The Third Twin

A glimpse of our possible future - a thriller, exploring some of the less than desirable possibilities of human cloning. The casting has a comfortable feel ... Kelly McGillis as the attractive intelligent researcher, similar to her Top Gun character Charlie; Larry Hagman, in JR form, as bad guy and Jason Gedrick as the clones - not a big stretch from his bad boy Neal Avedon in Murder One. All were well played, though the screenplay was somewhat lacklustre compared to Follett's superb writing. Not must see cinema - but a pleasant diversion for a couple of evenings. 7/10

A rather politically motivated thriller detailing a University researcher's discovery of secret cloning experiments at a large genetics company. When her life is endangered by the evil creater of the experiments (played by Hagman), she must seek out each of the genetic clones in order to prove her claims to an unbelieving public.

Ken Follett is a great actor. His books are vivid. So vibrant. So descriptive. And when the movie-makers don't even bother to use his descriptions of the characters, when casting something is going down the drain. A much better choice for the part as Jeannie Ferrami would be Sandra Bullock. Kelly McGillis is way too old. Larry Hagman doesn't have the physical appearance to suit the role as Berrington Jones. Jason Gedrick is a pretty good choice for playing the clones, but there's bound to be someone out there suiting even better. I would have considered Edward Norton. He can be both nice and bad - in a great, and very descriptive way. HEY HOLLYWOOD! Try again! Make something better!!!

It surprised you. You who love this sort of thriller, this sort of film most people toss aside as being of second or third order. You know, No big name, no naked beauties, no super thin unshaven men... how can you even tell people that this sort of film Is better than most of the stuff you are told is great. You have to admit it, you have to say, Yes, I enjoyed this film. No vulgarity, but a lot of intended sexuality, corruption, a great story line, adapted from Follet's novel (it seems you have to buy the novel, because it is better than the film but the film is amazing, so you tell yourself, that story can't be true, but I will order myself a copy...), you love the music, the plot twists that never stop, the acting, they are all absolutely refined. Kelly McGillis awesome, Gedrick oustanding -- you'll know why -- watch it again. That's what I did.

Not a fervent moviegoer, but was intrigued by the name of the leading actress, could not remember at first if it was "her" I saw in Witness. I must say that she supported the part of Dr Ferrami very well and her performance was very credible. I'd give her an A plus for it. Now that there is a lot of talk about cloning a human being, this movie is very actual, it got my attention from start to finish. Francis