Xchange (2001) 5.5
In the future, where it's faster to travel by exchanging bodies with someone at the destination, a man's body is hijacked by a ruthless terrorist. Director:Allan Moyle |
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Xchange (2001) 5.5
In the future, where it's faster to travel by exchanging bodies with someone at the destination, a man's body is hijacked by a ruthless terrorist. Director:Allan Moyle |
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| Stephen Baldwin | ... |
Clone #1 /
Toffler 3
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| Pascale Bussières | ... |
Madeleine Renard
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| Kim Coates | ... |
Toffler /
Fisk 2
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| Kyle MacLachlan | ... |
Fisk /
Toffler 2
(as Kyle Maclachlan)
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Tom Rack | ... |
Mr. Finerman
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| Arnold Pinnock | ... |
Dickerson
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| Charles Edwin Powell | ... |
Quayle Scott
(as Charles Powell)
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| Judah Katz | ... |
Lister
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| Sean Devine | ... |
Rix
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| Janet Kidder | ... |
Alison De Waay
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| Larry Day | ... |
Walt Simons
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Andreas Apergis | ... |
Chan
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| Lisa Bronwyn Moore | ... |
Glowacki 2
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| Jayne Heitmeyer | ... |
Proponia
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| Amy Sloan | ... |
Glowacki 1
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In the near future, a company called Xchange owns a mind transference technology that enables instantaneous travel by swapping bodies with someone at the destination. A member of the privileged corporate class ("Corpie") Xchanging for the first time unwittingly switches bodies with a terrorist. Forced to hide in a limited life span cloned body with just 2 days remaining, he races against time to stop the terrorist and regain his body. Written by Geoffrey C. Wenger
You don't need a big budget to make a fantastic film.
Simply put: This is an entertaining and surprising movie with everything you could ask for - genuine suspense with believable plot twists, well-timed action, memorable comedy, and special effects that actually has a purpose beyond the "see-what-we-can-do" arrogance of many blockbuster productions.
I regularly contribute to IMDb's I Need To Know Board where many board favorites tend to be the memorable kitschy flicks. In the coming years
- this will be one of them - I guarantee it. Not only is this a really
fun movie to idle away a 'popcorn video night', it's filled with unique visual hooks and interesting plot twists that tend to find their way into the collected memories of film fans.While others have noted similarities to other well-known films of the genre - I urge you to watch this with a fresh mindset (pun intended).
This is probably one of the best Stephen Baldwin films from his hodge-podge career. Had he chosen to do more along these lines I suspect his limelight wouldn't have gotten so dusty that he'd end up as a B-rated 'star' for reality TV schlock. Doing solid, low budget, but profitable films is a career track that had Edward Herrimann and C. Thomas Howell working for decades while their "will-only-work-for-great-scripts/directors" driven counterparts have been forgotten or relegated to the world of early retirement.