The year is 2023, and Juel Taylor is the director of the American science fiction comedy-mystery movie They Cloned Tyrone. The movie marks Taylor’s debut as a feature film director and is co-written by Taylor and Tony Rettenmaier. In the movie, Teyonah Parris, Jamie Foxx, and John Boyega play an unusual team that unearths a government cloning plot. Jamie Foxx also serves as the movie’s producer. Kiefer Sutherland and David Alan Grier also play supporting parts.
They Cloned Tyrone had its world premiere on June 14 at the American Black Film Festival. On July 14 it began a limited theatrical run before being made available on Netflix on July 21. Critics gave the movie favorable reviews, praising the humor and major actors’ performances.
Plot
Fontaine is a drug dealer in the retro-futuristic neighborhood of the Glen, where the odds are stacked against him and he follows a daily schedule. Fontaine still laments the loss of his little brother, while his mother spends the entire day in her room and barely interacts with him. One of Fontaine’s clients, Slick Charles, has a fight with Yo-Yo, one of his numerous sex workers. Yo-Yo is encountered by Fontaine as he travels to confront Slick Charles, who owes Fontaine money. Slick gives some of the money to Fontaine, who is then tragically shot by rival drug dealer Isaac as he turns to leave.
Slick is startled when Fontaine shows up for the money again the following morning, somehow still alive and with no memory of what happened the night before. Fontaine is perplexed when the two locate Yo-Yo to support Slick’s allegations of his demise. He recalls how a mystery van, now parked in front of a trap house, abducted a man who was bleeding from a gunshot wound. Together with Slick and Yo-Yo, who express their worries, Fontaine enters the residence to investigate. They find an elevator that goes to a lab below ground. A white scientist with an afro inside informs them that the operation has spread. Slick inhales a mystery white liquid that he initially believes to be cocaine. Still, after Yo-Yo triggers a tiny explosion, he ends up laughing violently and accidentally kills the scientist. The group comes across Fontaine’s similar corpse laying on a table just before they leave.
They Cloned Tyrone (Official Trailer)
Cast
John Boyega as Fontaine / Old Fontaine / Chester / Tyrone
Jamie Foxx as Slick Charles
Teyonah Parris as Yo-Yo
Kiefer Sutherland as Nixon
David Alan Grier as The Preacher
J. Alphonse Nicholson as Isaac
Tamberla Perry as Biddy
Eric Robinson Jr. as Big Moss
