Wonderfully offbeat film!

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

actually - surprisingly good! xchange has an interesting story, very good in the details. it is overall well thought - as a set, story and 'futuristic society' elements. it does say 'made-for-tv' and 'low-budget' all over it, but it is un-deserved to treat it like a bad movie, in fact i'd say it overachieves, and this is mainly due to the story. given better budget this could be a movie hit, alas all the sex scenes would've been cut then :) it is a kind of surprising about these sex scenes, as they don't add anything to the story. actually they make this already low-budget movie seem like a high-budget erotic movie if you're really biased to look at things this wayanyway - as a sci-fi fan i enjoyed 'xchange', and thats all i have to say about that

Well... it seems in the distant future...if you would like to travel to some distant place (not what you think, it's more like from new york to pariz or some of your business travels similar)...well the thing you do is... It's really easy actually!!! Just transfer your mind (soul etc. and whatever) to some body at the location you want to go and voila!...I really don't know what to say at this point on... let's just think about it a little. Even if all the public transportation at this point in time is practically nonexistent, and you would really have to travel to a business appointment just by foot and a boat across the ocean...and the only alternative would be switching a body with some other guy that was in a place that you want to go to (yes, *this* *is* the technology they have in that distant future...what happened to planes, tranes and automobiles? I'm guessing it's the lobbyists again...). But you'd do everything for business right? Yes! I'd even switch a body with another GUY (I'm a guy as well, remember?) and I'd walk around in this GUY's body and even had sex (at least it's with a woman, (but who knows, she wasn't in her body as well) (no offense to you gay people)). Well plots like this really get you thinking: were these guys just idiots? or is this some... I don't even want to talk about it. Would you really just switch bodies with some dude so you would save yourself from a couple of hours of travel? You might change it with a chick so you could touch some boobies, but what would she be doing with your body??? Unless she's a lesbian or you're up to anything... I really can't see how anyone could make this kind of movie and not call it pron.

In this film, humans are able to jump from body to body by means of a new form of technology. Why? Transport. Yes, it's a new means of transport; you swap bodies with someone at your destination, thus allowing you to get there instantly. Sounds ridiculous, and I cant think of a single reason why anyone would want to engage in this transaction, thus rendering this idea stupid; but, well, it's only a film. The movie follows the story of a corporate class man that must get to a meeting in a different town, and the only way to get there in time is to 'x-change'. Conversely, our hero is dead against the idea of x-changing so he initially refuses to do it. However, his boss drives a hard bargain, and after thirty seconds of relentless convincing; our hero is on his way to another man's body so he can attend the meeting! However, things aren't going to be that simple or we'd be in for a rather boring ride, so he unwittingly x-changes bodies with a terrorist that refuses to give his body back! Obviously, body stealing is a crime and therefore our guy can't simply stay in the body he's in, so he has to x-change with a clone. Don't you just hate it when that happens? However, it gets worse as clones only have a life span of approximately two days, so our hero must now race against time to stop the terrorists, sleep with as many women as possible and get his old body back! However, things are never that simple.... nah, just kidding; that's pretty much it.Going back to the film's central premise...it really is stupid. Imagine if people were really able to 'body swap'; we'd never know who's who. I mean, what if your wife swapped bodies with Salma Hayek? Sure, you might THINK that would be good, but would it be really? ...Yeah, it probably would. Seriously though, it would be chaos; you'd soon get people abusing the privilege, and there'd be anarchy before you could say 'what a silly idea', due to all the terrorists swapping bodies with politicians and things like that. The actual idea of body swapping isn't that bad, but it should have been portrayed in a more feasible way. The film is also one of those very convenient ones, where whatever tools the characters need just magically appear to be there, and the film quickly becomes predictable because of this. It also doesn't fully capitalise on the central idea; it depicts a man in someone else's body, yet we hardly ever see the two on screen. If it had made more of a meal our hero 'seeing himself', the film would have been infinitely better. You can tell that the writers started to run out of ideas after a while too, as the final third is packed with sex that doesn't really serve any relevance to the plot at all.It's a shame that this film isn't better as the idea could have built a really good film. It is hindered instantly by low production values, and the tired script and lack of invention don't do it any favours either. I would recommend watching this only if it's on and you have nothing else to do. Otherwise; you can afford to live your whole life without ever seeing this film.

i watched this just the other night because it did sound like a good sci fi idea and although you might think the story sounds plausible u will also be critical with the special effects where in places it tends to alternate between good and bad. the cars for one thing are like ordinary!( i can override that u think!) but in the end u will be laughing at what is suppose to be a serious film but looks like an inside joke.. clearly the writer and directer have both a multiple personality disorder... sometimes the brains behind this film must have been sitting in a jar..verdict watch it once and find out