Replace

....as the heroine says at one point. There is a really good story lurking in this film somewhere, but it's too stylised to really pull you in. It's a sexy and sometimes gory film, but it is too heavy on the style and sound to continually keep your interest. Reminded me a bit of the film The Hunger, more pop video than coherent narrative. An enjoyable watch, but some scenes were just dragged out to long. The editing was annoying and detracted from the flow a bit. Still, not a bad film, but could have been executed better.

Had a great start that made me start it over and put down my phone. Now that we have passed that; I'm reading the news. I'm. Just. Bored. Girl kills girls - repeat! Sigh.

This was one mixed up movie.

Zero character development, no real plot, not sci fi - but a weird nightmarish fantasy, and wow, very ponderous to watch with the extremely slow pace.

I watched the first 40 minutes, then watched the rest at 2x speed until I saw something that might be interesting (it never was interesting).

I'm a hard core sci fi fan, and will give any sci fi production a chance, regardless of a very low rating here at IMDb, but this is defo one you can pass on.

Having read the other reviews on here I don't really see any valid reasons for this film getting such a low rating.

I think people were expecting some kind of Texas Chainsaw Massacre gore fest - which this film isn't. It requires a bit more attention.

The acting is superb, the story well written, and this is excellently executed.

The pace of the film is good and engaging.

The best thing to do is watch this and make your mind up.

Kira is terrified of getting older and, one day, she notices a strange growth on her finger that starts to spread to other parts of her body, rendering her skin flaky and rough. After seeing a doctor and a specialist who don't seem to know what's wrong with her, she suddenly realizes that replacing her skin with other human tissue can heal her, but it doesn't last forever and she needs more and more victims to heal herself.

On paper, the concept of Replace sounds excellent, but the script is complete mess with characters doing things that require huge leaps of logic. The first 45 minutes are mostly a series of odd decisions made by our heroine which are never explained even when a big mid point twist arrives, trying to make sense of everything we've seen up to that point.

Kira does things like pick up a slice of her friend's foot that's just been injured on a broken wine glass and stick in on her own skin. Why was she lead to do this? I suppose because the script said so. Even weirder is when she leaves her doctor's appointment and decides to take a trip down to the morgue to flay the skin off of a corpse and try it on for size. It's never explained why she jumps to these extremes and it makes for an infuriating watch.

On the plus side, Replace is one of the most beautifully shot indie horror films I've seen in years, but it almost has to be to keep the audience interested in its moronic script and characters. Even horror icon Barbara Crampton can't save this mess of a movie.