![]() She brought the qualities of a child to a character who may have otherwise lacked a human element. The effects and makeup teams did great work, as did little Abigail Chu (as toddler and preschool-ish stage Dren). Drenĭren, the creation with human DNA added, is actually pretty adorable as a newborn, and toddler. If Adrien Brody weren’t in this movie, it might be true here, too. Those ‘audience characters’ tend to be my favorite. When we would be asking, “what the hell are you doing?,” so does he. No one seems to have an inner Jiminy Cricket in this movie, except Gavin. He is kind of the conscience of a group severely lacking in conscience. He’s a character who, to me, represents the audience. ![]() Seriously, though, Brandon McGibbon does good work as Gavin. Then, of course, the forced dialogue of, “hey, little brother,” that pretty much every movie featuring siblings has done. The filmmakers drive home that Clive and Gavin (McGibbon) are brothers, by giving them slight tension, and a very similar haircut. So, for most of the movie, she walks all over him.Ĭlive isn’t exactly the most moral person, and yet, somehow, he remains likable. Clive doesn’t want to upset Elsa, because she doesn’t handle that well. She grew up in an abusive home with a mentally ill mother. In fact, his brother says exactly that to him.Įlsa’s complicated past may be partly to blame for Clive’s eggshell walking. We see that Clive doesn’t often say, “no” to Elsa. He is a dedicated scientist, and slightly frustrated business/romantic partner of Polley’s Elsa. If you feel otherwise, I apologize.Īdrien really nailed this character. Hopefully, I’ve avoided spoilers in this summation. Then, Elsa gets the idea to engineer more creatures, with human DNA added in this time.Īfter some small successes, things go a little sideways. Things start out promising for the pair and their company, N.E.R.D. The couple successfully make Ginger and Fred, a pair of creatures who… well… honestly look like deformed penises. So, they splice (hence the title) various genes in an attempt to achieve this. ![]() Their goal is to blend various traits from different species, until a certain protein can be synthesized. SummaryĬlive (Brody) and Elsa (Polley) are geneticists, working with a pharmaceutical company to engineer new medications. The reason I’m doing one now, is… well, it happened to come up next chronologically, and that’s how we roll here. If you have noticed reviews popping up all over, that’s why. Splice has gotten a lot of attention lately, after it was added to Netflix’s streaming service in the U.S. Written by: Vincenzo Natali, Antoinette Terry Bryant, Doug Taylor Cast: Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chanéac, Brandon McGibbon, Simona Maicanescu, David Hewlett, and Abigail Chu
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