Splice -Unrated- 2010 - BluRay
Director:
Writers:
Vincenzo Natali (screenplay) &
Antoinette Terry Bryant (screenplay) and
Doug Taylor (screenplay)
Release Date:
23 July 2010 (UK)
Genre:
Sci-Fi/Thriller/Science Fiction
Cast Of Characters:
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Adrien Brody | … | Clive Nicoli |
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Sarah Polley | … | Elsa Kast |
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Delphine Chanéac | … | Dren |
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Brandon McGibbon | … | Gavin Nicoli |
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Simona Maicanescu | … | Joan Chorot |
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David Hewlett | … | William Barlow |
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Abigail Chu | … | Child Dren |
IMDB Said:
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. Douglas Young (the-movie-guy)
Dren is a new species that Clive and Elsa discovered, using most samples from animals-and ultimately using human DNA. (We later find out that Elsa used her DNA to splice this new specie. Dren learns intellectually and rapidly day by day. Dren’s hormone soon changes her, changing her into a male specie. After seeing and (learning) Clive having sex with Elsa, she seduces Clive and they have sex in the barn, much to Elsa’s horror. They decide to take responsibility to terminate Dren. As they do so, he(no longer a she) kills Clive’s younger brother and their supervisor. Dren knocks Elsa to the ground and momentarily “rapes” Elsa. Clive stabs Dren with a tree branch, not long before getting stung by his stinger- killing him immediately. Elsa finishes Dren off with a rock. The last 5 minutes of the movie, we see Elsa sitting across from a female supervisor of the company and the laboratory. Elsa is prompted to sign a form and not to mention this new project and specie that they are talking about. We learn that Elsa is pregnant, with Clive’s baby (but we can imply that the baby is going to somewhat scientifically engineered after being raped by Dren towards the end of the movie).
MKDS DVD Archive Said:
First of all, Splice, is not a comedy thriller! Secondly, Splice, is not a comedy science fiction thriller, either! Splice, we feel has been wrongly labelled, as someone usually does when it covers the topic of Gentics and Cloning. So it is no wonder that for such a great movie [wait for it] to emerge from the Gaumont & Copper Heart Studio’s ran the risk of being sidelined, even struck down by cinema goers all over the wolrd.
At first, we racked our brains and tried to recall any other film being of the like, and slowly and as sure as eggs are eggs, we remembered one or two films along the same premise. Nevertheless, Splice had something more to offer than just a simular plot like the others! In fact, by watching the trailer first before the film (which is something we seldom do in case it spoils the film) we found the opening titles perturbing, to say the least.
Dr. Clive Nicholi (Adrian Brody) and Dr. Elsa Kast (Sarah Polley) are two of the best Genetic Scientists in the world. With the ban on experimentation in Stem Cells, it is both Nicoli and Kast, who create the first living ascension being since Dolly the Sheep, and through differentiating other DNA within the project they come up with what appears to be some kind of worm-like being. As with all projects, however, the program is designated to be closed down by the Administrator, Joan Chorst (Simona Maicanescu), who through her deputy, William Barlow (David Hewlett – Stargate Atlantis), demands that they have something to present at the upcoming pre-press release for the stock holders in the company.
Before the presentation, however, the two decide to go out of their way and create something that they beleive to be everything! And everything it is, too, with a piece of DNA from almost every living species on the planet within its body. It is this that had us watching even more, especially when after only a few hours, the new (secret) project that the they have indulged in begins to grow…evolve and cause problems from the very first moment it is let loose from the artificial womb. Enter Abigail Chu (Child Dren), who comes across like some “Thingy-Me-Bob”, or, as we liked to refer to it a “T-Rex Miniture”.
For a short time the film revolves around the two scientists checking on their official project, while tending to Dren when they get the free time to educate and teach her to be that little bit more human. With education, of course, comes the concept of intelligence, no matter how you look at it.
As Dren grows older she is given more freedom…maybe too much! As the days and nights pass quickly, it is now up to the two scientists to decide whether Dren remain a scientific secret, or she become exposed to the world as the experiment that she is!
Splice was a great movie to watch. The laboratory style “Frankenstien” recreation was thrilling enough compared to other films of the same genre, and we believe that it for this reason alone, if you liked “Species”, then you’ll like this serving of futuristic human recreation.
DVD Archive Rating: 8/10
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