Mr. Murder
September. 21,1998A group of scientists are trying to produce the perfect soldier by cloning. The day the clone is born, Marty Stillwater, a mystery novel writer, feels that something strange is going on inside his body and mind. Seven years later, Marty discovers that his double has his same physical appearance but has the personality of a murderer.
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Perfectly adorable
it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.
It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
A famous author (not Dean Koontz) meets his evil clone. The clone wants to lead a normal life by taking over his family.I don't know why so many reviews are down on Baldwin. I thought that he and the whole cast did a good job, including the four child actors.The movie's a little slow but still good if you take two nights to watch it. It's much better than Servants of Twilight (from Koontz's novel Twilight) and many other of his movies.Intensity was really good as was the more recent Odd Thomas.
I have not read the book that this is about, but it seems to follow a similar plot to other Koontz books.Overall I considered this a dandy movie which was much better than most other Koontz adaptations. The acting was surprisingly good with no one detracting from the film and a few quite excellent performances as well as the sexy Julie Warner who did an excellent job.My only real complaint is that the big explanation/twist/secret is given away at the beginning of the movie. This was also a big disappointment in Hideaways and it seems that Koontz screenplays have to be this way. Besides giving everything (the whole mystery) away at the start, this was a fun action/suspense movie that I quite enjoyed. It won't knock your socks off, but is certainly worth the time to view it.
When I rented this movie, I did not know that it was a TV movie. It was really good, however, and the best thing about it is that there is a lot of suspense, but no vulgarity or excessive violence. It is a murder movie that the whole family can enjoy.
Well, I just watched part 1 of this flick last night. An excellent start. Teleplay writer Stephen Tolkin is quite talented... the first hour of part 1 he created almost entirely by himself...the material he used was only mentioned in Koontz's novel AFTER the action took place to explain things to the reader. And Tolkin took that info. and turned it into the beginning ot the movie. Brilliant! Thus far, I've also been impressed w/ Stephen Baldwin in 2 the main roles. But most impressive to me in part 1 was Thomas Haden Church as Drew Oslett. I've always liked Church, but never thought he was so talented as he reveals himself to be here. Well, after I watch part 2 on Thurs. night, I'll be back to talk more!