The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Island of Dr. Moreau
PG-13 | 23 August 1996 (USA)
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A shipwrecked sailor stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have found a way to combine human and animal DNA—with horrific results.

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Hellen

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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BroadcastChic

Excellent, a Must See

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Helllins

It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

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Rio Hayward

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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Benjamin Cox

It might be tempting to think that modern film-makers have a God-given right to remake whatever they wish simply because we have better tools with which to make films. From incredible CG characters like Gollum to Keanu Reeves dodging bullets in slow motion, it would be easy to remake a much earlier film and throw every digital trick in the book at it, expecting success and critical acclaim. Of course, it doesn't always work like that as there are any number of things that can scupper a production from backstage fighting, studio disagreements and lead actors' egos clashing. And when you have all three then you get "The Island Of Dr. Moreau", a film so mired in issues that it's a miracle it was released or even finished. What's really tragic is that it had a really promising opening and could have been so much better. Instead, it descends into an absolute farce of a film with very little to recommend.David Thewlis plays Edward Douglas, a survivor of a plane crash drifting alone and almost dead at sea. Picked up by a man named Montgomery (Val Kilmer) and slowly nursed back to health, Douglas is taken to a remote island and made a guest of reclusive scientist Doctor Moreau (Marlon Brando). But the island hides a multitude of Moreau subjects - inhuman creatures that are monitored and kept under Moreau's control through implanted pain receptors. As Douglas desperately tries to escape the island, one such creature (Daniel Rigney) discovers the doctor's secret implant and removes it. As the mutants begin to rise up against Moreau and the others, Douglas realises that he must fight for his life before all hope is lost.Believe me when I say that this film really does start off well - the film offers a tempting mystery behind the enigmatic Moreau's jungle paradise and everything looks suitably ramshackle and intriguing. Then Brando himself appears, lording it up and caked in weird snow-white make-up and it's at this point that the film tanks like the Exxon Valdez. It goes from a promising sci-fi mystery with a slight horror element to a drug-fuelled "Twin Peaks" tribute, populated with dwarfs and jobbing actors covered in excessive amounts of make-up, prosthetics and facial hair. The only exception is Fairuza Balk as the pretty cat-hybrid 'daughter' who is there solely to provide a possible love interest to Thewlis. The cast do what they can with a dodgy (and hastily rewritten) script but none can hold a candle to Kilmer who, like the film, goes utterly off the rails halfway through. It also forgets what the story has established already - for example, the primitive and feral beasts call guns "the fire that kills" but within half-an-hour, they've learnt the word for guns but also can drive jeeps and reload an AK47. With claws and hooves. Riiiiight."The Island Of Dr. Moreau" will probably ensure that this particular H.G. Wells tale won't be remade for quite some time. It isn't a long film but it feels like it, especially once the madness begins and Kilmer's character acts like a junkie mid-relapse. The only real aspect of the production I can applaud is the creature effects which are convincing enough, to a point. Certainly, they made me wonder whether Brando was wearing prosthetics as he looks grossly overweight and acts like a mere shadow of his previous self. I know that sounds harsh but his performance is not his finest hour, one of many that people had during this movie. But this is undoubtedly the Val Kilmer show and frankly, I'd like to know exactly what he was on at the time. As I understand, hardly anybody had a good time on set but never before has that despondency appeared on screen so spectacularly than it did here. "The Island Of Dr. Moreau" is the worse kind of movie, the sort that builds up your hopes and then knocks them back like that glamorous woman out of your league at the bar. It's more disappointing than it is bad, throwing away its promising potential and settling with being a stupid and moronic action blast.

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Veronika Lackerbauer

This movie is likely to be the worst movie I've ever watched. It's not only incredibly bad work concerning special effects and make-up but also a lousy performance of all highly decorated actors. I can't believe that Marlon Brando accepted a role in such a project. He was awarded a "Golden Raspberry" for his performance and he deserves it. H.G.Wells novel contains a lot of social critics and critics on sciences and medicine. There's nothing left from Well's intentions in that adaption from 1997. I'd recommend reading the book rather than wasting time with that movie. But after all this movie is bad on such a level that it is already worth being watched!

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rfb-geo

Balk smolders. So what? Brando emotes. Interesting. Kilmer embarrasses himself. Perlman growls. Thewlis tries. Worth watching just to see how bad a movie with a great cast and a great director can be. Gratuitous violence, but tame by today's standards. Doesn't help. The 1977 version had Barbara Carrera, so we forgive that. The original (Island of Lost Souls), even in black and white, with a low budget, is far better. This cast makes the ailing, hammy Bela Lugosi look like Oscar material. Brando, for all his talent, doesn't touch Laughton. Frankenheimer makes a couple of points. Men and animals aren't that far apart. The law is determined by the point of a gun. And artistic pretension doesn't make a bad movie better. Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.

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redalert51

Essentially the " Directors Cut " or should say is the unrated cut ,scenes , such as the beginning of the beast peoples take over which is more blood thirty , the killing , of Dr Moreau , teeth biting into his flesh , also there is one " Hyena Swine " chews the doctors ( father, the) arm off with inter-cuts of various animal people's blood soaked teeth. I personally believe , how a few minutes of graphic shoots shown, in sequence , can make the difference . The reason for my mid rating is , the blu ray release , did not not have the any bonus features , no commentary track , extended documentaries or a retrospect of people who work on the film , I do not know if the DVD release , has the features I mentioned , I perused , one release online and there were no indication of any features . Though the picture are excellent on the Blu ray and likewise with the audio , I hope this will be of help , to interested parties of this much maligned film ....Thank you , for the opportunity ..

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