competence to keep you in your seat, but not enough freshness, logic, or common sense to prevent you from becoming aware of just how awful the movie is that you're watching. Truly terrible in nearly every regard. A sure-fire "must avoid."… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

QuintonKnight

Apr 7, 2019

After rewatching I realized how boring and bad the first act of this film is. The acting, all of it, is pretty bland. And the second act? Not good but the second half of the second act might be the best part of the whole movie. The pacing doesn’t seem off at all. In fact, this movie is pacedAfter rewatching I realized how boring and bad the first act of this film is. The acting, all of it, is pretty bland. And the second act? Not good but the second half of the second act might be the best part of the whole movie. The pacing doesn’t seem off at all. In fact, this movie is paced well after the first act. Once again, the child actors are highlights. They might be better than any performance in this film. So I dislike it more after rewatching.

Verdict:
Replicas is much worse than what I said last time. It does everything you expect it to do and does absolutely nothing special. It’s a waste of time.

Rating:
4/10 - Bad… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

BrianMcCritic

May 11, 2019

There are no redeeming qualities about this movie. The twists and turns are all dumb and the characters motivations made no sense. Overall a 0 an F.

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

SEE ALL 28 REVIEWS