Replicas
A grieving synthetic biologist risks law, science, and his own morality to recreate the family killed in a car accident.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- tense
- melodramatic
- emotionally charged
- saturday night viewing
- science fiction double feature
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as an incoherent and ponderous science fiction thriller undermined by plot holes, weak dialogue, and a lack of satisfying resolution.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
William Foster clones and attempts to restore his dead family, making the moral limits of resurrection central to the premise.
Foster's grief after the car accident drives him to defy institutions and physical laws.
The plot revolves around synthetic biology, human cloning, and bringing consciousness back into recreated bodies.
Foster is opposed by a government-controlled laboratory while pursuing his unauthorized experiments.
Films like Replicas, and why
The 6th Day
Shares a science fiction thriller premise involving human identity, technological resurrection, and ethical consequences.
Transcendence
Combines family loss, speculative technology, and morally compromised attempts to defeat death.
Self/less
Features a scientist confronting the consequences of manipulating consciousness and biological existence.
Movie Details
- Director
- Jeffrey Nachmanoff
- Release Date
- 2018-10-25
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (1543)
Cast
- Keanu Reeves
- Alice Eve
- Thomas Middleditch
- John Ortiz
- Nyasha Hatendi
- Aria Lyric Leabu
- Emily Alyn Lind
- Emjay Anthony
- Amber Rivera
- Jeffrey Holsman
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Starz Roku Premium Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Replicas about?
- A grieving synthetic biologist risks law, science, and his own morality to recreate the family killed in a car accident.
- What is Replicas like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Replicas as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Replicas violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Replicas as mild.
- What did critics think of Replicas?
- Critics broadly regarded the film as an incoherent and ponderous science fiction thriller undermined by plot holes, weak dialogue, and a lack of satisfying resolution.
- Which films are like Replicas?
- Films with a similar feel include The 6th Day, Transcendence, and Self/less.
- How long is Replicas?
- Replicas runs 107 minutes.
- Where can I watch Replicas?
- In United States, Replicas streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Starz Roku Premium Channel.
