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Splice review by SM
Disappointing
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The plot held a lot of promise with 2 scientists creating a creature made up of a mish-mash of DNA. What have they made? Can they control it? What are the social consequences? The presence of Adrien Brody heightened my expectations somewhat (he being 'The Pianist').
I have enjoyed previous films of similar ilk: the 'Alien' series, 'Gattaca' and "Species". However, I was very disappointed. Initially I was quite excited to see a portrayal of geeky scientists (true to my experience), but then found myself disappointed and slightly cringing at obvious flaws, e.g. the creature they have created had originally 3 fingers and later develops 5. Also, what happened to the nasal spikes (seen in the child-monster but not in the adult).
The storyline is wobbly with the creation of a miracle protein which only takes a few hours to make (hmmm!). And there being a handy ovum ready for insemination with the hybrid DNA. The film is also rather sexist, associating a male creature with aggression and a female creature with being passive and wanting to look pretty. Hmmmm.
It was sad to see a film commencing with a scientific edge descending into a mishmash of unrealistic predictability. Fire your agent Mr Brody.
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Splice review by JD
Totally sold out
(0) of (1) members found this review helpful.
When performing in vitro fertilisation it is hammy to say the least when a computor pop up states the outcome and further pop ups update onlookers to the progress. Maybe CSI is to blame for dramatising the science lab to such an extent as to lead us to expect instant and exciting experiments. It doesn't work. It can work, I think Sahara combines science with drama well. The horror doesn't really go with the academic stuff.
On a positive note there were ethical issues that were explored regarding gene technology and commercialism. How did they do the creature? Must have been a mixture of techniques. That was pretty convincing.
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