Weak and cheap

Rating: 3/10 (4 June 2013)

The Fly starts off pretty slowly, the time to set the base of the plot: obviously, something is going to happen with this machine but the twist doesn't seem to show up.
Once the movie reaches its pivotal point, the script struggles and doesn't exploit correctly the plot which, on paper, is interesting though. There is not much going on, the stakes are lacking and the story unfolds too linearly to captivate the viewer's attention. The movie even takes, in its last part, a frankly ridiculous and dispensable creepy turn.
In fact, The Fly resembles more a B movie or a bad TV movie, and this feeling is emphasized by the very cheap and blanc cinematography, the insipid dialogues and the far-from-transcendent performances of the cast.