*****CAUTION: SPOILER ALERT!!!*****
In the 2009 film, Genetic Engineers Clive Nicoli (Adrien Brody) and Elsa Kast (Sarah Polley) wanted to achieve fame and fortune by successfully splicing together the DNA of different animals to create new hybrid animals for medical purposes. After being successful in creating a female of the said species, they decide to create a male version and introduced it to her. When both species first met, they started the imprinting and became a pair. The results of the experiment was extraordinary but the pharmaceutical company that funds their research, N.E.R.D. (Nucleic Exchange Research and Development), decided that the research needs to produce more things that are profitable or have a potential to be profitable which is why they have decided to shut down the lab and just rebuild it instead. Knowing that it would mean sacrificing everything that they have done, Clive and Elsa decide to try and create something entirely different by blending human DNA with that of animals. At first they disagree to continue with the project but eventually after killing the first one, Clive makes a new one and decides to hide the experiment from everyone. The experiment grows and Elsa has become bonded with it. She decides to call it Dren instead of just being called a specimen. After moving her to the basement and she starts growing again, they decide to move her to Elsa's late mother's farm. Uknown to them, the experiments that they created before and failed ended up killing each other in a company meeting all because the female of the hybrids that they created changed its gender from female to male. Things get nasty between Elsa and Dren when she starts exhibiting violent behavior and things take a different turn when she sees her having sex with Clive. After the lovers have a heated argument, they decided to just terminate Dren but on their way back, they saw her dying. Then, she became alive again, only this time it has turned into a male. It killed several people, hurt Clive and then rapes Elsa. As Dren is raping Elsa, Clive attempts to kill Dren, but is killed in the process. Elsa then kills Dren. In the latter part of the movie, Elsa is seen being handed out with a huge amount of money only to keep her silent about everything and then someone asked her to continue the project to the next phase. Elsa stands up and is revealed to be pregnant. She looked like she agreed but the only thing she said was "What's the worst that could happen?"
It was a movie with an interesting twist. I never expected it would end that way but I never expected them to keep Dren either. If I were in their shoes, I would have killed it before it even grew into its full size. In this movie, curiousity didn't get the best of them but rather the worst of them. In the end, it killed them just like the cat in the expression. There are many lessons that needed to be learned in the said movie and I shall get to some of that later. The cast and the crew made the vibe of this film both creepy, disturbing and yet emotional at the same time. The human side in me wanted to just kill Dren right there and then but the woman in me wanted to keep it safe. It was a risk they shouldn't have taken though. I have seen way too many movies that had this kind of theme going on and yet this one left me disturbed and thinking at the same time. There are so many what ifs that someone like me can think of after watching this kind of film. The creation of Dren was believable. It looked like a human somehow but with some animal parts. It moved real as well so I think the visual effects team really did their jobs well. The movie provides very good thrilling moments. The music was enough to make you feel on edge. Dren was effective as a scary expirment gone wrong. It looked innocent but was deadly at the same time. I never knew it would end up being what it was until the movie ended. What I like the most about the movie is it's unpredictability. The twist was just mind blowing. Would I see this movie again in the future? Perhaps not. I don't want to feel this disturbed and be brooding again. Can I recommend it to people that I know who would love a little scare? Sure but I'd warn them before letting them watch the flick. I would tell them to clear their minds first and just let the movie go along without judging or thinking of anything just yet. I did that and so I ended up being messed up after watching the said flick.
This movie reminded me of the old Species flicks except this is an original attempt to make an inspiring thriller, sci-fi and drama film that could probably spawn a second part. To be honest, Dren didn't look like it was safe to keep from the beginning. It's just too bad that sometimes scientists have to push boundaries and even try to create something that can be potentially harmful to everyone even to themselves. Science is Science. Sure, Scientists might not be able to come up with new inventions if not for the risks that they take but this is a totally different thing. Right now, human cloning is still prohibited but that doesn't mean nobody has done it and nobody's going to dare and risk it. Scientists are mere mortals. We are men who are just simple creations of God. This movie triggered the ethical, moral and religious side in me. Sure, they might not have cloned a human being but they have instead altered it's DNA by splicing its genes and combining it with animal DNA. What could be so wrong with that? Well...EVERYTHING! The fact that you have created a new life unnaturally is already a sin in itself. Expirements are created in labs which is why they are abominations in my eyes. I'm sure people will tell me, what about test tube babies? or invitro fertilization? Are they abominations too? Honestly, I do not know but all I know is that when something is created by human hands it tends to become a double edged sword. Why? Because it humans are erratic and no matter how hard we try to be good, we can't. Somehow in a part of our lives, we were bad. We probably just didn't know it or just didn't want to remember it. We aren't made to create things that would rival those of the creators. We do not have the power to do so even if we always believed that we have. We must learn our place in this world and we must never tap into things that we shouldn't have tapped in the first place. There is always a reason as to why we do not know about such things. We should learn to do the right thing. Oh, well, I guess we humans just never learn...
She is no angel. She is a blood thirsty monster just waiting to have sex with you then devour your flesh. Yes, Dren is going to be in my nightmares for a little while. *shakes my head*
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