Review of The Fly

The Fly (1986)
7/10
A grossest new adaptation from the classic film , being sharply directed by David Cronenberg
11 December 2006
New version from the 1958 classic with Jeff Goldblum as the obstinate scientific who is doggedly trying to make the experimenting in his own body for transportation with a genetic transporter machine . In the beginning he transports objects and monkeys , but one night he decides to test the machine on himself . Unfortunately a fly into the device blends his atomic cells and the gens are mingled . Then he begins to evolve into a human fly . Meanwhile , he falls in love with a beautiful journalist played by Geena Davis who is investigating the strange events by orders of her chief , John Getz , and ex-lover .

This frightening picture displays tension , suspense , shocks and lots of blood and gore . The film provides great loads of scares , grisly events and creepy atmosphere which becomes pretty sinister when the protagonist is become into a fly . The movie is rated ¨R¨ for the crude images , as many scenes are excessively disgusting and gross but it is solely apt for old people , no little boys , neither squeamish , as abound guts , slime and gore . Goldblum gives a vigorous physical performance and totally convincing as the brilliant , crazy research scientist turned into wild human fly . Eerie musical score by nowadays successful Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings) and nice cinematography by Mark Irwin . The film won an Academy Award for a terrifyingly makeup by Chris Wallas (director an inferior sequel with Eric Stolz , Daphne Zuñiga and it was a flop) . Rating : Good but no for kids for violent , realistic and gory images . It's one the highest earnest terror pictures of the 80s ; however , I prefer the excellent classic version by Kurt Newmann with David Hedison and Vincent Price
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