A drug dealer, a pimp and a prostitute in an all-black neighbourhood uncover a sinister conspiracy of social control over their community. The fact that the three are blaxploitation archetypes proves to be a fundamental part of what they unearth, as the film takes an abrupt turn into Soylent Green/Stepford Wives territory.
Much of the appeal of They Cloned Tyrone, apart from the comic interplay between the trio, peppered with every pop culture refence imaginable, lies in its splicing of genres that don't often meet. It's not so much that the individual components are new, but the blend certainly is, and makes for an entertaining ride which also manages to make serious points about the sense of the ghetto and boundaries laid down by race and background in the U.S. being a prison you can't escape from, thereby adding a layer to the satirically-tinged sci-fi set-up.
6/10
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