Her relationship with Dren becomes just as twisted as Brody’s, and there are even a few scenes between the two where you might find yourself sympathizing with Dren. Here, she really engages with the material, and anchors the film with a performance that doesn’t shy away from being somewhat unlikable at times.
She’s much better in the role than I assumed she’d be, as Polley tends to phone in roles when she’s in big mainstream fare. Brody’s lower-key here than he’s been in a while, and it works well for the role.Īs the other, less cautious half, we have the Queen of Canadian cinema- Sarah Polley, who’s mostly been working behind the camera these days (AWAY FROM HER). Brody’s solid as the somewhat more level-headed of the two scientists, although all that goes out the window in the second half of the film when his relationship with Dren gets…heated. While it’s more than a tad derivative, it’s a stylish, and well constructed flick, benefiting enormously from the lead performances from Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley.īrody’s been having a bit of a comeback lately, with this coming out just a few weeks before his hotly anticipated starring role in Robert Rodgriguez’ PREDATORS. While it’s a tad premature to claim Natali could be another Cronenberg, it’s obvious that he’s trying to emulate his work in THE FLY, with SPLICE being another example of science run amok. SPLICE could be Natali’s ticket to the big-time, as this mines territory previously explored by another Canuck genre director, David Cronenberg. Since then, he hasn’t done much other than a barely released Lucy Liu vehicle (CYPHER) and a segment in the omnibus film, PARIS, JE T’AIME. It comes from Canadian director Vincenzo Natali, who, back in the nineties, directed a fantastic low budget sci-fi film called CUBE.
Truth be told, SPLICE isn’t a terribly original film. After finally seeing the film for myself, I can see why it was picked up, as it’s a solid genre entry that could potentially strike a chord with horror fans. REVIEW: SPLICE was one of the big hits of Sundance 2010, with it being picked up for distribution by Joel Silver’s Dark Castle Entertainment, which is more and more a rarity these days in the changing independent film landscape. As Dren begins to learn and grow at an accelerated rate, the animal/human hybrid begins to display more aggressive behavior, becoming a nightmare for both the scientists, and anyone unfortunate enough to cross paths with the dangerous creature. PLOT: Two scientists (Adrien Brody & Sarah Polley) splice animal & human DNA to create a hybrid being- the initially passive Dren (Delphine Chaneac).
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