Splice

Sarah Polley, Adrien Brody    w/d  Vincent Natali

Nifty little biological thriller about a couple of rogue scientists who secretly graft human genes to various others and create...voila!...A sort of monster. Who looks like an exotic woman with improbable legs, wings (when she's excited), apparent superpowers and a tail with a lethal stinger at the end.

I've enjoyed this guy's work (Cube, Nothing) and here he doesn't disappoint. Most of what happens here has been done before but the tone and atmosphere he creates carries the story along...all the way to its harrowing conclusion.

I do wish he had cast someone other than SP. She has zero charisma and serves the world of Canadian film much better as a producer/director.

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