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Looking for a movie about a guy who gets their brian transfered to this like construction worker thing. I can't remember the name. (lemmy.ml)
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This is what I can remember, I'm not even sure if this movie exists or if I'm just misremembering something. Its a movie where the main character (Maybe has some information someone doesn't want to get out) accidentally (or maybe on purpose by a malicious actor) gets their brain transfered to a (robot? or maybe genetically modified?) worker who's life span only lasts so long before they (genetically? mechanically?) degrade, and the main character has to find a way out of the situation kinda like find a new body is X amount of time.

I'm not sure if that's most of the story or only part of the story of the movie.

This movie has been stuck in my head for a while and I can never remember what it is. I ask y'all if this sounds familiar to any of yall.

Please let me know if you know the name of the movie this sounds like. Thank you.

EDIT: The movie was Xchange (2000). Thank you everyone for your help.

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[+] 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (6 children)
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  • [–] [S] 4 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    Yes this was it exactly! Thank you.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (3 children)

    If you ever need to find obscure movies with tidbits of info you remember, chatgpt is really good at finding them. It sucks at a lot of stuff but scouring the internet for movie and book references works well

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I chose not to use AI for ethical reasons. My first thought after having exhausted DDG searches and reddit searches was to go to AI, but alsa I chose not to because I think using AI is wrong.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    It is a massive waste of resources. And for the most part its searches do what google used to return in 2010 era before all the garbage. Stract.com is my goto for old searches.

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    • [–] 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    A basic search told me the movie is Transcendence, 2014

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    • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    Depending on how accurate you’re remembering, could be Johnny Mnemonic.

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    [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    That brian typo really gave me a chuckle. Hope you found the movie you were looking for.

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    [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Some elements of this sound like the plot of Overdrawn at the Memory Bank, starring Raul Julia, and made famous by its appearance on Mystery Science Theatre 3000: https://youtu.be/2hBEh1JJ1E0

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    [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Could you be thinking of Source Code with Jake Gyllenhaal?

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    [–] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Part of what you describe (sans the transfer thing) sound like the main plotline of Bladerunner.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 11 months ago*

    No its not blade runner for sure, I've seen blade runner both of them a couple times now. Classics, but not what I'm thinking of.

    The worker is like a product model, there are lots of other worker bodies like this one I think. They are like low budget crap bodies.

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    • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Life of Brian

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    [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Star Trek Enterprise, Tripp needs some organ donations if I remember right. The doctor clones him for organ harvesting and the clone is terminated to save the life of Tripp.

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    [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Maybe Saturn 3?

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    [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    There was an Outer Limits episode with this plot - "Identity Crisis" with Lou Diamond Phillips

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    [–] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    I remember a low key production (maybe mexicain) where the protagonist is a Drone Pilot called : Dream_Something_

    Which is the title of the movie but I cannot remember what it is

    Edit : Sleep Dealer

    @crazyminner@lemmy.ml ?

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    [–] 0 points 11 months ago

    You thinking of chappie?

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    [–] 0 points 11 months ago

    Chappie? District 9? Sort of related to what you're describing.

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