Splice (DVD)

Splice (2009) starring Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chaneac. A pair of "brilliant" scientists, Clive and Elsa (Brody and Polley), succeed in creating a human-animal hybrid (Chaneac) by gene splicing. It's name is Dren (nerd spelled backward). This movie is kind of a cross of "Frankenstein" and "The Fly." You just know that the scientists are going to regret making this creature; the only suspense is in finding out what sort of danger it will pose. Soon we learn that Elsa had madness in her family, and it becomes a question of who poses the greater threat to whom -- Dren to Elsa, or Elsa to Dren? The script is weak and the acting is not much better, although Chaneac must be given credit for being a credible "monster." The subtitles are pretty good. Grade: C-