Film Review - Self/Less

This is quite a good idea for a story and there is a decent amount of work put into the execution. The scenery, clothing and general demeanour of the uber-rich in particular are fantastically executed. The idea behind the story is clever enough, a slight twist on the basic questions of immortality and what would you be willing to give to extend your own life. 

Ryan Reynolds doesn't bother to do much of an impression of Ben Kingsley so it doesn't have the same age-swapping or body-swapping qualities of Face/Off or Big or Vice Versa or even Looper. Kingsley sets the character up as being a fairly nasty, win-at-all-costs, narcissist who is willing to destroy the lives around him out of pettiness. Reynolds doesn't carry any of this across so his 'journey' to a nicer personality is pretty much instantaneous.

Ultimately though the downfall of this film is that it is much too predictable.

What should be intriguing little twists, are actually obvious long before they arrive. That takes it's toll as before half way you start to wonder when things will happen rather than what will happen. 

It is worth a watch if you have nothing better to do some afternoon but I wouldn't recommend going out of your way for it. 

Rating 6 out of 10.