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renamed to Clone Angst


* FearfulSymmetry: Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme plays a serial killer and his [[CloningBlues clone]] grown by the government to catch him. In the climactic fight, both Garrotte and the Replicant try to hit each other but end up punching each other's fists and kicking each other's legs. The weird thing is, they actually ''mirror'' each other's moves literally (i.e. one punches with his right, while the other with his left).

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* FearfulSymmetry: Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme plays a serial killer and his [[CloningBlues clone]] clone grown by the government to catch him. In the climactic fight, both Garrotte and the Replicant try to hit each other but end up punching each other's fists and kicking each other's legs. The weird thing is, they actually ''mirror'' each other's moves literally (i.e. one punches with his right, while the other with his left).
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* MorallySuperiorCopy: The film revolves around a CowboyCop who, driven to capture a serial killer at any cost, greenlights an illegal cloning of the killer in the hopes the clone will lead him to the villain. The clone quickly grows from being child-like to having a full understanding of what is being asked of him, and completely refuses to follow the morals of his genetic donor (who goes as far as to invoke the CloningBlues on him in the hopes to recruit him), [[FinalBattle eventually leading]] to [[MirrorMatch a full-blown brawl]] in which the terrorist gets killed.

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* MorallySuperiorCopy: The film revolves around a CowboyCop who, driven to capture a serial killer at any cost, greenlights an illegal cloning of the killer in the hopes the clone will lead him to the villain. The clone quickly grows from being child-like to having a full understanding of what is being asked of him, and completely refuses to follow the morals of his genetic donor (who goes as far as to invoke the CloningBlues CloneAngst on him in the hopes to recruit him), [[FinalBattle eventually leading]] to [[MirrorMatch a full-blown brawl]] in which the terrorist gets killed.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Jake leaves the clone of Garrote in his house, unattended for a few minutes to speak to his wife, and Jake's young son approaches the clone. Jake's young son, [[ChildrenAreInnocent oblivious that's the clone of a murderer]], tries making friends with the clone. Cue a scream from the boy, off-camera, and the boy showing up with his lips bloodied seconds later leading to a horrified Jake beating the snot out of the clone for hurting his child. But it turns out, the boy was attacked by the family dog - the clone didn't hurt or even touch the kid.

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* BaitAndSwitch: Jake leaves the clone of Garrote in his house, unattended for a few minutes to speak to his wife, and Jake's young son approaches the clone. Jake's young son, The little boy, [[ChildrenAreInnocent oblivious that's the clone of a murderer]], tries making friends with the clone. Cue a scream from the boy, off-camera, and the boy Jake's son showing up with his lips bloodied seconds later leading to a horrified Jake beating the snot out of the clone for hurting his child. But it turns out, the boy was attacked by the family dog - the clone didn't hurt or even touch the kid.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Jake leaves the clone of Garrote in his house, unattended for a few minutes to speak to his wife, and Jake's young son approaches the clone. Jake's young son, [[ChildrenAreInnocent oblivious that's the clone of a murderer]], tries making friends with the clone. Cue a scream from the boy, off-camera, and the boy showing up with his lips bloodied seconds later leading to a horrified Jake beating the snot out of the clone for hurting his child. But it turns out, the boy was attacked by the family dog - the clone didn't hurt or even touch the kid.

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* EvilKnockoff: Inverted. The eponymous Replicant is a clone of a SerialKiller created to help capture said killer. The Replicant has childlike innocence and is repulsed by his progenitor's crimes.



* MorallySuperiorCopy: The film revolves around a CowboyCop who, driven to capture a terrorist at any cost, greenlights an illegal cloning of the terrorist in the hopes the clone will lead him to the villain. The clone quickly grows from being child-like to having a full understanding of what is being asked of him, and completely refuses to follow the morals of his genetic donor (who goes as far as to invoke the CloningBlues on him in the hopes to recruit him), [[FinalBattle eventually leading]] to [[MirrorMatch a full-blown brawl]] in which the terrorist gets killed.

