UCLA college student Jonathan Moore (Anthony Edwards) is playing a game called "Gotcha" (popular on mid-1980s college campuses as "Assassin" or "Tag"), wherein the players are all assigned a mock "hit" on another player by use of a harmless paintball gun. Moore and his apartment roommate Manolo go on a vacation to Paris, France. After touring some of Paris, in a cafe Moore meets Sasha Banicek (Linda Fiorentino), a Czechoslovakian girl. Eventually, Jonathan has intercourse with Sasha, losing his virginity.
Jonathan decides to leave Manolo (who is heading to Spain) and go with Sasha to West Berlin to spend more time with her. Jonathan believes that he is in love with Sasha. There, Jonathan and Sasha continue to have sex and even go to an Oktoberfest beer gathering. One night, Sasha tells Jonathan that she has to go to East Berlin to pick up a package. One night after arriving in East Berlin, Sasha leaves their hotel room and walks to dark street corner. There, Sasha meets a German man who tells her the location of the pickup of her package. Meanwhile, Sasha was being monitored by a Soviet agent, who was sitting in a car at a distance. During the day, Sasha tells Jonathan that if she gives him a certain message, it means that he has to leave East Berlin immediately. At a cafe, Sasha gives Jonathan a package and says that a strudel is inside. A little later, Sasha tells Jonathan to meet her at the butcher shop near their hotel. All of a sudden, a Soviet agent begins to chase after Sasha. Sasha decides to use Jonathan (who is holding her package) to unknowingly get the package over to West Berlin. Meanwhile, Sasha is taken by the Soviet agent and East German secret police.
Jonathan goes to Checkpoint Charlie to cross the heavily fortified border into West Berlin. At the East German customs search, Jonathan is stripped of his clothes and given a cavity search. Meanwhile, Sasha is stripped and searched for possible espionage evidence. Vlad arrives at the border crossing to search for Jonathan, however Jonathan passes the border safely before he can be captured. Once in West Berlin, Jonathan feels liberated by the Westernized society. In the hotel, Jonathan receives a message from Sasha to meet him at a specified location. Jonathan finds out that his hotel room was broken into and robbed of his traveler's checks. Soviet agents eventually find Jonathan in West Berlin and chase him throughout a public park. Jonathan jumps into a water canal and manages to escape from the Soviets and stumbles upon a German rock group headed for Hamburg, who offer him a ride to the airport.
The rock group successfully get Jonathan to the airport (using full-face makeup to sneak him past a checkpoint) and Jonathan finally arrives in Los Angeles Tom Bradley International Airport and to his apartment. Soon, Vlad and a band of Soviet agents arrive too in Los Angeles. Once home, Jonathan stumbles upon a film canister, which was planted by Sasha. Jonathan visits his parents and tells them what happened in Germany but they cannot believe a word of it and think Jonathan is on drugs. Jonathan decides to call the FBI then the Central Intelligence Agency for help. Jonathan returns to find his apartment broken into and looted.
The CIA officer tells Jonathan to give them the photo film canister. At the Los Angeles headquarters of the CIA, Jonathan spots Sasha who looks like she was working there. Jonathan eventually meets up with Sasha. Sasha admits that she is Cheryl Brewster, a CIA agent, originally from Pittsburgh. Out of nowhere, Vlad and his gang begin to chase Jonathan and Cheryl on the UCLA campus. Jonathan eliminates all the Soviets with a tranquilizer gun which he gets from the campus veterinary sciences building. The Soviets are arrested, the CIA agents thank Jonathan for his (indirect) help in obtaining the film, and Sasha tells him she wants to continue their relationship.
After they part, Jonathan talks to a pretty student who rebuffs him coldly. As she walks away, he aims the tranquilizer pistol and shoots her in the rear.
