Best movie of this year hands down!

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

When a New Orleans detective finds a series of strange mutilations and deaths to be the cause of the fanatical doctor and his creations trying to continue their work, she teams up with a sympathetic work to stop him before his rampage spreads throughout the city.This was a pretty disappointing and not all that worthwhile effort that had a few potentially intriguing moments about it. One of the better elements here was the use of the novel to make the new story come around, as it manages to make a lot of the same elements together here in a modern-day take that feels like a true connection between the two, which is quite unique. As well, there's a lot more action to be found in the later half here with several different encounters with the creatures and the victims, a nice shoot-out in a dank factory and some actual energy that makes for an overall enjoyable time here. It's all too late, though, since the first half of this is all pretty much a lame police investigation that isn't in the slightest bit interesting as there's nothing that comes of it as all we do is stumble upon the bodies after- the-fact and there's nothing of interest there when it's not shown. Even then there's not a lot going on with the story until the revelation of the increased organ-count that brings about the experimental genetics angle that carries the story onward, and more so for the fact that, as it's a pilot for a never-filmed TV series there's just way too many hanging story lines that aren't explained the lack of excitement in this section is hammered home even further.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Language and a mild sex scene.

I really struggled to follow this through, and it was not until I read some of the reviews here that I began to understand what it was supposed to be about. That said, it is still a pretty dull and uninspiring movie.Maybe it was intended to have flesh added in later instalments, but the fact is I can only judge it as a stand-alone piece of film work. In that respect, it simply doesn't work.Admittedly the first few minutes promised something dark and sinister, and the cinematography is moody and dramatic, albeit in very out-dated 4:3 format. After that it went downhill, becoming drab and muddled.Goldberg just doesn't cut it as a lead, and Posey shows promise but never really fires on all cylinders. The rest of the cast seem rather flat. It seems like a failed TV project and to that end would best be buried along with the thousands of other failed TV projects, some of which are probably far better viewing.

The film deals about the Detectives O'Conner(Parker Posey, Superman returns) and Sloan(Adam Goldberg, The Salton sea)are investigating grisly killings by a macabre serial-killer mutilating the victims. Also, a tough policeman(Michael Madsen, Free Willy)named Harker(homage to Jonathan Harker-Dracula) does inquiry on the horrific events. Meantime, she finds a mysterious man named Deucalion(Vincent Perez,Fanfan LaTulipe) who warns her about a megalomaniac Doctor(Thomas Kretschman, The pianist)named Victor Helios. Doctor Helios is actually Dr. Frankestein(originally created by Mary Shelley) still alive along with his sweetheart(Ivana Milicevic).This television movie displays tension, mystery, thriller and eerie scenes when the murders and tortures take place. The film takes accent as the suspense as the terror. The plot for this TV picture was initially adapted by famous terror novelist Dean Koontz(Demon seed, Watchers, Phantoms) and attempted as a television series. Koontz was hired as writing credits and executive producer along with Martin Scorsese, but economic and plot disputes among Cable Network and Koontz, made both left the project, for that reason the screenplay gets flaws and gaps , furthermore,the movie final conclusion is ¨deja vu¨. The picture contains a creepy musical score fitting to the horror film by Norman Corbeil and Angelo Baladamenti, plus , a gloomy and sinister cinematography with frightening atmosphere by Daniel Pearl. The motion picture is professionally directed by Marcus Nispel, director of the much better ¨The Texas chainsaw massacre¨ and usually video-clips filmmaker and occasionally director, being his last film, ¨The pathfinder¨, also with dark and shady scenarios, as habitual in all his movies.

Okay, how anyone can say this movie was worth seeing is just beyond me. I read the novels that Dean Koontz wrote before seeing this, and was sorely disappointed. If you've read the books, I'll tell you right now- don't waste your time! The movie followed the main plot lines- that's all; there's no side story whatsoever (which was one of the things that made the books wonderful!). You'd be better off and much happier just re-reading the first book. After watching it I found out that Koontz bailed on the production of this TV movie, and I can't blame him! His books are so much better! I'll admit that this was better than many TV movies I've seen, but that doesn't make it good. For anyone who thinks this is a good movie, try reading the books (the first 2 are out now & the third is due out this coming May). You'll thank me, I promise!