They Cloned Tyrone

"Beware cheap imitations."

2023 2h 2m EN

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★6.6TMDB · 819

ComedyScience FictionMystery

Synopsis

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A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy lurking directly beneath their neighborhood.

“Beware cheap imitations.”

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Cast

John Boyega
Fontaine
Jamie Foxx
Slick Charles
Teyonah Parris
Yo-Yo
Kiefer Sutherland
Nixon
David Alan Grier
The Preacher
J. Alphonse Nicholson
Isaac
Tamberla Perry
Biddy
Eric Robinson Jr.
Big Moss

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Juel Taylor
Writers: Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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Released 3 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Juel Taylor, shot by Ken Seng. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Pierre Charles. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Saira Haider shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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John Boyega and Jamie Foxx and Teyonah Parris carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Beware cheap imitations.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt9873892 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Juel Taylor directs. Ken Seng behind the camera. Pierre Charles scores. Saira Haider cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 3 years ago.
2Directed by Juel Taylor, shot by Ken Seng. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Pierre Charles. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Saira Haider shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5John Boyega and Jamie Foxx and Teyonah Parris carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Beware cheap imitations.".
7IMDB entry: tt9873892 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 13 themes, including "secret society", "grave", "conspiracy", "cynical".

The technical file

Cinematography: Ken Seng
Original score: Pierre Charles
Editing: Saira Haider
Production design: Franco-Giacomo Carbone
Makeup / hair: Jeremy Dell
VFX supervisor: Mark LeDoux
Sound: Craig Mann
Stunt coordinator: Brian Avery
Runtime: 122 min · 2h 2m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $47,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: They Cloned Tyrone (2023)

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Brent Marchant2023-07-23
★ 5/10
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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