While I don't watch a steady diet of sci-fi movies I often watch them for the cast members. And since this was on YouTube (and dubbed in Italian of all things) I knew I had to watch it.
When the movie begins scientist Johnny Dalton (Jeff Fahey) is in the office with his boss Frank Donohue (Michael Ironside) seeing an interview of them on TV and soon after their laboratory is assaulted by some criminals and after a concussion Johnny ends in a 15-year coma. When Johnny wakes up after 15 years have passed, he is visited by Frank who tells him that Johnny is a clone even better than the original and has to stop Taylor because he wants to rule their society. After lots of chases, shootouts and some help from rebel leader Nikki Holland (with which he'll fall in love) and weird scientist Phil, Johnny will finally find Taylor and after some bickering they join forces for finding the boss who has the resin necessary for cloning and as you might expect from many movies of this type there is the big showdown with the boss and also the big shocking twist that Donohue was the real responsible for the cloning of Johnny and did it for the money. Donohue is arrested and before the movie fades to black Johnny asks Nikki if she wants to be his secretary.
The acting was good by all and the fight scenes and shootouts were nice. But what bogged me from giving it a higher rating was that the concept has probably been redone so many times. In hindsight if you want a better movie about cloning I'd recommend THE 6TH DAY. But this would still be liked by die hard fans of the genre or fans of some of the stars.
When the movie begins scientist Johnny Dalton (Jeff Fahey) is in the office with his boss Frank Donohue (Michael Ironside) seeing an interview of them on TV and soon after their laboratory is assaulted by some criminals and after a concussion Johnny ends in a 15-year coma. When Johnny wakes up after 15 years have passed, he is visited by Frank who tells him that Johnny is a clone even better than the original and has to stop Taylor because he wants to rule their society. After lots of chases, shootouts and some help from rebel leader Nikki Holland (with which he'll fall in love) and weird scientist Phil, Johnny will finally find Taylor and after some bickering they join forces for finding the boss who has the resin necessary for cloning and as you might expect from many movies of this type there is the big showdown with the boss and also the big shocking twist that Donohue was the real responsible for the cloning of Johnny and did it for the money. Donohue is arrested and before the movie fades to black Johnny asks Nikki if she wants to be his secretary.
The acting was good by all and the fight scenes and shootouts were nice. But what bogged me from giving it a higher rating was that the concept has probably been redone so many times. In hindsight if you want a better movie about cloning I'd recommend THE 6TH DAY. But this would still be liked by die hard fans of the genre or fans of some of the stars.