Self/less
Movie • 2015 • Mystery
ReportAn extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy young man but everything may not be as good as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origins and the secret organization that will kill to keep its secrets.
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The protagonist is lied to and his (correct) suspicions are dismissed by authority figures for about half the movie.
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Is someone stalked?
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After undergoing the procedure, the male lead realizes that he is being followed everywhere he goes by the antagonists, who rapidly become aggressive as he begins to resist their control.
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In the last third of a movie it is revealed that a young boy has been kept hidden away in a house, and that a young boy was given away for a medical procedure that ultimately killed him. During the climax of the movie, a little girl is kidnapped with the intention of harvesting her organs, but she gets away safely.
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There is no domestic violence, but when Damian is trying to reason with Maddie, he briefly gets frustrated with her and holds her as he says something to her sternly; he lets her go after a few seconds though and he backs off.
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Prominent use of prescription medication by the male lead throughout the film and occasional use or implied use by other characters to maintain control over their new bodies. Also, one scene in which the male lead drinks coffee that has been spiked with an unnamed drug.
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Does a horse die?
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A horse is depicted and appears distressed by the activity going on around its corral, but is ignored and unharmed.
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Technically yes. In the first ~quarter of the movie, a possessed person has sex against their will.
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Bodily Harm
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Is someone burned alive?
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The antagonist is ultimately defeated with the use of a flame thrower. We see him become engulfed in flames and drop to the ground, thrashing. His death is not definitively confirmed, but no longer appears to be pursuing the protagonists at the end of the film, which suggests that he did in fact burn to death. The protagonists are also trapped in a burning building earlier in the film and begin to choke on the smoke, but they manage to escape.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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The male lead is shown to have a bit of trouble breathing near the beginning of the film and eventually has a coughing fit that ends with him coughing blood all over his computer screen and then losing consciousness. In a video, the female lead and her husband remark that they hope their daughter will be able to blow out her birthday candles, the implication being that she has difficulty breathing. She is later shown to have a surgical scar on her chest. The male and female lead are trapped in a burning house in one scene and begin to cough and choke on the smoke. There's at least one instance of prolonged choking during hand-to-hand combat.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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When the male lead is not on his medication, he suffers episodes that another character later describes as "seizures". We see him begin to "hallucinate", clutch his head in pain, lose his balance, and fall down. When he recovers he is covered in sweat and looks ill.
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Does a kid die?
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It is revealed in the last third of the movie that a young boy was given to a medical facility and possessed, and that the boy's mind/spirit was killed off to accommodate the transplanted individual. Additionally, at the climax of the movie, a young girl is kidnapped with the intention of killing her, but she gets away safely.
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Family
Does a parent die?
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The major ethical dilemma in the film involves whether the male lead should continue taking the medication that will kill his host and allow him to maintain control over his new body or stop taking it and allow the body's original owner to regain control. Meanwhile, the female lead and her daughter, who had accepted that their husband/father was dead, are having to deal with his apparent return. Ultimately, the male lead dies after delivering a letter to his grown daughter, returning the body to its original owner.
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Does someone cheat?
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Technically yes. In the first ~quarter of the movie, a possessed married person has sex with other people against the married person's will.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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While running through the woods to escape the antagonists, the female lead flags down a car, which turns out to be more antagonists. We hear her shouting in protest and her daughter screaming as they are grabbed, forced into the car, and driven away. They are held captive for some time, but ultimately unharmed.
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
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This is arguable. There is no possession in the traditional sense, however the film involves the planting of one's mind into another person's body and the suppression and eventual destruction of the original mind using medication. Potentially triggering for some.
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Is there a shower scene?
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During a montage near the beginning of the film, we see the male lead standing in a shower and letting the water run off of him. He takes note of a scar on his shoulder. We then see him in the shower again, washing his hair. Nothing waist-down.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Yes, the lead character vomits right after the body-swap procedure. It's not show in detail. He also pretends to vomit later.
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Medical
Is there a hospital scene?
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There is no hospital scene, but various medical equipment is shown. After collapsing near the beginning of the film, the male lead is briefly shown resting in his lavish home with an IV and a nurse. Later on, he rides in an ambulance on a stretcher. At the facility where the procedure takes place, he's given a shot before being placed in a machine that somewhat resembles an MRI machine. Potentially triggering for some.
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Does someone have cancer?
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The male lead originally agrees to undergo the procedure because he is dying of cancer. He states that it has spread to his lungs and liver and that he has less than six months to live.
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TECHNICALLY, yes. The male lead ultimately decides to stop taking the medication that allows him to maintain control over his new body. This causes him to "fade away" and allows the original owner of the body to regain control and return to his family. It is a noble self-sacrifice, but technically suicide and potentially triggering.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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The protagonist experiences PTSD-like episodes (which he initially believes to be hallucinations), and after each one he is left panting, shaking, sweating, and crying.
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The protagonist frequently misses taking his medication, and as a result he experiences sudden flashes of images and scenes, which are always distorted, sliding around, and shaking.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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The use of an MRI-like machine is depicted in a couple of scenes. These show the machine from the user's perspective, which involves some bright light and small flashes, like sparks. Potentially triggering for some.
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Pregnancy
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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The male lead is shown taking multiple women to bed during a montage shortly after he gets his new body.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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It technically has a happy ending, as things end well for the main and minor characters, but the protagonist commits suicide by giving up just a few minutes before the end of the movie.
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There is an aggressive chase scene in which vehicles are intentionally rammed into each other. Ultimately, all three vehicles collide, causing two of them to flip end-over-end multiple times and the third to run headlong into a tree with an unrealistic fiery explosion.
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Does someone drown?
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No, but Maddie was told her husband drowned (it's a lie).
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Is there gun violence?
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This is essentially an action film and guns are used on both sides, as well as a flamethrower.
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