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WHAT TO WATCH: "They Cloned Tyrone"

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John Boyega plays a brooding, down on his luck drug dealer who's shot dead at the beginning of "They Cloned Tyrone," a loosely plotted, fitfully delightful sci-fi suspense-comedy which mixes Michael Crichton-type paranoid thriller vibes from the 1980s, a seedy Blaxploitation grind house look from the 70s, along with stiletto-sharp modern satire.  It also has one of the best comic performances of the year from Teyonah Parris, who just about steals the show.  Minutes after Boyega is shot dead, he awakens at home. He wasn't dreaming, we learn, he was cloned, and for reasons too amusing and ghastly to spoil. Some have compared "They Cloned Tyrone" to " Sorry To Bother You ," a masterpiece of social satire and suspense, and though it's not quite as ambitious or as successful, it priorities are also different. More than anything, "They Cloned Tyrone" is out to deliver a groovy good time. If a joke doesn't always land, or a scare is less