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* MorallySuperiorCopy: The film revolves around a CowboyCop who, driven to capture a terrorist serial killer at any cost, greenlights an illegal cloning of the terrorist killer in the hopes the clone will lead him to the villain. The clone quickly grows from being child-like to having a full understanding of what is being asked of him, and completely refuses to follow the morals of his genetic donor (who goes as far as to invoke the CloningBlues on him in the hopes to recruit him), [[FinalBattle eventually leading]] to [[MirrorMatch a full-blown brawl]] in which the terrorist gets killed.

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* EvilWearsBlack: Garrote dresses in all black clothes, whereas his 'good' clone is dressed in more heroic colors like blue and brown.

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* EvilKnockoff: Inverted. The eponymous Replicant is a clone of a SerialKiller created to help capture said killer. The Replicant has childlike innocence and is repulsed by his progenitor's crimes.
* EvilWearsBlack: Garrote dresses in all black clothes, whereas his 'good' clone is dressed in more heroic colors like blue [[BlueIsHeroic blue]] and brown.

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* MurderByCremation: In the climax Garrote tries to burn Jake alive by shoving him into a mortuary oven.

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* MorallySuperiorCopy: The film revolves around a CowboyCop who, driven to capture a terrorist at any cost, greenlights an illegal cloning of the terrorist in the hopes the clone will lead him to the villain. The clone quickly grows from being child-like to having a full understanding of what is being asked of him, and completely refuses to follow the morals of his genetic donor (who goes as far as to invoke the CloningBlues on him in the hopes to recruit him), [[FinalBattle eventually leading]] to [[MirrorMatch a full-blown brawl]] in which the terrorist gets killed.
* MurderByCremation: In the climax climax, Garrote tries to burn Jake alive by shoving him into a mortuary oven.



* SeparatedAtBirth: One of several movies were Van Damme played two version of himself, but here the twin is actually a clone. Still the plot of the movie pretty much sets him up as a separated at birth, good, twin to the originals evil twin (complete with TwinTelepathy).

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* SeparatedAtBirth: One of several movies were Van Damme played two version versions of himself, but here the twin is actually a clone. Still Still, the plot of the movie pretty much sets him up as a separated at birth, good, twin to the originals evil twin (complete with TwinTelepathy).
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* MirrorMatch: Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme plays a serial killer and a clone created by the government to track him down. The clone has some sort of connection with the killer but a much nicer personality. In the end, they face off in a fight. The viewers expect to see a cool fight between two Van Dammes. Instead, they got an attempt at one, as the doubles try to punch and kick one another, only to perform the same exact move (but mirrored, for some reason) and strike the other's first/leg instead.

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* MirrorMatch: Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme plays a serial killer and a clone created by the government to track him down. The clone has some sort of connection with the killer but a much nicer personality. In the end, they face off in a fight. The viewers expect to see a cool fight between two Van Dammes. Instead, they got an attempt at one, as the doubles try to punch and kick one another, only to perform the same exact move (but mirrored, for some reason) and strike the other's first/leg fist/leg instead.
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Has nothing to do with the Replicants from ''Franchise/BladeRunner''.
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* FreudianExcuse: When Edward Garrote was a child, his mother murdered his father, then locked him a closet and set the house on fire-he survived because it started to rain. Since then he murders women that he perceives as "bad mothers" and frequently taunts his now immobile elderly mother about it.

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* FreudianExcuse: When Edward Garrote was a child, his mother murdered his father, then locked him in a closet and set the house on fire-he fire--he survived because it started to rain. Since then he murders women that he perceives as "bad mothers" and frequently taunts his now immobile elderly mother about it.
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''Replicant'' is a 2001 science-fiction action movie starring Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme.

A SerialKiller known as The Torch is killing off single mothers and their children by setting their houses on fire. The Torch's nemesis Detective Jake Riley comes out of early retirement to hunt him down as he’s assisted by a government-created replicant of The Torch.

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''Replicant'' is a 2001 science-fiction action movie directed by Ringo Lam, starring Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme.

Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme and Creator/MichaelRooker.

A SerialKiller known as The Torch (Van Damme) is killing off single mothers and their children by setting their houses on fire. The Torch's nemesis Detective Jake Riley (Rooker) comes out of early retirement to hunt him down as he’s assisted by a government-created replicant of The Torch.
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A SerialKiller known as The Torch is killing of single mothers and their children by setting their houses on fire. The Torch's nemesis Detective Jake Riley comes out of early retirement to hunt him down as he’s assisted by a government-created replicant of The Torch.

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A SerialKiller known as The Torch is killing of off single mothers and their children by setting their houses on fire. The Torch's nemesis Detective Jake Riley comes out of early retirement to hunt him down as he’s assisted by a government-created replicant of The Torch.
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Replicant is a 2001 science-fiction action movie starring Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme.

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Replicant ''Replicant'' is a 2001 science-fiction action movie starring Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme.
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Replicant is a 2001 thriller movie starring Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme.

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Replicant is a 2001 thriller science-fiction action movie starring Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme.
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Replicant is a 1999 thriller movie starring Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme.

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Replicant is a 1999 2001 thriller movie starring Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme.
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Replicant is a 1999 thriller movie.

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Replicant is a 1999 thriller movie.
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Replicant is a 1999 thriller movie.

A SerialKiller known as The Torch is killing of single mothers and their children by setting their houses on fire. The Torch's nemesis Detective Jake Riley comes out of early retirement to hunt him down as he’s assisted by a government-created replicant of The Torch.

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!!This film provides examples of:

* BoobyTrap: Garrote rigs a bomb to his computer that is triggered by a signal sent to his printer in case the cops came looking around his apartment.
* ClonesArePeopleToo: Jake initially treats the clone of a SerialKiller he's chasing as an expendable asset or no different than the person he was cloned from, but eventually warms up to him and starts treating him as a human being. The clone even gets to live out a new life after FakingTheDead.
* EvilWearsBlack: Garrote dresses in all black clothes, whereas his 'good' clone is dressed in more heroic colors like blue and brown.
* FearfulSymmetry: Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme plays a serial killer and his [[CloningBlues clone]] grown by the government to catch him. In the climactic fight, both Garrotte and the Replicant try to hit each other but end up punching each other's fists and kicking each other's legs. The weird thing is, they actually ''mirror'' each other's moves literally (i.e. one punches with his right, while the other with his left).
* FreudianExcuse: When Edward Garrote was a child, his mother murdered his father, then locked him a closet and set the house on fire-he survived because it started to rain. Since then he murders women that he perceives as "bad mothers" and frequently taunts his now immobile elderly mother about it.
* MirrorMatch: Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme plays a serial killer and a clone created by the government to track him down. The clone has some sort of connection with the killer but a much nicer personality. In the end, they face off in a fight. The viewers expect to see a cool fight between two Van Dammes. Instead, they got an attempt at one, as the doubles try to punch and kick one another, only to perform the same exact move (but mirrored, for some reason) and strike the other's first/leg instead.
* MurderByCremation: In the climax Garrote tries to burn Jake alive by shoving him into a mortuary oven.
* NoSocialSkills: The Replicant clearly has no experience with social customs and is rather childlike in his behavior, having only been born a few days prior.
* SeparatedAtBirth: One of several movies were Van Damme played two version of himself, but here the twin is actually a clone. Still the plot of the movie pretty much sets him up as a separated at birth, good, twin to the originals evil twin (complete with TwinTelepathy).
* SerialKiller: Edward "The Torch" Garotte is named such because he beats single mothers to death, then sets their houses on fire and leaves the child inside.
* StalkerShrine: Garrote is shown to have a wall plastered with pictures of his nemesis Detective Jake Riley.
* TwinTelepathy: The Replicant is somehow receiving memories from his double. Since the person he was cloned from is a serial killer, this leaves him pretty horrified.
* UterineReplicator: The Replicant was grown in an artificial womb, coming out as a full-grown adult.
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