Rating: 2/5
Last year, "District 9" wowed the film world with its great acting, realistic cgi, and a surprisingly intelligent storyline. This year, "Splice" tries to do the same thing. Does it? Not really.
Clive and Elsa are two gene splicing experts at a pharmeceutical company. One day, the two try to prove to themselves that they can successfully splice human DNA with that of several animals. The result of this venture is Dren, a winged, bird footed, tailed creature.
What follows is a series of predictable horror scenarios that try to be disturbing, but aren't really. The acting is fine, but the script is lackluster. The effects are either mediocre or not there at all for no reason.
When I first left the theatre, I thought Splice was messed up. The more I thought about it however, I just thought the movie was a mess. The most important thing, how Clive and Elsa create Dren, is never explained. We don't know how gene splicing period makes sense, and we don't know what any of the animals in Dren are except for human. Overall, Splice is just another forgettable horror movie.
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