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    Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to create a new organism. Named "Dren", the creature rapidly develops from a deformed female infant into a beautiful but dangerous winged human-chimera, who forges a bond with both of her creators - only to have that bond turn deadly.

    Rated: [ MA ]
    Cinema release: 12 Aug 2010
    Director: Vincenzo Natali
    Running time: 104 mins
    Stars: Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chaneac
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    Sci-fi chiller not quite Cronenberg

    Mark Beirne, MovieFix  
    3 star rating
    Splice begins with a terrific science-fiction premise and gradually squanders it with schlocky horror conventions.

    Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley star as Clive and Elsa, two highly respected scientists — and lovers — who have found a way to splice the DNA of different animals to create slug-like hybrids, capable of producing proteins that could potentially cure the world's illnesses. But Elsa wants to go one step further, and convinces Clive to splice human DNA (without telling their corporate financiers, of course).

    The result is Dren (Delphine Chaneac), a part-human, part-animal creature with accelerated growth. Clive and Elsa privately monitor Dren's development, but slowly develop a parental bond with her. Cue the ethical dilemmas: should they have created her in the first place? Is Dren's short-lived, painful existence a crime against humanity? What risks does she pose to mankind if she escaped her confines?

    Splice has all the elements of a great movie. Director Vincenzo Natali (Cube) has obviously been inspired by David Cronenberg's The Fly and the film's first half balances science fiction dramatics with short bursts of gore.

    Unfortunately Natali only touches on the ethical themes in a simplistic, obvious way. Sub-plots such as Elsa's abusive childhood — a factor which impacts her maternal desires — are raised then ignored. Splice also spends more time focusing on the relationship between Clive and Elsa, when it should be exploring Dren's mindset.

    Splice falls apart in the last half-hour — Brody's out-of-nowhere sexual attraction for Dren is unconvincingly staged and drew howls of laughter at one media preview. The climax resorts to cheap slasher-flick conventions, which is so unfortunate because Splice had the potential for an intelligent pay-off.

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