What?

Okay, so there's now a movie which I would not recommend. The reason I wouldn't is because of how... strange it is. I actually found it slightly disturbing. I think the over all concept was good, and could have made for a good movie, but specific events in the film made me wonder how sick the person who wrote it would have to be. Of course this is just my personal opinion.

This movie that I'm talking about is 'Splice'. It's all about a couple of scientists working in the field of genetic manipulation and cloning. After some talk with their superiors, who did not approve, this couple decides to mix human DNA into their next experiment. The following events cause problems for everyone, except the superiors who had denied them permission to make such a thing. This 'creation' is hidden from the worlds eye and is raised like a child of the scientists in secret, until it all goes wrong.

Admittedly, this movie did keep me guessing. Usually I'm reasonably perceptive about movies and can figure out what's going to happen in them fairly quickly. I put this down to the writer side of me. However, I do also think I didn't know what was going to happen because I actually found it morally wrong to even suggest certain things that happened in this film. In a way they weren't that bad, but I still thought it crossed a line.

It certainly did a good job of raising questions revolving around the manipulation of genetics and mixing of animal DNA. Where does the line stand? How does a person decide when enough is enough? Most importantly, who police's such a thing? In a capitalist society could moral codes be ignored for the purpose of progress and profit. I think they are. This movie had a weird yet effective way of showing that.

Maybe in the future this movie could be remade to suit those of us who are a bit more uncomfortable with it currently. The concept and moral is sound, I just think the execution was poor.