Genetic engineers Clive (Adrien Brody) and Elsa (Sarah Polley)
have successfully created a pair of worm-like hybrid creatures, Fred and Ginger,
capable of producing a protein for medicinal use. Clive and Elsa want to
proceed to the next stage, to create a human hybrid creature to cure diseases
such as Alzheimer’s and cancer. However, the N.E.R.D company are only focused
on making a profit, ordering Elsa and Clive to focus on extracting the protein
on a commercial level. Unwilling to abandon their scientific progress, Elsa and
Clive decide to go ahead and create their human hybrid in secret. After a
nightmarish birth sequence in a womb-like tank, Clive and Elsa have successful
created a girl – with a little bit of every animal thrown in – named Dren
(Delphine Chanéac). But success comes with a new set of problems, as Dren grows
up rapidly with Elsa and Clive unaware of her true capabilities.
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Wednesday, 20 May 2015
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
The Village (2004): *
In The Village, the
villagers live a simple life, cooking, cleaning, gardening and raising
livestock. Only trouble is they are troubled by the obliquely named ‘Those we
don’t speak of’, the creatures who lurk in the woods bordering the village,
held at bay by a truce to not enter each other’s lands. Despite this, two
villagers Lucius (Joaquin Phoenix) and Ivy (Bryce Dallas Howard) express a
desire to go into the woods, so they can buy medicine for the village. Complications
arise when the creatures start to threaten the village, leaving behind dead
livestock and marks on their houses.
Sunday, 8 February 2015
The Jacket (2005): **
The Jacket is far
more concerned with its stylistic choices than what it is all about, which the film itself
seems unsure of. The Jacket follows
Jack Starks (Adrien Brody), an ex-soldier suffering from amnesia, caused by a
shot to the head. After a series of incidents, Starks ends up accused of
murdering a cop and is committed to the mental institution Alpine Grove.
Physician Dr. Becker (Kris Kristofferson) subjects Starks to a controversial
course of drugs, restraints and is locked in a drawer of a morgue cabinet. Jack
Starks appears to travel to the future, where he meets a woman called Jackie
(Keira Knightley). Starks discovers he is going to die in four days, unless they
can figure out a way to save him.