In a world where 2 teenybopper scientists are given free reign to breed cancer-curing mutants (with only 2 bosses overseeing this mega-corporation, hmm) and where all one needs to be cast as Adrien Brody's brother is to share the same hairstyle, it is no surprise that Splice ends up sacrificing the 'technical' aspects, such as believable and consistent characters, in favour of cheap gags and gross-outs. And while some scenes produce genuine smiles due to their ridiculousness (slow dancing with the mutant), others produce scrunched eyebrows due to their over-ridiculousness (sexing with the mutant)—not that I'm against such obscenity, but when these sequences are the definitive moments in a film then I know something is amiss.

It is a wild…

Throughout the day I was looking forward to spending the night watching a classic horror movie, but when Cat went to bed I found myself growing rather sleepy. Instead, I opted for a more recent film that I didn't think would require a whole lot of attention - something like a science-fiction/horror film about a genetic experiment. Boy was I wrong. It's not that Splice has a particularly demanding script that requires you to follow attentively, but it generates some interesting ideas that capture the imagination. Impressive special effects and good acting also helps, but for the most part it's the story which is most gripping. Unfortunately it wavers a little towards the end, where character's actions and motives are…

I can only imagine what studio heads thought when this was delivered to their screening rooms.
Vincenzo Natali had built himself an admirable reputation for being able to produce a decent enough sci-fi on a very small budget with his movie Cube and according to legend this was the movie he'd been waiting for effects to catch up with so he could make.
Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley are a romantically involved scientific couple doing some sort of cloning (I think). Their experiments give birth to a sort of child like creature which they then have to hide away from the world.
If this sounds vague it's because the whole film is precisely that. There are some cool creature effects…

In a world where 2 teenybopper scientists are given free reign to breed cancer-curing mutants (with only 2 bosses overseeing this mega-corporation, hmm) and where all one needs to be cast as Adrien Brody's brother is to share the same hairstyle, it is no surprise that Splice ends up sacrificing the 'technical' aspects, such as believable and consistent characters, in favour of cheap gags and gross-outs. And while some scenes produce genuine smiles due to their ridiculousness (slow dancing with the mutant), others produce scrunched eyebrows due to their over-ridiculousness (sexing with the mutant)—not that I'm against such obscenity, but when these sequences are the definitive moments in a film then I know something is amiss.

It is a wild…