(Synopsis) Clive Nicoli (Adrien Brody) and Elsa Kast (Sarah Polley) are two young scientists who have been given the job of running a genetic laboratory at a large corporation to develop a protein using animal gene splicing from several different species. To speed up the process, they secretly take a chance and add human DNA to the experiment. What they get is a new organism which Clive wants to destroy, but Elsa convinces him to let it live a little longer. As the creature grows bigger, you begin to see a new animal species. The creature looks like a human female, but it has many features of several animals. The creature has wings, a stinger, can breathe under water, and can communicate with Elsa. They begin to bond with the creature and name her Dren (Delphine Chaneac). Their little experiment has gotten out of hand, and it could be the end to their careers if it got out that they created an animal/human hybrid. They move Dren to Elsa's farm in the country where Dren continues to transform into something stronger. Clive and Elsa finally learn the reason why they shouldn't play with Mother Nature.
(My Comment) "Splice" is a monster movie that tries to package itself under the sci-fi/genetic engineering tale. The movie began with a serious story line that turned into an unbelievable and ridiculous plot. Instead of horror film, we got a comedy. There are several serious scenes in the movie where we were just laughing at it. The story's premise is on target with what science is doing today with DNA, but it was wasted on this movie. The actors' performance was OK, but that was about all. The CGI of Dren was pretty good, but it was also a waste. I thought about getting up and leaving the movie several times, but I didn't because it had to get better, but I was wrong. My advice is to skip this movie and save your money and time. (Warner Bros. Pictures, Run Time 1:44, Rated R) (2/10)
(My Comment) "Splice" is a monster movie that tries to package itself under the sci-fi/genetic engineering tale. The movie began with a serious story line that turned into an unbelievable and ridiculous plot. Instead of horror film, we got a comedy. There are several serious scenes in the movie where we were just laughing at it. The story's premise is on target with what science is doing today with DNA, but it was wasted on this movie. The actors' performance was OK, but that was about all. The CGI of Dren was pretty good, but it was also a waste. I thought about getting up and leaving the movie several times, but I didn't because it had to get better, but I was wrong. My advice is to skip this movie and save your money and time. (Warner Bros. Pictures, Run Time 1:44, Rated R) (2/10)