Innovation is always a respected thing and something that should always be admired but sometimes resulting back into tradition never hurts either. Splice is all about innovation, it doesn't even pay respects to the old time monster thrillers and at most times this approach works. We have respected actors in this film Sarah Polley and Adrien Brody and they do a fantastic job with this truly different material.
This film is a big indie film about a monster created by two geneticist's and how the monster grows up and learns to live in this hostile world. I thought I was going to watching a crazy scary monster movie that would be filled with gore and awesome scares but what we got was something very different. It's a movie that asks the question of the ethical means of birthing a creature and how we should not play God. It has a ton of depth to it. This movie is filled with layers and intense pondering on ideas that exceed that of a typical monster film. I give credit to this film for trying new things and actually creating a compelling drama between the monster and the two main characters but this movie trails onto some strange paths that totally ruin the taste of this movie.
The two characters explored in this movie are nothing truly special, but what makes them unique is what they encounter. They literally build a human being; or "human" being. It's a cross between an animal and Polley's character that is birthed and later grows up. What we get is a very untypical monster drama about a broken family and how they simply work to keep things wrapped up. This movie is endearing and filled with potential but it devolves into something dastardly and disturbing. I guess the film makers behind this one were looking to reinvent the monster drama but what they do is simply explore something else. They have created a psycho sexual drama that really isn't frightening but it's just disturbing involving scenes of rape and pregnancy, instead of a monster slowly killing the cast one by one. I really didn't like the sexual ending, it was unneeded and uncomfortable to watch. This movie could have achieved so much more and it did with the beginning and the middle, but the ending is just so weird and lurid that it left a horrible taste in my mouth. I really don't recommend this one to anyone. The production is great, acting is great, tension is great but the crazy sexual really doesn't work for me.
