It's too bad that the plot devolves into predictable sci-fi fare fairly early on, seemingly sealing its fate as a direct-to-VOD release.
Read full articlemerging the tradition of Countess Elizabeth Bthory with a more modern quasi-vampiric quest for eternal youth, and tragically tracing the double standards in our differing attitudes to the ageing of men and women.
Read full articleThe convincing effects will only whet your appetite and leave you hungry for something more substantial, as you're left to wonder which cast members knew the campiness of the concept.
Read full articleReplace has its Cronenbergian body-horror influences at the forefront while also creating its own world where the viewer can forget about where the influences came from and just dive right in ...
Read full article[Replace is] overlong at an hour and forty minutes, with a saggy middle that fails to move the plot along whatsoever, and the denouement is nonsensical, not to mention unsatisfying given how long it's taken to get there.
Read full articleA fascinating, thought-provoking blend of science and sci-fi, [Norbert Keil] and cinematographer [Tim Peter] Kuhn play on the concept of beauty and create the most exquisite visuals serving as a dichotomous metaphor to the story at hand.
Read full articleSinful style hypnotizes like a tractor beam that entraps voyeuristic eyes, like someone spliced the cinematic DNA of Nicolas Winding Refn and Vincenzo Natali.
Read full articleA startling, blood-soaked and mind-altering fairy-tale, Replace can't quite replace Raw, but it's a very close second.
Read full articleReplace starts off shakily but soon settles in to its own groove. You've seen some bits of it before but it's got enough twists and turns to keep you interested until the end.
Read full articleReplace is a bloody cautionary tale about both the human condition and the inevitable reach of science. See it before you're too old to appreciate its warning.
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