男主以为女主吃他巧克力结果是他吃了女主巧克力挺搞笑的，我也没看出来，倒回重看发现的确如此。有点像伦理片，男主要病死了，克隆了一个自己，还把记忆全部复制过去，让其代替自己照顾老婆孩子。节奏有点慢，1.5倍速看前面一半，切换到2倍速看完剩下一半。男主依依不舍最后还是让克隆人代替自己继续生活，这也太悲催了，最后一个人悄无声息孤独死去？话说克隆技术都这么牛了，这个病还是没得治？
偏僻的疗养所，简约冷淡的装潢风格，饱和度稍高的灯光，让人想起机械姬和黑镜。然而剧情走向却是反其道而行。影片中的虚构技术（基因编辑+克隆人+记忆移植）散发着浓郁的优生学乃至社会达尔文主义的气息，根本原因是影片的内核不存在对抗，而是有人文关怀的，是有尊严地接受死亡和更好的自己。最能体现这一内核的例子是第三幕Cam和Jack在自己的工作室相遇，虽然两人给的都是特写，但给Cam的拉得更近，满脸都是恐惧，Jack则给到了脖子，虽然有戒心，但没有恶意。男主作为艺术家，看到自己的克隆人找回自己创作的灵感（虽然偷换了工业设计和自由创作的概念），他终于理解自己拒绝接受死亡的情绪干扰了他和家人的沟通、对世界的感知，以及克隆人并非工具人而是自己生命的升华与延续。他对科技的屈服也是有尊严的。
是不是一个梦
阳光温暖我的脸庞
不理解让克隆人代替自己生活，不管初心是什么，伴侣/家人需要知道真相。所以看不太下去。
爱真的可以克隆吗？如果只是移植记忆就可以获得同样的情感和本能，那爱或许只是习得的……
我该感到欣慰吗
我该感到欣慰吗
简单甚至有点儿俗套的故事，但故事的细节和演员的表演细腻又准确。人生最难的是离别，更难的是生离死别！
年度遗珠，无论是本片的质量还是阿里的表演，都堪称2021年为数不多的上乘之选，也凸显了学院奖的固步自封和对科幻题材的偏见。它营造了一个轻未来的世界，用一个身患绝症的人选择克隆出几乎和自己一模一样的人，瞒着不知自己即将死去的家人，继续他的陪伴和存在。本质上，它在探讨了临终关怀的自我和解，忒休斯之船那种自我同一性的困惑，也是一个人选择如何有尊严的死去等等情感面的问题，科幻元素是高概念设定的手段，却并非故事的核心动力和主要卖点，甚至于它更像一碗绝症梗的鸡汤，只是因为那种精致的摄影、颇具轻未来风的艺术设计，和阿里细腻熨帖的表演，有一种沁人心脾的味道。
磨磨唧唧，这么一陈年老点子复套，无心意也就罢了，还既不文艺也不科幻。
关于克隆科技带来的伦理悖论，题材很老，剧情很简单，时长也很短，但是完成度很高。该课题伴随的爱情方面是自私还是无私的话题对剧情进行了填充。阿里的演技真是稳，奥卡菲娜的客串比《尚气》里自然太多了。苹果设计感的UI和家装风格就赋予了未来科技感真是厉害，与之匹配的还有和《机械姬》如出一辙的美妙景色。
也许我们惧怕的从来都不是死亡本身 而是怕当下所拥有的一切都变成虚无 怕再也不能够真实地和爱的人相拥 说不上是死者的自私还是善意的谎言 爱到底能不能因此而延续谁也不知道 但最起码此刻你看着我的眼睛说的“I love u”是真实存在
人性贯穿科技。很暖心、很舒缓，设计感也非常好！
8.5
。。就因为绿皮书纸牌屋来看看…… 他就能演有钱的black dude没有疑问。
近段时间看过的最好的作品，真是一首优雅的挽歌
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生命因死亡的存在才产生价值和意义
这短短的一生，我们最终都会失去，你不妨大胆一点，面对告别的时候，好好告别。
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