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| Dren plays dress up with mommy's make-up. |
Dir. Vicenzo Natali
A creature feature in the style of a SyFy Network
made-for-TV movie, Splice is a
handful and delivers quite a mixed bag.
For starters, the theme of genetic engineering with human tissue is treated sort of strangely. Central subject Dren (Delphine Chaneac) appears like a cross
between a scorpion and a bald-headed Bjork that goes Jurassic when it’s angry. Chaneac
isn't bad in the role, which is good considering she carries the movie.
What compounds things is the pair of cocky scientists behind
the ethics-defying research that spawns Dren, darlings of Wired Magazine and overall nerd rock stars, Clive
Nicoli (Adrien Brody) and Elsa Kast
(Sarah Polley). Their flippancy
misses the mark, but if groans are what count then Splice scores majorly.
The maternal attachment of Elsa to baby Dren (Abigail Chu) is milked for high
drama, but just wait and see what counts for discipline when Dren becomes a rebellious teen.
Later things take a bizarre twist when first Clive then Elsa have weird squirm-inducing sex with the gender-morphing creature. Elsa’s subsequent pregnancy clearly hints at a
sequel, but for better or worse, no signs suggest a project is in gestation.
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