The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) Movie Review

Starring: Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis, Fairuza Balk, Ron Perlman

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Review Summary

Edward Douglas (Thewlis), a UN employee, survives a plane crash in the Java Sea, is picked up by a ship and taken to an uncharted island where Dr. Moreau (Brando) conducts his experiments in combining human and animal DNA. Also on hand are Montgomery (Kilmer), a junkie neurologist who monitors the hormone-and-endorphin regimen of the various inhabitants of the island, and the gorgeous Aissa (Balk), who turns out to be Moreau's most successful transformation. This 1996 spectacle is vivid and bloody, with plenty of memorable bits, but it is ultimately incoherent.
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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%

**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Character operated on/altered? Yes
Kind of alteration: - object/animal made human

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - blonde
Hair type - (man) short/medium straight
Body type - very skinny (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - sad
Ethnicity/Nationality - English/British
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - bald
Hair style - bald (man)
Body type - fat (man)
How much in movie? - 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality - British

Main Adversary
Identity: - animal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 60%
Intelligence - Ordinary Dumb
Physical condition - very athletic
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged

Setting
Earth setting: - near future (later in 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Jungle? Yes
Water? Yes
Misc settings - lab
Small Island? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
Tone of movie - fearful
Kinds of F/X - nasty human transformations
Is this movie based on a - book

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