The Reconstruction of William Zero

Name: The Reconstruction of William Zero
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
Released: April 10, 2015
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 57

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FilmBuff | Release Date: April 10, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: A geneticist wakes up from an accident with only fragments of his memory is forced to relearn who he is via his twin brother. But as he digs deeper, he discovers he might not be who he thought at all.

Director: Dan Bush

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

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 98 min

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John DeFore

Mar 11, 2015

While the film plays strongly as both mystery and haunted love story, Bush also gets plenty of mileage simply from the drama of one man's attitude toward himself, if such a thing even exists. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Apr 6, 2015

Cinematically speaking, this high-concept, low-budget sci-fi mind-bender falls into the same category as Shane Carruth’s shoestring marvel “Primer,” relying on creative ingenuity rather than elaborate effects to keep geek auds ensnared by its multi-layered mystery. Read full review

Robert Abele

Apr 9, 2015

Byrne does a fine job fragmenting William's innocent, scary and guilt-ridden sides, and Amy Seimetz makes his wife a compelling, grief-stricken figure. But The Reconstruction of William Zero has its own identity problem, essentially, being a solid sci-fi story with a welcome emotional component, yet never fully effective at either. Read full review

Noel Murray

Apr 7, 2015

The less oblique and more direct the movie gets, the worse it is. Read full review

Keith Uhlich

Apr 15, 2015

It’s always easy to see what Bush and Byrne are aiming for with this timely piece of speculative fiction. But their execution is, with rare exception, weakly imitative at best and exasperatingly inept at worst. Read full review

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ScribeHard

Apr 11, 2015

The Reconstruction of William Zero is a dazzling independent science fiction film from director Dan Bush, who co-scripted with star Conal Byrne. The writer/director and writer/star are so successful because they offer an incredibly strong story, performance, and directorial effort.

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Vadertime

Feb 22, 2016

This movie got me with the twist almost towards the end. As clone movies go, this is better than most and has a story to tell. Of-course having a small budget limited what it could explain, but with a bigger budget it might have less to say. Take the movie on "The Sixth Day", with Arnold,This movie got me with the twist almost towards the end. As clone movies go, this is better than most and has a story to tell. Of-course having a small budget limited what it could explain, but with a bigger budget it might have less to say. Take the movie on "The Sixth Day", with Arnold, which was also a clone movie, but ultimately very disappointing despite the special effects. This movie has a far better story and has an ending with some closure.… Expand

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