Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Lumsdal Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

adonis98-743-186503 Scientists create a genetic clone of a serial killer in order to help catch the killer, teaming up with two cops. Replicant boasts another terrific and strong perfomance from Jean Claude Van Damme and this time? in both sides of the coin. I mean i love the shy and also pretty dangerous clone but i also very much enjoyed the bad psychotic murderer role as well. Michael Rooker was also very good in his role as well. If you enjoyed seeing the double Arnie's from The 6th Day (2000) you're going to love this fast paced action thriller as well.... (10/10)

wes-connors We begin brutally, with the assault of an attractive and barely-dressed young woman. A scraggly-haired killer beats the woman, then sets her on fire. Her baby is spared, but must witness the incident. It is committed by the first of star Jean-Claude Van Damme's dual roles in this film – he is Edward Garrotte, known as "The Torch" for setting his victims on fire. Let's call him "Bad Van Damme ". A serial killer, Bad Van Damme delights in tormenting the Seattle, Washington Police Department. He even calls detective Michael Rooker (as Jacob "Jake" Riley) to boast. After over three years of trying to capture Bad Van Damme, Mr. Rooker has reached the end of the line. Unexpectedly, Rooker decides to end his retirement when a top secret government group hires him to hunt Bad Van Damme...Rooker is given an unusual new partner – "Replicant". This man may be the clone of Bad Van Damme and appears to share psychic powers with his twin. Let's call him "Good Van Damme" (relatively speaking). Born looking exactly as his adult counterpart, but with a neater hairstyle, Good Van Damme learns gymnastics by watching TV. He does it better than sitting or standing. Despite his mastery of gymnastics, Good Van Damme appears to have the mind of a small child. Rooker starts out disciplining him violently, because Good Van Damme reminds him of Bad Van Damme. Rooker and Good Van Damme go after Bad Van Damme, but the relationship between the three gets complicated. You'll have to watch to see if Good Van Damme stays good and helps Rooker capture Bad Van Damme...The violent interaction between the three muscular men is directed by Ringo Lam. He does a fine job moving the story and keeping the level of excitement high – but the emphasis is on violent action and thinly-reasoned martial arts cloning. There is only a sketchy match-up between the mechanics and story. We don't really know what martial arts has to do with cloning; possibly, the original Van Damme studied the arts before letting his hair grow and killing bad mothers. The character played by Rooker is also very violent, which is never explained – or even addressed properly in the film. Note how quickly Rooker beats up his partner after he assumes the handcuffed man attacked a boy. Rooker is not only wrong, but also does nothing that would have helped the kid or brought back his Popsicle.***** Replicant (5/11/01) Ringo Lam ~ Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Rooker, Catherine Dent, Ian Robison

thinker1691 Modern Science has achieved many wonders in the real world. Indeed, such wonders have also been the wellspring of the movies and vice-versa. This movie is one such example. The story is of police officer Jake Riley (Michael Rooker), a Seattle detective out to snare an elusive criminal arsonist called 'The Torch.' (Jean-Claude Van Damme) Years have been amassed chasing him and Jake retires. Not wanting to end the game, The Torch, baits him to return. Also wanting to capture the deadly criminal, the Government run NSA offers Riley a Clone of the actual killer to assist him. With the body of an adult and the mind of a growing child, Riley and his assistant chase after the notorious killer and soon unforeseen events combine to put the police, Riley and the public in mortal danger. Mayham ensues as do physical confrontations, car chases, fiery explosions and death raining everywhere. Van dame is superb as the unstoppable heavy as well as his infant twin. While Michael Rooker is fast becoming a cinema Icon. The movie develops as fast as the audience can keep up and its a roller coaster ride after that. Excellent movie. ****

Scarecrow-88 A "genetic double", cloned from the DNA of a serial killer nicknamed Torch(..for how he burns the female corpses of mommies who resemble the horrible maternal figure who abused him as a child), will be used to track him down, partnered up with disgruntled ex-cop Jake(Michael Rooker). Jake has been after Garrotte for so long, it has developed into an obsession that wrecked his marriage with cop Angie(Catherine Dent). The chase is on but will Jake be able to babysit this clone, whose an infant to the world around him, and succeed in his mission to capture Torch once and for all? Can the replicant be trusted, since he is, after all, a "brother", in a sense, to Torch? Collaberating with director Ringo Lam once again, Jean-Claude Van Damme actually has here one of his better Post-Time Cop movies, starring in dual roles, as both a vicious psycho and essentially a child responding to a brand new world alien to him. And, I'll be damned if he doesn't pull it off! Torch is easily one of JCVD's most sadistic characters, pummeling women and men alike, no conscience or humanity, just a nasty, cold-blooded killer who stares down anyone who in his path, superkicking them out of his way. JCVD, as the replicant, however, is a polar opposite to Torch, an innocent drug about, mostly by handcuffs, like a houndog by a monumentally angry Rooker. Rooker is on edge the entire film, a short fuse with one goal in mind and that's to find and kill Torch. JCVD's replicant is often victimized by Rooker because he's a direct image of the man he's pursued for a long period of time. As you'd expect, Rooker grows fond of the replicant and eventually the showdowns commence. JCVD uses a lot of stunt doubles in this movie because Ringo Lam stages several incredible set-pieces which demand dangerous stunts. While JCVD doesn't really emote when portraying Garrotte, he really doesn't have to because as this killer, he physically destroys innocent people in vast quantities(..particularly during the finale in the hospital)..you hate him for his violent conduct towards others alone. The scene certain to raise eyebrows will be when Rooker "strip searches" JCVD's replicant for a properly placed tracking device. When you compare Replicant to the host of direct-to-video actioners JCVD has put out recently, it isn't so bad. Does it cover new terrain? The science-fiction angle regarding cloning aside, no, not really. But, it moves relatively well and there's enough thrilling set-pieces to maintain interest, I think, and seeing JCVD in a different kind of film besides those aping Kickboxer and Lionheart is refreshing. Set in Seattle, this is a location I enjoyed quite a bit. I think JCVD fans will enjoy this one along with non-discriminating action fans. Torch's handiwork is rather shocking.