Staring the youngest Oscar Winner Adrien Brody, directed by Vincenzo Natali and his friend Guillermo del Toro(Bravo for his imagination!). Eventhough theme of "Splice" sounds cliche, this, is surprisingly twisted. Yes, the genetic and human cloning issue is no longer an unknown topic to the public. Yes, splicing of human DNA and Animal DNA used to be debated across it's morality stance. But this movie? No, they talked about the possibilities of the outcome. What is science without religious guidance, or from the starting point, Ethics of the creator, you might ask? Well while I am watching this movie,I can't help flashing back to a 1986 movie called "The Fly". (You know, Elsa the female scientist was pregnant by that monster. That's the sequel starting point, i guess.) Kinda scraping horror elements from the past, except that the graphic technologies improves a lot.
Lots of space for the audience to weight in. Giving name to the Specimen(adding in human characteristic); Contradiction among protagonists. Baking Old Greek mythology (having sex with the mother and kill his/her father to end the tale) That's why I said, it's heavy but without pleasure. Your sight is blurred by the spiky emotional and moral grotesque, that kinda dark pleasure.
Loneliness, poor Dren. She(or he? she changed her gender into male at the end of the movie) followed the sequence of evolution and learned from her parents through observing every single action. (Can't imagine to have a kid like this) What is her purpose of living in this world? To apply makeup and wear beautiful clothes? To play around with a kitten? We won't know.
"Splice"Movie Poster 1
"Splice"Movie Poster 2
Adrien Brody
Rating: 7.0/10.0
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