This early 90s body-horror flick is like a David Cronenberg "Frankenstein" that meanders across three different stages and ultimately is a crazy and disturbing film. Jeff Fahey provides a decent performance as a man who loses his arm in a car accident. While he is in the hospital, his distraught wife signs a waiver to have a new arm immediately transplanted on to him. It's a success and he makes a full recovery, but when the arm seems to have a mind of its own, further investigation uncovers his role as a guinea pig in a shady experiment, and the arm's donor turns out to be a vicious serial killer recently executed.
While I enjoyed this and found it to be a good watch, what brings it down for me is the complete lack of originality from the onset ("The Hands of Orlac" and shades of "Frankenstein" ) and a script that is predictable until it just gets ridiculous and loses the run of itself in an attempt to be original. It does lead to a decent car chase, though. And the special effects and gore weren't bad either. Worth one viewing, but not much else to write about.
While I enjoyed this and found it to be a good watch, what brings it down for me is the complete lack of originality from the onset ("The Hands of Orlac" and shades of "Frankenstein" ) and a script that is predictable until it just gets ridiculous and loses the run of itself in an attempt to be original. It does lead to a decent car chase, though. And the special effects and gore weren't bad either. Worth one viewing, but not much else to write about.