Splice

Not really sure if this movie happened. But, apparently it did. I paid attention most of the time as the film played, but knew it would be silly. When it was over, I thought that it was better made than most silly bad movies.

Adrien Brody wants to do creature features in nerd-meets-badass way. I’ll go on record though and say I enjoyed Splice more than Predators. For one, the CGI wasn’t as horrible, and this film wasn’t set out to ruin a franchise.

There’s pseudo-intellectual stuff going on throughout the film, but the film is mostly too silly to be thought provoking. Once Dren (Nerd backwards…lame) grows adult-size, the character becomes was too annoying with its squeaks and hyper-sexuality.

It’s nice too see Sarah Polley in a newer film, but she could do much better. Really, Splice, we all could do much better. And, word to the wise – if you create some kind of creature in a lab, you should cut off its stinger immediately. If the stinger grows back, it was not meant to be.

3/10