Deuces

(2002) The Duplicate/ Deuces SCIENCE-FICTION/ HORROR

Straight to rental and low budget co-produced, written and directed by Michael Winnick that has female reporter, Karen Addams (Tiffany Paige) discovering a room that has the ability create another evil alter ego, after interviewing a man whose supposed to be dead, who of course is going to create a duplicate of herself, and is planing on a take over- there's supposed to be another surprise revelation regarding 'the duplicate room', but to low effect. Great looking poster but as soon as you watch it, then it becomes extremely forgettable because of very poor performances and it's low budget constraints.

I found this movie Deuces also known as Duplicate, very poorly acted and no flow. The lighting was minimal and character development very weak. I searched your database and found the main actress, Tiffany Paige, in two movies. Deuces once the only one that matched the theme for Duplicate.

The problem with this film, it seems to me, is the story. An earlier poster mentioned genre problems, and I think he or she hit the nail right on the head. If you're going to do science fiction (or horror, or mystery, or western, or what have you), you need to know something about the genre. Lip service needs to be paid to the hows and whys. Fantasy doesn't have to be realistic, exactly, but if things work differently in the film world from how they work in our world, we need some kind of explanation. Omitting details like this--at least lip service to them--is dangerous and sloppy.

That said, there's a lot to like in this film. The public location work is good, and the camera work is generally unobtrusive but occasionally impressive. The dialogue is quite good, suggesting that the director/writer has some skill in this area (I'd recommend help with the story itself in future projects though). Some of the acting was very good.

Budgetwise, the producers did a lot with a little, and the next effort might be a breakthrough. This one isn't it, and unfortunately it's the story that gets in the way ... and that's the one thing that's got to be there.

I was actually in pain while watching this movie. It made little sense, and the acting was not by any means good. How it got a 4.2 rating is beyond me. I thought that it would be good judging by the cover. I soon found out that they spent all their money on the cover and therefore couldn't have a decent script. Thats makes about as much sense as the rest of the movie ie. none. Avoid at all costs!! 0 out of 4 stars. I would rather sit though a Power Rangers/Gigli/Glitter movie fest for the rest of my life than see this movie again.

Over all I thought the concept of the movie was good but I felt it to be contrived and non realistic. The best part of the movie was the casting. Tiffany Paige I think did a great job portraying 2 different characters and sides of herself. I would imagine this to be a tough job no matter what kind of movie your in. I think she did a great job and she is easy on the eyes as well. I would like to see more of her on the big screen.

Though Trey Alexander did not get as much screen time his portrayal of playing 2 of the same people was similar to Tiffany Paige's but different enough to compliment.

Overall I thought the movie needed better flow and dialogue but worth the rent to see some up and coming actors. Call me crazy but I love low budget films to see creativity replace dollars and the actors especially Tiffany Paige supplied that to this film.