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An exceedingly silly and cliche ridden film.
Gerard Depardieu and Nathalie Baye--both BIG names in French cinema--star is the stink-o thriller "The Machine." Depardieu plays 'brain specialist' Dr. Marc Lacroix--a man who's obviously spent too much time with the criminally insane. Dr. Lacroix is obsessed with the criminal mind--specifically "how the mind fits into the brain." And, so, naturally, he builds a machine capable of transferring or switching a brain from one person to another. The intent of this lunacy is to allow Lacroix full access to the brain of a psychotic killer with the idea that this will point to "a different angle for treatment." Lacroix's planned experiments are a big secret he doesn't mention to his colleagues. The machine--and it rather suspiciously resembles a pair of those awful full head dryers--is hidden in the cellar of Lacroix's conveniently abandoned creepy family mansion.

Dr. Lacroix forges a relationship with foul-mouthed serial killer Michael Zyto, and before too long, Dr Lacroix whisks Zyto off to the abandoned country estate for a little BRAIN TRANSFER. Now picture this ... you--the eminently respected brain specialist--sit in one chair, and the murderer sits in the other. You push the control buttons, and hey presto--you are in the murderer's body, and oooops ... he's in your body ...

Is there a fundamental problem with this plan?????

The entire premise, is, of course, silly. The special effects (computer screens with diagrams of the head) are simplistic, and there is an over-reliance on narration when it comes to the small issue of plot. Gerard Depardieu is a wonderful actor, and it's a shame to see his talents wasted in this hideous film--displacedhuman

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a spine tingling import
A shrink at a mental institution obsesses over the mind of a serial killer. To "better understand him", he invents a machine which allows him to trade brains with the madman. Naturally the madman outsmarts him by assuming his identity and terrorizing his family. This is the movie's weak point - why wouldn't the killer take advantage of the situation? The good points are that the direction is quite good and suspenseful. All the actors do a fine job and the ending isn't as predictable as I had imagined.