Movie

Self/less

2015 · 117 min

A sleek, somber sci-fi chase that trades wonder for unease, asking you to sit with a stranger inside a borrowed life.

Tagline: God Created Man. Man Created Immortality.
Overview: An extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy young man but everything may not be as good as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origins and the secret organization that will kill to keep its secrets.
How it feels: Tense, dark, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, memory, family, morality
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
memory
family
morality
death
Places: big city
countryside
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild