XChange (film) explained

XChange
Director:Allan Moyle
Starring:Stephen Baldwin
Kyle MacLachlan
Kim Coates
Pascale Bussières
Janet Kidder
Producer:Mark Amin
Jean Desormeaux
Marc S. Grenier
Music:Andrew Lockington
Cinematography:Pierre Gill
Editing:Dean Balser
Distributor:Trimark Pictures[1]
Runtime:110 minutes
Language:English

XChange (also spelled: Xchange and X Change) is a 2000 Canadian science fiction thriller film[2] directed by Allan Moyle[3] and starring Stephen Baldwin, Kyle MacLachlan, Kim Coates, Pascale Bussières,[4] [5] and Janet Kidder.

Plot

In the future, where it's faster to travel by exchanging bodies with someone at the destination, a man's body is hijacked by a ruthless terrorist.

Toffler (Kim Coates), a member of the privileged "Corpie" (corporate) class, accidentally ends up in the body of a terrorist named Fisk (Kyle MacLachlan), who has in turn taken over Toffler's original body. Unable to continue as Fisk, Toffler is forced to use a cloned body (Stephen Baldwin) with a limited lifespan in order to track down Fisk and get his original body back.

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes aggregates five negative reviews of this film.

Notes and References

  1. https://variety.com/1999/film/news/telefilm-sales-outdo-features-1117781211/ "Telefilm sales outdo features"
  2. https://variety.com/2000/tv/news/vendors-products-t-v-1117787236/ "Vendors & Products: T- V/Trimark Television"
  3. "New releases" by Michael Ward, Herald Sun (18 Oct, 2001) Retrieved from
  4. "X Change: Pascale Bussieres on the edge of stardom" by Harvey F Chartrand, Take One, Vol. 9, Iss. 31, (Spring 2001) Retrieved from
  5. "Stephen Baldwin - fourth brother but second in success" at The Peterborough Examiner (14 April, 2000) Retrieved from