CLONED: The Recreator Chronicles (2012)

How sad is this?

Absolutely brilliant

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

First of all, I went into this film expecting a b-movie not a major motion picture costing hundreds of millions, and so my high rating reflects the fact that for a b-movie, it exceeded my expectations and I can say that I enjoyed the experience. That's rare.Going over some of the criticisms posted by others on this board, I do agree with some of the points. In fact, one thing I didn't see anyone point out was how the clones would retain the memories of the originals (did I miss something? if it was explained, it must've been a quick throwaway line). I also think that having the real Tracy go from "No, let's negotiate with the clones" to suddenly chasing after her clone with bloodlust was a rather abrupt change in her personality that isn't explained well (it seems to have happened more to serve the purposes of the finale getting us to root for her clone).Now it's ironic that "Q" should be in this movie as I think if people can focus more on the character exploration that happens in the story rather than some of the plot holes, they'd enjoy this movie more. Star Trek TNG often requires its fans to make huge leaps in terms of suspending disbelief (e.g. the ability to speak to a new alien race in perfect English with no learning time for their universal translators, or some babbletech solution that saves the ship from blowing up).There's the scaffolding that sets up the core of the story e.g. crew flies into a wormhole landing them in a parallel universe where they meet their mirror-evil twins; then there's the actual core story e.g. what would Riker do if he found out there was a duplicate of him stranded for years and this version of him is someone he ends up resenting? The scaffolding is often where the plot holes and illogic lie; the core is where I think the story really succeeds or dies. TNG fans are used to putting aside the unbelievability of the "scaffolding" so they can enjoy the focus point of the story and the actions of the characters. I'd ask that people who watch this movie also try to do the same. Even the Twilight Zone had some ludicrous scaffolding let's not forget (man hops onto a train and finds himself transported into his own past when he disembarks)... yet Zone stories are nonetheless classics.I enjoyed seeing these characters confront their twins and the choices that they ultimately make for their own survival, especially Craig, who we see at the end, can be as cold as his clone. I look forward to seeing some more stories in this universe (it was fairly obvious that a sequel was being set up given the missing clone scientist). While I and I'm sure many viewers, could predict the ending when it came to clone-Tracy and Craig ending up together, the rest of the tale did nicely zig-zag here and there and kept me watching.

When I watched "Recreator" it was without having heard anything about it prior to watching it. No impressions, no taints, no spoilers. The cover to the movie looked interesting, so it caught my attention.The story is about three friends, Tracy (played by Stella Maeve), Craig (played by Alexander Nifong) and Derek (played by J. Mallory-McCree), who goes camping on an island, when they run into a very mysterious couple that owns a cabin on the island. The island once was the home to a scientist who dabbled in cloning, and things on the island take a turn for the worse.I will say that the story in itself was interesting, although there were some major plot holes here and there. For example, how did the three friends get cloned? And how come the cloning process is that fast?As for the acting, well I think they had some good enough names to the cast list, and the three leading actors were actually doing alright jobs. Most memorable in the movie was Alexander Nifong, in my opinion.The movie was nicely shot though, lots of good camera work. And the dialogue was fair. The movie moved ahead at a good, steady pace, and there weren't really any overly dull moments. However, for a thriller, the movie was sort of anti-climatic, as it didn't really build up much suspense, much less peak in thrilling manners."Recreator" is good entertainment, although the ending was quite predictable once you are let in on what is really going on. "Recreator" is well worth a watch if you like movies that aren't overly realistic.

I expected a crappy barely passable thriller and it didn't turn out to be bad at all. The plot is really kind of laughable when you actually think about it. To think of dropping a deuce and having a copy of yourself climb out the septic tank and try & kill you is kind of funny. In the end they did manage to explain away the why's & what's. The scenic lake house served as a good backdrop, the production value was solid. The acting could have been better but in films like this you always get fresh faces & some wooden lines but I didn't roll my eyes at anything I could think of. The story as you probably already know is three friends go camping and it rains so they end up taking shelter inside this huge lake house that appeared to be empty at the time until they meet the second generation owner's & from that point everything goes down hill for the three of them as they end up being stuck in a cat and mouse game with their replicas. I think it was a 6/10 but to be more accurate more of a 5.5. Still it's not a horrible film. It all depends on if you are into wacky stuff like this, if you are not then I'd advise skipping it. If you are and are thinking about PPV'ing it I don't want to advise you to dive right into something you may not like, if there isn't anything in your favorite genre available & you like what I described then go for it. It will do fine to burn up 90 minutes. When you read reviews always click on their user name for credibility if it's their first one then most likely it's either a personal attack[(1/10)] or they are connected to the movie[(10/10)]

I actually caught myself staring at this movie with my jaw dropping in a complete daze. I wasn't looking for a master piece, but this isn't even TV movie material.There was so much reaching and grasping to sell what happens that I hit a wall right there, and then the acting finally had to take a beating, I tried to let it slide but the story was so bad I couldn't help but focus on the terrible characters and lack of well, anything at all.Don't waste your time with this movie, if one person doesn't watch it because of my review/slating then I did my job and it was worth posting.