Over the last decade we’ve seen little innovation in the horror genre. With the lackluster remakes and uninspired Sequels, it feels as though the horror genre is receiving the least cinematic polish. Because of these repeated disappointments, critics and movie goers often praise films that bring something even vaguely unique to the table. Such is apparently the case with Copperheart Entertainment’s newest Film “Splice” as it’s already getting praised by hoards of critics. Sadly ……I must differ from my critical peers.
Plot:
This film, starring Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, and Delphine Chaneac, revolves around bio geneticists Clive Nicoli (Brody) and Elsa Kast (Polley). These two scientists have apparently perfected the art of creating unique organism by splicing together the genes of existing organism. By splicing together these genes, the subsequent organisms produce proteins which show the potential to revolutionize the medical field. Shortly after discovering this potentially revolutionary break through, Kast and Nicoli ponder the potential possibilities of throwing human DNA into the mix.
Unfortunately for this scientist pair, their dreams of a real life Franken stein are shot down by their pharmaceutical sponsors because of the experiments questionable morality. The disappointing reaction from the pharmaceutical company leaves the scientist frustrated yet even more determined to create their human animal hybrid.
Not long after their idea’s rejection, the two begin constructing their hybrid creature in secret. The experiment ends result produces Dren (Delphine Chaneac), a hairless hinged legged humanoid creature with a poisonous tail.
Thoughts:
The film does have an admittedly interesting premise. The problem is that the film really doesn’t necessarily have any sort of message. Much like the pharmaceutical company, “Splice” seems to want to question the morality of genetic experimentation but it ends up using the character Dren as something of a canvass for the other character’s psychological issues and hang-ups. This would normally be a good thing but because Polley’s character Elsa comes to insane conclusions during the experiments run it’s hard to determine whether or not the experiment itself was immoral or just conducted by a pair of truly disturbed individuals.
Another issue I found with the film is that it’s very much a niche film. There are certain scenes that are definitely cringe worthy and hard to stomach for casual movie goers. I won’t spoil anything but lets just say that Brody’s Character takes a certain “liking” toward Dren. A liking that we are shown in vivid detail
Slug Rating:
Over all it’s hard to recommend this film to everyday audiences due to it’s confusing message and some disturbing scenes. My rating for this movie: 2.5/5
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