Comedy

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They Cloned Tyrone

MACRO

Made With Love Media

United States of America

English

John Boyega

Jamie Foxx

Teyonah Parris

Kiefer Sutherland

David Alan Grier

J. Alphonse Nicholson

Tamberla Perry

Eric Robinson Jr.

Trayce Malachi

Shariff Earp

Leon Lamar

Joshua Mikel

Ryan Dinning

Swift Rice

Megan Sousa

Charity Jordan

Austin Freeman

David Shae

Jessica Fontaine

Patrick Fleming

Nick Arapoglou

Shinar Frazier

Jason Burkey

Randy Waters

Al-Teron

Kia Shine

Lou Young

Juel Taylor

Garin Flowers

Ms. Boo

Danny Zartman

Adam Cronan

Dajanae Cole

Elliott Dixon

Alvin Ashby

Raianna Brown

Justin J. Jordan

Marc Inniss

Jalen Jordan

Osahon Tongo

Urquida Davis

Michael A. Dean

Jatona King

Bricine Brown

Suzanne C. Robertson

Tangela Large

Mark Pettit

Prescott Morgan

Darrell Stewart

Big Boy

Jason Louder

Robert Tinsley

Xica Brewer

Khadija Speer

Jack L. Murray

Jesse Rosenthal

Charles D. King

Datari Turner

Ken Seng

Franco-Giacomo Carbone

Stephen "Dr" Love

Tony Rettenmaier

Saira Haider

Mark R. Wright

Jennifer Badger

Dana Sano

Kim Taylor-Coleman

Monte Lipman

Nathan Krochmal

Pierre Charles

Sarah Carter

James Lopez

Poppy Hanks

Kim Roth

Demario Ward

Marvin Williams

Brian Avery

Mayumi Konishi-Valentine

Alexander K. Riba

Matthew Nicolay

Ralph A. Ochoa

Tracey Moss

Lyndsey Monconduit

Greg Crawford

Tomica Sarver

Shawn Janifer

Kaylee Johnson

Jan Bezouška

Chris Navarro

Sean Miller

Russell Topal

J. Denelle

Sedrick Lakpa

Dusty Fields

Danielle Peebles

Brandon Bak

Judah Getz

Jeffrey Roy

Ryan Sbaratta

Aaron Diecker

Laura Wiest

Craig Mann

Jeremy Dell

Jovanti Robinson

Zack Goldsborough

Trevor Gates

Michael H. Ward

Danny Durr

Ashton A Miller

Jermaine Edmondson

Stephon Rodgers

Todd Rogers Terry

Niko Dalman

Kevin Dyer

Sundari Moneek Reid

Al Thompson

Sadiqua Bynum

Ryan Maharaj

Thomas DuPont

Simeon Freeman

Dave Cutler

Jason Elwood Hanna

T. Ryan Mooney

Tennison Barry

Jermaine Holt

Karin Justman

Taraja Ramsess

Joshua Wade

Brendan Urckfitz

Devin Doyle

Jeremy Chapman Webb

Ian Clampett

Michelle Ladd

Bobby James

Steven Legate

Donte Walker

David Andrew Nash

Crystal Hooks

Floyd Anthony Johns Jr.

Dena Sodano

Mark LeDoux

Ian McCall

Sean Lyndon Martin

Samantha Goodelle

Brent Marchant

When a drug dealer (John Boyega) in a predominantly African-American inner city neighborhood dies in a revenge killing, his friends and colleagues are stunned to find him alive and healthy the following day. That’s particularly true for two of his regular associates, a pimp (Jamie Foxx) and one of his ladies of the evening (Teyonah Parris). Together, the unlikely trio proceeds to investigate what’s going on, only to soon find themselves in the midst of a fiendish social experiment involving cloning, mind control and behavior modification targeting their entire neighborhood, a clandestine initiative operated by an evil organization headed by a bigoted mastermind (Kiefer Sutherland). As intriguing as that narrative may sound, however, the picture’s execution leaves much to be desired. For starters, the film is trying way too hard to imitate the works of writer-director Jordan Peele, with more than a few thinly veiled elements that echo “Get Out” (2017) and “Us” (2019). Then there are a number of serious technical issues, most notably the picture’s truly horrendous sound quality (generally throughout, but especially in the first 30 often-undecipherable minutes) and its needlessly dark cinematography (there’s a big difference between atmospheric and incomprehensible). To top that off, many of this release’s attempts at humor fall flat and/or lazily rely on shamelessly milking well-worn stereotypes, often verging on insulting. To its credit, “They Cloned Tyrone” does offer some valuable (if a bit overly obvious) pieces of social commentary, making the second half more watchable than the first. It also features a fine performance by Parris, who often steals scenes and leaves her co-stars in the dust. Nevertheless, writer-director Juel Taylor’s second big screen feature fails on so many fronts that the shortcomings undermine what could have been a hilarious sci-fi thriller if left in more skilled hands (like Jordan Peele, perhaps?). Take a pass on this one.

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John Boyega

Jamie Foxx

Teyonah Parris

Kiefer Sutherland

David Alan Grier

J. Alphonse Nicholson

Tamberla Perry

Eric Robinson Jr.

Trayce Malachi

Shariff Earp

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