Rent Dual (2022)
2.7 of 5 from 157 ratings
1h 30min
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- Synopsis:
- After receiving a terminal diagnosis, a woman opts into a futuristic cloning procedure to ease her friends' and family's loss. When she makes a miraculous recovery, her attempts to decommission her clone lead to a court-mandated fight to the death.
- Actors:
- Karen Gillan, Aaron Paul, Beulah Koale, Theo James, Elina Jackson, Maija Paunio, Rea Lest, June Hyde, Kristofer Gummerus, Nico Siekkinen, Jani Siekkinen, Elsa Saisio, Remu Valisaari, Minea Valisaari, Amira Khalifa, Andrei Alen, Aram Tertzakian, Darren Cockrill, Rasmus Blomqvist, Katariina Havukainen
- Directors:
- Riley Stearns
- Producers:
- Nate Bolotin, Maxime Cottray, Lee Kim, Nick Spicer, Riley Stearns, Aram Tertzakian
- Writers:
- Riley Stearns
- Studio:
- Dazzler
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 25/09/2023
- Run Time:
- 95 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (2) of Dual
Two sides to every story. - Dual review by RP
Karen Gillan plays dual characters. Nothing unusual in the plot but it is well done and acted. What is life and how valuable is it. At what point does life begin to be more important than the quality. Why would happen if you could literally pay for a substitute you to take over after death? Many of us wouldn't mind a substitute before death but then that is another film. Nicely done without too many surprises.
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Daft Dystopian Thriller - Dual review by GI
A somewhat weird, slightly unpleasant but thoroughly ridiculous dystopian thriller that tries hard with ideas but actually none of them are very original and the whole idea is just silly. Set in an unspecified future where cloning has been effectively achieved with laws surrounding their use. Sarah (Karen Gillan) is diagnosed with a terminal illness and to save her family and boyfriend too much grief she commissions a clone to replace her. But first she has to train the double to become her. Then surprise surprise Sarah recovers and the clone is no longer needed but now her boyfriend and her mother seem to prefer the double over the real Sarah. The law says they must fight a televised duel to the death to decide who remains alive. None of this works at all. The set up is that society has become more emotionless but scientific advances are growing yet a sort of Gilead type society is also prevalent. Sarah is advised by her lawyer to hire a combat trainer to get her through the duel! There are so many plot holes and the film drags on as it can't make its mind up whether to be a violent dystopian thriller or a meditative narrative on what it means to be alive. And we are denied a satisfactory climax.
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