The Duplicate
The Duplicate
R | 23 May 2001 (USA)
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Journalist Karen Addams is fighting to keep her sanity -- it appears someone else has assumed her identity and is living her life better than she ever could. Losing a grip on her romance, her career and her friendships, Karen struggles to get her life back by exposing the impostor. But things take an unexpected turn when she discovers the true enemy is within herself!

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ChikPapa

Very disappointed :(

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Ameriatch

One of the best films i have seen

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Majorthebys

Charming and brutal

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Abegail Noëlle

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

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john in missouri

If you look at it as, a regular guy had a couple thousand bucks and wanted to produce his own TV-movie-type science-fiction thriller, then it's not a total waste.In fact, I'll agree with others that it all began with a decent premise. But it quickly went downhill from there.Don't waste your time with this one. The acting is below average, the script is below average, the plot is below average, the directing and execution are below average, even the sound quality is below average. Like others, I was fooled by the cover...Incidentally, virtually nothing happens during the entire first half of the movie. Yes, folks, it's that bad.I want to be sympathetic, but honestly I'm stretching to give it a 3 out of 10. It's one of the most unwatchable movies I've ever seen. Sorry.

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Claudio Carvalho

In Los Angeles, the journalist Karen Addams (Tiffany L. Paige) is investigating a mysterious case happened twenty years ago, when the owner of the Mansfield Theater, Kyle Mansfield (Harold Cannon), shot twice with a shotgun, killed his dog, and he was found covered of his own blood, but without any injure. She convinces her editor to have an interview with Kyle, who is bankrupted. Kyle gives a key of a room to her and says that he is the watcher of the place. Karen decides to open the door, and sooner she finds that somebody is using her identity, efficiently working for her and living at her place. She is promoted in her job when the criminal Greg Johnson (Trey Hardy) is arrested with her apparent support, but she claims she had never seen him before. When Greg meets her, she realizes that apparently they have been duplicated, and their evil doubles have opposite personalities."Deuces" is a low budget movie with very promising story that keeps the attention with the duplication mystery but the development is weak and the conclusion is a great deception. When the mystery is disclosed, the explanation is very silly; when the doubles are eliminated, the resolution is simply corny and conventional. I regret that the director / author has been so commercial and careless with the conclusion of his screenplay, otherwise "Deuces" could have been a great film. My vote is five.Title (Brazil): "Dublê do Medo" ("Double of the Fear")

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jbrown-19

The problem with this film, it seems to me, is the story. An earlier poster mentioned genre problems, and I think he or she hit the nail right on the head. If you're going to do science fiction (or horror, or mystery, or western, or what have you), you need to know something about the genre. Lip service needs to be paid to the hows and whys. Fantasy doesn't have to be realistic, exactly, but if things work differently in the film world from how they work in our world, we need some kind of explanation. Omitting details like this--at least lip service to them--is dangerous and sloppy.That said, there's a lot to like in this film. The public location work is good, and the camera work is generally unobtrusive but occasionally impressive. The dialogue is quite good, suggesting that the director/writer has some skill in this area (I'd recommend help with the story itself in future projects though). Some of the acting was very good.Budgetwise, the producers did a lot with a little, and the next effort might be a breakthrough. This one isn't it, and unfortunately it's the story that gets in the way ... and that's the one thing that's got to be there.

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austin-49

Over all I thought the concept of the movie was good but I felt it to be contrived and non realistic. The best part of the movie was the casting. Tiffany Paige I think did a great job portraying 2 different characters and sides of herself. I would imagine this to be a tough job no matter what kind of movie your in. I think she did a great job and she is easy on the eyes as well. I would like to see more of her on the big screen.Though Trey Alexander did not get as much screen time his portrayal of playing 2 of the same people was similar to Tiffany Paige's but different enough to compliment.Overall I thought the movie needed better flow and dialogue but worth the rent to see some up and coming actors. Call me crazy but I love low budget films to see creativity replace dollars and the actors especially Tiffany Paige supplied that to this film.

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