Mr. Murder (1998)
A 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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Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.
Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.
Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.
I would say all in all a decent TV movie. There was a lot from the book that never made it into the movie but that is to be expected. I'm sure Koontz himself would have done things different if he could have had FULL control. But considering the books are generally butchered for the screen anyway there is not much you can do about that.The movie flowed well and the acting was solid. The kids were very real and believable, and Baldwin was good in the duel role. I thought the wife (played by Julie Warner) could have been cast better, she seemed a bit out of step with the feel of the story.It's worth watching.
The actors chosen to play the characters were adequate at best. The premise of the story was changed, making much less sense. The only thing that remained the same was the fact that there was an author and a clone of him. After that the story deteriorates.I don't know why a Dean Koontz book cannot be made into a movie without making ridiculous changes to the story line. The changes that were made took away the motivation from the characters, so there is no understanding why they do what they do. Drew Oslett actually has a significant reason in the book for pursuing the clone, but that is completely lost in the movie. Clocker's role was pretty insignificant in the movie, but was essential in the book. This movie was not worth the two nights of viewing. If you want a good story, read the book.
OK, I only saw 20 minutes or so of this movie, but I was flipping channels when I noticed the title. I am in the middle of this book and thought, "Oh Cool! I am reading this!" So I thought I could watch a bit of it and be okay. NOT!!! The movie started out with what I am guessing is the explanation at the end of the book. Talk about spoiler!! I changed the channel after only five minutes and would check back on it every once in a while. How knows, maybe I had the wrong story. Again...NOT! Then, at about an hour and a half through the movie (TV time), they show the first 100 pages of the book, and then not even as written. There was no reason to change what they did either. I don't want to be one of those freaks that itemizes every detail of the Star Wars flaws and composes it into a graduate thesis on it so I will say this - Boy - what a waste! Unfortunately, I have yet to see a decent Koontz movie made. Love the books. Read them instead. They are definitely worth the time.
Out of all Koontz' novels, I didn't expect this to be one on network TV. Then seeing Stephen Baldwin would be doing the dual roles I thought it'd suck bad. But it was surprisingly good, he did alright. Not as good as Intensity, I gave this a 7/10