Stars: Karen Gillan, Beulah Koale, Aaron Paul, Theo James, Maija Paunio, June Hyde | Written and Directed by Riley Stearns
Karen Gillan plays dual roles in this sci-fi black comedy about a terminally ill woman who clashes with the clone she orders to replace her after she’s gone. The third feature from writer-director Riley Stearns, it’s a decidedly offbeat, darkly funny satire that grapples with some big questions.
Dual is set in a world where the terminally ill are permitted to clone themselves, with the replacement taking over their lives once the patient dies. However, there’s a catch – if, for some reason, the patient survives their illness, the clone and the original must duel to the death in front of a television audience, with the survivor earning the right to the identity in question. We see a taste of this in the prologue, with a young man (Theo...
Karen Gillan plays dual roles in this sci-fi black comedy about a terminally ill woman who clashes with the clone she orders to replace her after she’s gone. The third feature from writer-director Riley Stearns, it’s a decidedly offbeat, darkly funny satire that grapples with some big questions.
Dual is set in a world where the terminally ill are permitted to clone themselves, with the replacement taking over their lives once the patient dies. However, there’s a catch – if, for some reason, the patient survives their illness, the clone and the original must duel to the death in front of a television audience, with the survivor earning the right to the identity in question. We see a taste of this in the prologue, with a young man (Theo...
- 5/30/2022
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
As someone who enjoys understated sci-fi cinema, writer/director Riley Stearns’ Dual was right up my proverbial alley. Stearns’ latest examines some of the ethical and moral dilemmas that come from cloning, but in this instance, it takes a somewhat satirical approach to how it explores just how easy or hard it might be to kill such an entity if you were indeed the person that clone originated from.
The opening of Dual is rather intriguing, as we watch actor Theo James in a fight to the death on a football field with yet another Theo James, all while a bunch of people eagerly watch both Theos figure out the best way to one-up each other and survive the battle. In this world that Stearns establishes for this story, people who are terminally ill can have themselves replicated so that the pain their loved ones will surely experience once they’re dead will be minimalized.
The opening of Dual is rather intriguing, as we watch actor Theo James in a fight to the death on a football field with yet another Theo James, all while a bunch of people eagerly watch both Theos figure out the best way to one-up each other and survive the battle. In this world that Stearns establishes for this story, people who are terminally ill can have themselves replicated so that the pain their loved ones will surely experience once they’re dead will be minimalized.
- 4/20/2022
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review on “Dual,” the latest film from Riley Stearns and spends time with the double to teach her how to be her. When Original Sarah finds out her disease was mis-diagnosed and she will live, the clone Sarah will not terminate her life. So per legal requirements, they must meet in one year to fight in a duel to the death.
”Dual” is in select theaters beginning April 15th. Featuring Karen Gillan, Aaron Paul, Theo James, Beulah Koale and Maija Paunio. Written and directed by Riley Stearns. Rated “R”
Click Here for Patrick McDonald’s audio review of “Dual”
Dual
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Click Here for Patrick McDonald’s audio review of “Dual”...
”Dual” is in select theaters beginning April 15th. Featuring Karen Gillan, Aaron Paul, Theo James, Beulah Koale and Maija Paunio. Written and directed by Riley Stearns. Rated “R”
Click Here for Patrick McDonald’s audio review of “Dual”
Dual
Photo credit: Rlje Films
Click Here for Patrick McDonald’s audio review of “Dual”...
- 4/14/2022
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Dual Trailer — Riley Stearns‘ Dual (2022) movie trailer has been released by Rlje Films. The Dual trailer stars Karen Gillan, Aaron Paul, Beulah Koale, Maija Paunio, and Theo James. Crew Riley Stearns wrote the screenplay for Dual. Emma Ruth Rundle created the music for the film. Michael Ragen crafted the cinematography for the film. Dual is produced [...]
Continue reading: Dual (2022) Movie Trailer: Karen Gillan Fights Her Clone to the Death in Riley Stearn’s Action Film...
Continue reading: Dual (2022) Movie Trailer: Karen Gillan Fights Her Clone to the Death in Riley Stearn’s Action Film...
- 3/31/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"You're pretending to be me while I'm still alive?" Rlje Films has revealed the first official trailer for the indie sci-fi film Dual, the latest from American filmmaker Riley Stearns. This initially premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year playing in the main competition, but got pretty bad reviews from most critics who watched it. It's a very low key sci-fi in that has a "futuristic" concept involving cloning, but there's not much beyond that that is sci-fi about it. A woman opts for a cloning procedure after she receives a terminal diagnosis but when she recovers her attempts to have her clone decommissioned fail, leading to a court-mandated duel to the death with her other self. Let them fight! Karen Gillan stars opposite Karen Gillan, along with Aaron Paul, Beulah Koale, Maija Paunio, and Theo James. I saw this at Sundance and was hoping to love it,...
- 3/29/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Dual Review — Dual (2022) Film Review from the 45th Annual Sundance Film Festival, a movie written and directed by Riley Stearns, starring Karen Gillan, Aaron Paul, Beulah Koale, Maija Paunio, Andrei Alén, and Kristofer Gummerus. High concept precludes high risk, which can really give such [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: Dual: A Detached & Deadpan Sci-Fi Comedy Undermined By Its Own Vapid Vagueness [Sundance 2022]...
Continue reading: Film Review: Dual: A Detached & Deadpan Sci-Fi Comedy Undermined By Its Own Vapid Vagueness [Sundance 2022]...
- 2/9/2022
- by Jacob Mouradian
- Film-Book
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