A thrilling, classic sci-fi masterpiece

Rating: 8/10 (5 May 2008)

The Fly (1986)
One of Canadian director David Cronenberg's earliest and best cinematic achievements, The Fly is a landmark in the sci-fi/horror genre.
Jeff Goldblum, in a tour de force performance, plays a brilliant scientist who has (nearly) mastered the art of teleportation in his own flat. With the aid of a 1980s computer and two greatly designed telepods he attempts to master the art of completing evaporating and transferring mass to another place. An early attempt with a baboon goes horribly wrong, but then better results with a piece of steak, it is not long until he decides to teleport himself; but something goes tragically wrong: a fly is present in the telepod at the time of his transfer and so the computer combined their DNA code together breeding a new human fly that slowly and grossly becomes more and more insect like.
What makes this a great film is that it is greatly entertaining, imaginative, intense and at time appropriately gory. The greatest part of this film apart from the unbelievably good Make-up achievement is Jeff Goldblum himself. A tall, enigmatic actor who is perfectly suited to such roles and he is simply exceptional.
A superior achievement in sci-fi, horror, The Fly is not to be missed.
8/10