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The Island of Dr. Moreau | Year: 1996 Classification: Science Fiction Directed: - Richard Stanley - John Frankenheimer Actors/Actresses: - Marlon Brando - Fairuza Balk - Val Kilmer - Ron Perlman - David Thewlis - Barbara Carrera Wierd crazy freaks galore, superb! When shipwrecked explorer David Thewlis lands on an island and welcomed by Val Kilmer he probably didn't expect anything like what was waiting for him in this unpredictable horro action. This movie is chock-a-block full of action, plot, scientific experiments and wierd half man half animal like creatures. At first Thewlis (our hero) plays the role in exploring the island and trying to blend in to the rest of the freaky community, but he is very suprised by the treatment of Moreau (brando) to the animals, as well as the rules, the laws and the oneness of man and animal. But when certain members rebel against their leader all hell breaks loose. The hyenas take over, Thewlis tries his best to escape, a wise old man tries to calm every one down, a funny little 1ft man ( bred with a worm) wanders around aimlessly and Kilmer goes beyond the boundaries of crazy. Alot goes on in this great film, it really is a must see, so if I were you go out and hire it right now. Small Island, Smaller Script... Having never read the H. G. Wells' story this film is based upon, I can't gauge just how faithful this movie is to the original story or the earlier film adaptions of it. However, the movie itself doesn't exactly stand up very well at all despite some good make-up effects. An U.N. inspector is rescued at sea by a neurobiologist returning to a secluded island home. The inspector is convinced to temporarily stay on the island until he can be transported back home. However, once on the island, he finds the inhabitants are more then he expected... Another famous scientist has discovered a way of fusing animals and humans, but only temporarily. These new creatures are kept in line through electronically-transmitted pain, carried out by none other then Marlon Brando. This begins to unravel, though, when one of the creatures learn of the doctor's secret. Unfortunately, this movie just doesn't have enough material to fill a movie. A man makes animal-human hybrids...and the point is...what? Well, nobody really cared to elaborate on that. Val Kilmer's role...what's his motivation for staying on the island for all these years? Where did they get the money to buy all their (obviously) high-tech equipment? There are a lot of issues that just don't make sense. Confusion, however, isn't plot; Only plot should be plot, and this film quickly runs out of that. The Island of Dr. Moreau could've been interesting but, past it's one-note revelation, falls very flat on it's face. Not terrible, not great I owned a copy for a while and watched it several times. I did keep thinking it could have been so much more, but I was entertained to a certain extent. The acting was good in places. The bad animal costumes was distracting at times and I'm sure they could do the special effects so much better now. It's worth a rental. Buy The Island Of Dr Moreau at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on The Island Of Dr Moreau Search with the Priority Search Engine on The Island Of Dr Moreau This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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