Self/less (2015)

A dying real estate mogul transfers his consciousness into a healthy young body, but soon finds that neither the procedure nor the company that performed it are quite what they seem.

Director:

Tarsem Singh

Writers:

Àlex Pastor, David Pastor

Stars:

Ryan Reynolds, Natalie Martinez, Matthew Goode

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ryan Reynolds	...	Young Damian
Natalie Martinez	...	Madeline
Matthew Goode	...	Albright
Ben Kingsley	...	Damian
Victor Garber	...	Martin
Derek Luke	...	Anton
Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen	...	Anna
Melora Hardin	...	Judy
Michelle Dockery	...	Claire
Sam Page	...	Carl
Brendan McCarthy	...	Anton 2
Thomas Francis Murphy	...	Dr. Jensen
Sandra Ellis Lafferty	...	Phyllis Jensen
Emily Tremaine	...	Mallory
Griff Furst	...	EMT #1

Storyline

An extremely wealthy man, dying from cancer, undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man. But all is not as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origin and the organization that will kill to protect its cause.

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Plot Keywords:

medical | cancer | hallucination | person on fire | burned alive | 

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Taglines:

Would you take a life to live forever?

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Genres:

Action | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, some sexuality, and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 July 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Selfless

Filming Locations:

Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$26,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,379,000, 12 July 2015, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$12,276,810, 23 August 2015

Company Credits

Production Co:

Endgame Entertainment, Ram Bergman Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ryan Reynolds and Sir Ben Kingsley appeared in Marvel movies. Kingsley appeared in Iron Man 3 (2013), and Reynolds appeared in Deadpool (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), and Blade: Trinity (2004).

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Goofs

(at around 1h 25 mins) When Damian crashes Martin's SUV on the car in front, the airbags of the SUV as seen from a long distance shot clearly inflate. But on the exact next shot from inside the car, we see Damian still driving with no airbags inflated.

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Quotes

Young Damian: [to Martin] That's someone else's child... they lied to you

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Connections

Referenced in Mr. Robot: eps1.2_d3bug.mkv (2015)

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Soundtracks

Don't Get Greedy
Written and Performed by Antônio Pinto and Dudu Aram
Released by Varese Sarabande Records LLC, USA

User Reviews

Face/Off meets Limitless

Damian(Ben Kingsley) a self made billionaire discovers he is dying, and does have much longer to live, discovers a secret facility that can transfer his soul into a younger body(Ryan Reynolds), when the transfer is a success, Damian really begins to enjoy his new life in his new body, but soon realizes that his new life will have a price to pay.

I'm surprised that I liked this, I went expecting this to be bad, but I was amazed on how intriguing it kept me. It shows on we deal with dying and immortality, and things we must learn to face in life. Ben Kingsley was good, and Ryan Reynolds really surprised me. Matthew Goode was incredible. It does have some good action scenes, and great sci-fi element. Everybody gives a good performance here, and it does what sci-fi should do, kept you intrigue.