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 Xchange is a 2000 Canadian sci-fi thriller, (possibly) loosely based on Robert Sheckley's novel Mindswap.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })20 Minutes into the Future, new tech allows for people (usually business execs) to travel by swapping bodies with another person at their destination. The process is called "Xchanging" (after the name of the company) or "floating".Stuart Toffler is a "corpie", who is sent by his boss to attend the funeral of a murdered business partner via Xchange. When it comes time to return to his own body, he learns that a criminal has absconded with his body. Worse: the body he's currently inhabiting actually belongs to yet another person, who wants it back. Toffler is offered the body of a temporary clone, who only live for a few days and are mostly used for temp menial labor. Unfortunately, the law forbids anyone from Xchanging more than two times per week, which means that Toffler only has a few days to live. In desperation, he flees with his current body, but ends up having to swap for a clone body after all.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
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 Actor Swap: Since the film involves body swapping, it's no wonder the same character can be played by multiple people. Toffler is played by Kim Coates (original body), Kyle Maclachlan (second body), and Stephen Baldwin (clone body). The same actors also play Fisk, just in a different order.
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 Bad Future: While not much is shown, we do know that Indianapolis is radioactive for some reason (there are no nuclear power plants in Indiana) and that there's a curfew in effect. There's also a law that would prefer that a person die rather than risk psychological trauma from swapping too many times.
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 Attack Drone: Fisk is fond of using drones to perform the hits. They use personal RFID tags to lock on to their targets. Toffler places his tag on Fisk's accomplice, who is killed by the drone's projectile.
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