![]() There are a couple of what-the-hell moments I am still not sure were a good idea. The plot stays relatively contained (IMDB lists a cast of seven), though it takes some twists that cause genuine surprise and bewilderment. It's all terribly bizarre and also strangely riveting. Other than that, though, I have little complaint about the way Dren is crafted. I wasn't so keen on the language, honestly, it was like a synthesized version of Jodie Foster's Nell gibberish. Chanéac moves around like a curious bird, speaking in clicks and coos. The design of the character is pretty cool, a cocktail of gargoyle, space alien, and Björk. Abigail Chu is in the make-up for the early stages, and French actress Delphine Chanéac takes over as Dren enters adolescence (the rapid growth continues, she is a teenager in a matter of weeks). Not to mention the added strain of having to keep your progeny under wraps because she never should have existed in the first place.ĭren is a combination of CGI and prosthetics. As their creation grows, the couple become like real parents, and that includes all the frustration, emotional blackmail, and wonder that comes with the job. Elsa has mommy issues, some of which she will take out on Dren. This is an ironic switch for Clive, who prior to this could not convince her to have a child with him. Elsa names her new child Dren (it's "nerd" backwards), and she takes to the young lady in all the ways a mother should. What excites him is what happens to the people after they cross the line. Now what are you going to do with it?ĭirector Vincenzo Natali ( Cube), who co-wrote the screenplay with first-timer Antoinette Terry Bryant and In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale-screenwriter Doug Taylor, isn't really concerned with "shouldn't" either. It's like the Patton Oswalt routine about scientists always thinking about coulda instead of shoulda. Splice is a science parable, a cautionary tale about the hubris of thinking you have all the answers. The advertising for Splice would have you believe it's a deadly-monster-stalks-human-prey-type of movie, something along the lines of Species and Mimic. ![]() Forget the ethical ramifications, she can't kill her child. Even if it weren't too late to turn back, Elsa becomes attached. It quickly starts growing, turning more humanoid as it goes. The new cell structure replicates at an alarming rate, and the specimen is birthed prematurely. It's his function in their relationship, keeping her remotely in check-only their new creation has other ideas. Not content to take "no" for an answer, Elsa leads the charge to create a new hybrid with human DNA just to prove it's possible. It's a tale as old as mad scientist movies: those with the knowledge want to push forward, those with the cash want to play it safe. Plus, the moral outrage over human cloning would bury them all. ![]() Their corporate overlords say no, the more important task is synthesizing the special protein so the shareholders can start earning some of their investment back. Now that this experiment is done, the pair want to move to the next step and introduce human tissue into the mix. The results are Fred and Ginger, a pair of almost formless creatures that look like ribbed slugs (phallic for whose pleasure?), act slightly like pets, and have proven useful in producing a protein that makes cattle healthier. Clive and Elsa (Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley) have used gene-splicing to create interspecies hybrids out of several different DNA strands. Splice tells the story of two hipster scientists on the bleeding edge of new technology and research. There are a lot of ideas floating around in its near two hours, some of them are still sinking in. Thought not entirely successful at what it sets out to do, the new sci-fi thriller deserves points for how boldly it makes the effort. It's hard to imagine there could be another movie this summer as strange and creepy as Splice.
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