Elsa and Clive (Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley), two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a perilous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to make a new organism. Named Dren, the creature rapidly develops from a deformed female infant into a gorgeous but perilous winged human-chimera, who forges a bond with both of her creators – only to have that bond turn deadly.
Hard to believe that this small monstrous thing could develop in anything gorgeous later on. But I can really imagine it becoming some perilous predator. I am no Luddite, and I do want scientists to be allowed to pursue R&D in genetic engineering (from stem cells to splicing or whatever may help to increase our knowledge). But on can’t deny that there is need for regulation: don’t want perilous chimera to feed on you or don’t want any new vicious GM virus to infect you, do you? It’s even more compelling to implement a strong regulation and to get ethical awareness in the population because tabletop genetic engineering is for tomorrow
Release date:
Wed 17, Feb 2010
