Replicant

Double Trouble for Van Damme again!

Yet another Jean-Claude Van Damme film that sees him tasked with playing two characters. In spite of its shaky reputation this isnt half bad, it delivers what most Van Damme fans expect, namely bonkers fights and shifty science. Plot has Van Damme as a fire obsessed serial killer who is always one step ahead of the police. Enter science as a chance to clone the killer arises and this sets in motion the wheels of the Van Damme clone trying to come to terms with his alien world as he, and world weary police officer Jake Riley (Michael Rooker), set about capturing the unhinged mad man.

Its of course daft but its a whole bunch of fun, and with the strong presence of Rooker supplemented by two very inter...

Jean-Claude Van Damme does the Italian neorealists one better; not only was he born to play himself, but also his twin here, however, he mixes it up a bit, playing his clone instead.

JCVD ​​is Edward 'The Torch' Garrotte, a serial killer who likes to burn the corpses of the women he murders (why they gave him that last name but dont have him use an actual garrotte, I havent the foggiest), whom Detective Jake Riley (Michael Rooker) has unsuccessfully pursued for the past three years up to and including his last day on the force before retiring to apparently take up boat repairing.

It turns out to be a 10 Minute Retirement; a secret government agency has cloned Garrotte from DNA found at a crime scene, and needs Jake's help to babysi...