Product Details

• Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Didier Bourdon, Natalia Wörner, Erwan Baynaud
• Directors: François Dupeyron
• Writers: François Dupeyron, René Belletto
• Producers: Bernard Bouix, Ingrid Windisch, Patrick Bordier, René Cleitman
• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: French
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Polygram USA Video
• VHS Release Date: November 4, 1997
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304274475
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #100,431 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a spine tingling import, July 18, 2000

By	J A Dunn (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Machine [VHS] (VHS Tape)

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A real horror film!, January 29, 2005

By	Hiram Gomez Pardo (Valencia, Venezuela) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This amazing script is built with admirable surgeon's precision. Since a re known mind investigator decides through a sinister experiment to exchange personalities with the distorted mind of an assassin the Demons' Pandora Box will make their ineffable appearing turning all the expectations of our candied doctor.

Magnificent and hallucinating script.

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly-Good Movie, March 16, 2009

By	Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: La Machine [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This was one of those rare cases in which the opposite of what you often see in films occurs: we get a movie that should have been stupid and hokey but turned out to be well-done and a good thriller. Yes, it's a very pleasant surprise.

A man invents a machine which can switch the inward beings (at least the brain) of two humans so....the doctor winds up being a killer while the killer becomes him, the doctor in actions and thoughts. This "fact" is hidden because the two people still have the old face and body of the person they used to be, so no one else can see the two people have switched "identities."

Anyway.....there is very good suspense in this film as the good guy tries to save his wife and family from being killed by the deranged human. Yeah, I know....it sounds confusing and stupid, but it isn't. The film also boasts a few shocking scenes and twists at the end. Recommended.