Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

SunnyHello Nice effects though.

UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

julian kennedy Xchange 7 out of 10: Any movie that starts out with the premise that society has purposely cloned hundreds of Steven Baldwins embarks with one foot in the grave. And the plot of people's consciousness traveling to different host bodies and "the Corporation" losing some poor schlubs original body is right out of Overdrawn at the Memory Bank. (For those who are not Canadians, PBS watchers or MST3000 fans, Overdrawn is one of the worst pieces of science fiction ever created and defiantly not Raul Julia's finest hour.)Yet the movie pulls itself out of this one two punch with a smarter than it had to be script (at least until the tired and predictable third act) and some rather enthusiastic sex scenes (more on that in a minute).First the script. Now most science fiction films when talking a big new technology like consciousness transfer will create some crazy take over the world, the world will end, destroy civilization as we know it scheme. Xchange takes a different much more realistic and creative track. People hop into other bodies to avoid exercise, avoid long lines at the airport and experiment sexually. In other words what people in real life use mind blowing technology for. (The internet is a mind-blowing piece of technology and people use it not to gain control of the universe or gather great amounts of knowledge they use it to post useless opinions on movies, download porn and shop for collector plates on E-bay.) Now the third act does fall apart with talking killers and vats of acid not to mention car chases that wouldn't be out of place in an A-team episode but by this point the movies charm has sunk in.As for the sex scenes unlike many films with plastic woman and men who attempt to copulate with the woman's navel while still wearing their underwear, Xchange features sweaty, athletic and realistic sex. This along with some decent violence and good non-Baldwin acting helps elevate Xchange into a top tier of B-movies.

The_Void In this film, humans are able to jump from body to body by means of a new form of technology. Why? Transport. Yes, it's a new means of transport; you swap bodies with someone at your destination, thus allowing you to get there instantly. Sounds ridiculous, and I cant think of a single reason why anyone would want to engage in this transaction, thus rendering this idea stupid; but, well, it's only a film. The movie follows the story of a corporate class man that must get to a meeting in a different town, and the only way to get there in time is to 'x-change'. Conversely, our hero is dead against the idea of x-changing so he initially refuses to do it. However, his boss drives a hard bargain, and after thirty seconds of relentless convincing; our hero is on his way to another man's body so he can attend the meeting! However, things aren't going to be that simple or we'd be in for a rather boring ride, so he unwittingly x-changes bodies with a terrorist that refuses to give his body back! Obviously, body stealing is a crime and therefore our guy can't simply stay in the body he's in, so he has to x-change with a clone. Don't you just hate it when that happens? However, it gets worse as clones only have a life span of approximately two days, so our hero must now race against time to stop the terrorists, sleep with as many women as possible and get his old body back! However, things are never that simple.... nah, just kidding; that's pretty much it.Going back to the film's central premise...it really is stupid. Imagine if people were really able to 'body swap'; we'd never know who's who. I mean, what if your wife swapped bodies with Salma Hayek? Sure, you might THINK that would be good, but would it be really? ...Yeah, it probably would. Seriously though, it would be chaos; you'd soon get people abusing the privilege, and there'd be anarchy before you could say 'what a silly idea', due to all the terrorists swapping bodies with politicians and things like that. The actual idea of body swapping isn't that bad, but it should have been portrayed in a more feasible way. The film is also one of those very convenient ones, where whatever tools the characters need just magically appear to be there, and the film quickly becomes predictable because of this. It also doesn't fully capitalise on the central idea; it depicts a man in someone else's body, yet we hardly ever see the two on screen. If it had made more of a meal our hero 'seeing himself', the film would have been infinitely better. You can tell that the writers started to run out of ideas after a while too, as the final third is packed with sex that doesn't really serve any relevance to the plot at all.It's a shame that this film isn't better as the idea could have built a really good film. It is hindered instantly by low production values, and the tired script and lack of invention don't do it any favours either. I would recommend watching this only if it's on and you have nothing else to do. Otherwise; you can afford to live your whole life without ever seeing this film.

therules_of_attraction I bought X-Change on DVD because I'm such a great fan of Kyle MacLachlan and in the end ,the only thing I could reproach to the film is the absence of this wonderful actor during the two thirds of the film.Indeed,he's the first body the main protagonist "floats" into and ,so as to make the story go on,it was necessary for him to say "Bye".About the film itself,I have to say I was gladly surprised:being never released in French cinemas,I was fearing to face a very common TV movie,deprived of rhythm and though the story may not be incredibly original,there's a good pace throughout the story and it doesn't look cheesy as many sci-fi films can.Maybe it's good to point out though,that Stephen"not very expressive" Baldwin and Kyle MacLachlan should have had their parts X-Changed for our pleasure,but well,what now is will still be,so...As a resume,this movie surely won't change your life and look upon things but it may help you kill some time and,all things being considered,that's already not so bad!

karo-6 The movie is as mixed as it's comments here. First you think it's science fiction, but soon you realize it's a pure thriller; yet it's basic premise is pure SF, and good one at that - simple, yet somehow unused in SF before... makes you wonder how come no one else thought of this before. And also makes you wish somebody else did, because they might have gotten more out of it. Yet, it was watchable...The story has many holes though - one of the most stupid details for me was the thing with the clone's countdown clock: when it turns out that the clock can be tracked via satellite - and therefore also the body carrying it - Baldwin (with the help of his gf) cuts it out of his arm, including about 100g of arm flesh; but then he carries it around in his pocket for the rest of the movie... why the hell did he cut it off if he keeps it with him afterwards??? :)