Rating of
2/4
Splice (2010)
MovieAddict - wrote on 01/19/12
The two lead characters, supposedly brilliant scientists Clive (Adrien Brody) and Elsa (Sarah Polley) take their DNA tampering to the next level by mixing human and animal DNA with disastrous results, as you might expect. The resulting creature Dren (Delphine Chaneac) evolves at an alarming rate into a chrome-domed woman with wings, gills and a very nasty sting at the end of her tail that sprouts out when she gets angry.
After being moved from her laboratory birthplace to the derelict farmhouse of Elsa's childhood, Dren ups the stakes with increasingly unpredictable and dangerous behavior, signaling that things might not end too well. Splice isn't exactly a monster movie, nor is it exactly a horror move but I found myself feeling slightly squeamish midway through some of the scenes, such as the botched and bloody demonstration involving two phallic abominations named 'Fred & Ginger'.
One the plus side, the creature Dren was compelling and intriguing and the story piques your interest and is able to hold onto it but let's just say that the relationships between both scientists and Dren end up going way too far in different ways and the tone of the movie subsequently changes. And not for the better, in my opinion!
