The Worst Film Ever

Powerful

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

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.

This has to be possibly the worst film I have ever seen, and I didn't even watch all of it. I had to turn it off it was that bad. It has a bunch of nobody's in it who probably couldn't get a job acting a Daytime US soap they are that bad (and that's includes Stephen Baldwin). The special effects (if you can call them that), are laughable, and the storyline is just confusing with one person swapping minds with another like it's going out of fashion. Oh, and the plot is so thin and predictable it is cringeworthy. How it got anywhere near a score of 5.4 on here baffles me, and those people who gave it more than 2/10 obviously don't know what a good film is even if it smacked them over the head with a sledghammer!Get it?

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??? :)

I saw this movie on cable tv 2 nights ago, I got caught by the original baseline (mind transfer) & the oncoming situations... however, it lacked of some "character", it felt like an 80's SF movie. I think they should work on a sequel, with a change on the lineup (actors, director, producers), keeping Stephen Baldwin, and maybe putting his brother Alec as his alter-ego... whatever, I thing this idea should be given to someone like Steven Spielberg or Luc Besson.