Review: Splice

The newest experiment gone horribly awry movie is Splice. The movie's central figures are Dren, the "not quite human" entity created by Clive(Adrien Brody) and Elsa(Sarah Polley). We follow the two latter figures as they go from scientist who have created a completely new and legal life form to rogue scientist who have become parents to something that grows more and more human by the second. We are also shown Dren's complete life cycle as she ages rapidly. Along the way the movie tries to pose the question of what it means to be human. As things take a turn for the worse we see the humans acting less and less human and Dren becomes......something else.

Splice is a good horror/SciFi film, with more emphasis on the Sci-fi aspect. The film had a good premise and for the most part it played out wonderfully. The CGI was good and about what you expect for a movie these days. What I want to point out and what I said earlier was the fact that the movie does try to bring about the question of what it means to be human. With Dren for instance, she is first this small infant like being that doesn't look remotely human, but as she grows she resembles a human more and more. She even goes through the rebellious adolescent phase. With the two other leads we witness their humanity being constantly compromised and slipping from their grasp by the end of movie. Splice also takes an eerie look at where science could take us in the next few years.

Splice stands up pretty well to some other Sci-fi movies, but in truth I have seen better. I don't have any specific gripe other than the way it was advertised. I went in with the idea that I was going to watch people die at the hands of some horrible creature for two hours. I was sorely mistaken, and a little disappointed by that.

Overall, Splice is a good science fiction movie that die-hard fans of the genre will like and appreciate. For everyone else though I suggest that you....

RENT IT.