Looking for a movie about a guy who gets their brian transfered to this like construction worker thing. I can't remember the name. (lemmy.ml)

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This is what I can remember, I'm not even sure if this movie exists or if I'm just misremembering something. Its a movie where the main character (Maybe has some information someone doesn't want to get out) accidentally (or maybe on purpose by a malicious actor) gets their brain transfered to a (robot? or maybe genetically modified?) worker who's life span only lasts so long before they (genetically? mechanically?) degrade, and the main character has to find a way out of the situation kinda like find a new body is X amount of time.

I'm not sure if that's most of the story or only part of the story of the movie.

This movie has been stuck in my head for a while and I can never remember what it is. I ask y'all if this sounds familiar to any of yall.

Please let me know if you know the name of the movie this sounds like. Thank you.

EDIT: The movie was Xchange (2000). Thank you everyone for your help.

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[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

If you ever need to find obscure movies with tidbits of info you remember, chatgpt is really good at finding them. It sucks at a lot of stuff but scouring the internet for movie and book references works well

[-] crazyminner@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago

I chose not to use AI for ethical reasons. My first thought after having exhausted DDG searches and reddit searches was to go to AI, but alsa I chose not to because I think using AI is wrong.

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

It is a massive waste of resources. And for the most part its searches do what google used to return in 2010 era before all the garbage. Stract.com is my goto for old searches.

[-] crazyminner@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Plus everyone here can consent to giving answers. If AI is or ever ends up being sentient it would be extremely immoral to exploit them.

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