Identicals (2015)

None Of Us Are As Unique As We Think. Brand New-U is a highly unconventional romantic thriller: an obsessive love story stripped down and re-arranged into the looping logic of a nightmare.

Director:

Simon Pummell

Writers:

Margot Knijn (story editor), Simon Pummell

Stars:

Lachlan Nieboer, Nora-Jane Noone, Nick Blood

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lachlan Nieboer	...	Slater
Nora-Jane Noone	...	Nadia Serville
Nick Blood	...	Joe
Michelle Asante	...	Brand New-U Manager
Tony Way	...	Gun Dealer / Santa
Tim Ahern	...	Brand New-U Founder
Jacinta Mulcahy	...	Surgeon Abigail
Robert Wilfort	...	Surgeon Peter
Anthony Cozens	...	Geeky Friend Chris
Andrew Buckley	...	Geeky Friend Jake
Brendan Condren	...	Brand New-U Raider One
Aoife Byrne	...	Brand New-U Raider Two
Tim Faraday	...	Finder Raider (voice)
David Michael Scott	...	Brand New-U Raider Driver
Jamael Westman	...	Brand New-U Hood Kemal

Storyline

The organization Brand New-U identifies networks of IDENTICALS - people who walk like you, talk like you, but are walking through different, better lives - and helps their customers make a life upgrade: eliminating the better-life donor, and relocating their client to that brand new life. Slater seems to have the perfect life, the perfect job and the perfect girlfriend. But when Slater's girlfriend is abducted by Brand New-U, and a corpse left in her place, he is forced to become an Identical. As he moves through a series of parallel lives, he becomes more and more obsessed with finding his girlfriend, but what he must find in the end is himself.

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Plot Keywords:

neo noir | 

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Taglines:

None of us are as unique as we hope

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Genres:

Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, some violence, drug use and sexuality

Did You Know?

Trivia

Plot based on 1966's "Seconds" starring Rock Hudson.

User Reviews

Suckfest

There are no redeeming qualities about this movie. I thought that the premise sounded intriguing but I found it confusing. and boring. I kept waiting for something good to catch my interest which never happened. The characters are hard to follow and have no depth. I couldn't figure out their motivation. The roles are confusing and I am not sure I even understood the plot as it was so poorly defined. I couldn't figure out if the characters were trapped in some sort of alternate world or if it was based on a very strange world in general. I'm not sure I even understood the ending. It was by far the worst movie I've seen this year.

Details

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Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 March 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Identicals

Filming Locations:

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Box Office

Budget:

EUR1,300,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hot Property Films, Savage Productions, Rinkel Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min