Splice

2010

1h 44m

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5.9/10

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Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to create a new organism. Named "Dren", the creature rapidly develops from a deformed female infant into a beautiful but dangerous winged human-chimera, who forges a bond with both of her creators - only to have that bond turn deadly.

Directors

Vincenzo Natali

Writers

Antoinette Terry Bryant(screenplay by)

Vincenzo Natali(screenplay by)

Doug Taylor(screenplay by)

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Adrien Brody

Sarah Polley

Delphine Chanéac

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Clive

Elsa

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Barlow

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Elsa …

Gavin

Melinda Finch

Joan Chorot

Directors

Vincenzo Natali

Writers

Antoinette Terry Bryant(screenplay by)

Vincenzo Natali(screenplay by)

Doug Taylor(screenplay by)

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5/10

"Clive" (Adrien Brody) and "Elsa" (Sarah Polley) are a couple of genetic engineers charged by David Hewlett's "Barlow" with discovering an important gene that could lead to huge advances in medical science. Using a mix of human and animal DNA that have varying degrees of success before the evolution of a creature "Dren" (Delphine Chanéac) that develops more human attributes - as well as a tail with a stinger and the ability to grow wings. As we progress through this frankly rather disturbing story, we discover that "Elsa" quite literally has skin in the game as they must both seek to protect their creation from not just their employers but from her increasingly violent and lustful tendencies. I was quite interested in the underlying premise but the execution here is really poor. I never did really get why Brody was ever successful in the first place and here there is no chemistry between him and Polley; the storyline which could have been challenging and thought-provoking instead borders on the absurdly far-fetched and the ending couldn't really come quick enough as we really do struggle to reach any sort of a satisfactory conclusion - either from a personal or a scientific perspective. It does highlight the dangers of unfettered scientific experimentation but sadly in no more an entertaining fashion that we have seen many times before - more enjoyably - from Hammer Studios!

Geronimo196726 Oct, 2022