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Dead Ringers (1988)

Rate: 2
Viewed: 5/11

Ringers
5/11: Having seen many David Cronenberg's films, I was pleasantly surprised to pick up Dead Ringers, an unfamiliar title to me (that's because it was a box-office failure in 1988).

Well, it had a good start with a nice premise. Of course, there's a hint of macabre which is a typical trademark of David Cronenberg's early horror films. However, as soon as Geneviève Bujold appeared, things began to fall apart at the seams. I thought Jeremy Irons would carry the movie on his back from start to finish but to no avail.

For the final effort to salvage my interest, I hoped for a gripping Cronenberg storyline, but it never came. Henceforth, I tuned out about one hour into the film because it was boring by turning into Videodrome all over again. Anyway, Jeremy Irons did fine in playing both identical twin brothers, but I didn't care when they died.

All in all, I prefer Twins with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito over Dead Ringers, and I didn't even like it.