Gross

Rating: 6/10 (28 September 2010)

In this remake of the 1958 film, a scientist develops a machine to transport matter via disintegration and reintegration, but a fly in the ointment leads to tragedy. It gets off to an intriguing start, helped by good performances by Goldblum and Davis. It then becomes more and more ludicrous and all logic is tossed aside, even if one accepts the basic premise of the story. While the horror was suggestive in the original film, here everything is explicit and it's not even horror. Cronenberg seems far less interested in horror than in grossing out the audience. From hideous makeup to oozing body fluids, the film wallows in gratuitous grossness.